Press Release
PacMed Clinic
Off & Running with Versus Advantages RTLS
(Traverse City, Michigan, October 4, 2010) – Versus Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: VSTI) is pleased to announce that another
phenomenal customer, Pacific
Medical Center (PacMed), is now
realizing the benefits of the Versus Advantages™ Real-time Locating System
(RTLS). In April, Canyon Park Clinic, PacMed’s newest
multi-specialty clinic in
Taking time in September to share the Advantages
of RTLS in Clinical Environments at Microsoft’s
Health Users Group Exchange 2010, Brett Daniel, MD, Medical Director at Canyon
Park Clinic announced that not only did the clinic achieve its primary goal to
reduce overall average patient visit times from 70 to 46 minutes, it also
reduced phone calls, demonstrated outstanding patient satisfaction scores, and
is expected to promote material revenues. An impressive success, especially
considering the RTLS was implemented only six months ago when the clinic
opened.
“We were, and continue to be, focused on customer service, and
the patient is our customer,” explains Linda Eremic,
Director of Primary Care Services for PacMed. “Per
our experience as both consumers and patients, we know that it makes sense to
ensure that the customer is never left needlessly waiting—not in a waiting
room, not in an exam room, not on the phone and not for a return call. Versus
helps us manage our time and our patients to ensure that we can deliver the
customer service our patients expect and deserve."
With up to 110 personnel on site and 300 patients currently
moving in and about the Canyon
Park Clinic’s 30,000
sq. ft. each day, the Versus’ RTLS was
sure to deliver benefit just in communicating the locations of patients, staff
and equipment. However, for Versus, providing location information is just a
necessary stepping stone to true clinical automation. PacMed is experiencing increased efficiencies as a result of:
1.
Knowing patient status and room availability. (Communicated
simultaneously to all care providers and updated automatically.)
2.
No longer “rooming” patients. (Patients self-room, similar to
checking in at a hotel.)
3.
Reports to monitor Key Performance Indicators and measure
results.
4.
Alerts to ensure that providers and MAs see the patient at the
right time, with the right information.
Dr. Daniel notes, “Every decision we made when designing the new
clinic was centered on improving the patient experience. With Versus, what we
didn’t expect is how great an impact it would also have on staff. Our staff is
more productive, less stressed and patients have greater access to all of us.
On the technology side, even our upcoming EMR implementation will be made
easier by virtue of having the RTLS. As we anticipate greater distribution of
the Versus system, our clinic has really become a
model for how to do it well.”
“We really appreciate when our clients are willing to discuss
the advantages of RTLS,” says HT Snowday, Versus’ CTO. “PacMed is unique in that they understood from the start that implementing RTLS wasn’t
about simply tracking assets or choosing the technology that was easiest to
install. It’s about delivering real, transformational change to patients and
those who deliver patient care. To do so, facilities have to look beyond the
locating technology to determine whether the solution offers clinical-quality
data and whether the vendor understands the locating metrics as they relate to
healthcare.”
Dr. Daniel will be presenting Canyon Park Clinic’s use case and
outcomes with RTLS through an AHA Solutions, Inc. webinar on Wednesday, October
6, 2010. Those interested in learning more may register here: AHA
Signature Learning Series - Patient Flow.
About Pacific Medical Centers
Pacific Medical Centers is a private not-for-profit,
multi-specialty health-care network of 10 locations with 140 primary and
specialty care providers. Its 10
locations are in Puget Sound neighborhoods in Beacon Hill, Bothell, downtown
About
Versus Technology, Inc.
Established in 1988, Versus
Technology, Inc. specializes in real-time location systems (RTLS) for healthcare. Used for
enterprise patient
tracking, bed
management, asset tracking, and nurse call automation, Versus Advantages™ improves patient
flow and
documentation of caregiver and patient interactions, while enhancing
communication and efficiency. Exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital
Association, the Versus Advantages infrared (IR) and Active RFID solution is responsible for
clinical-grade location and automation at a number of hospitals, clinics and
long-term care facilities worldwide. To learn more about Versus Technology,
Inc. (Pink Sheets: VSTI.PK), our technology and client successes, visit www.versustech.com and take the Advantages
Tour.
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release may include forward-looking statements which “bespeak caution,” and
which are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The statements are
made only as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation
to update them to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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