NEWS UPDATES
May 9, 2006
Global Care Quest Named “Company to Watch in 2006”
Advanced healthcare information systems developer makes Hospital & Health Networks Magazines’ “hot company” list
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.— Advanced healthcare information systems developer Global Care Quest, Inc. (GCQ) has been named a “Company to Watch in 2006” by Hospital & Health Networks magazine. GCQ received the honor for its mobile Integrated Clinical Information System (ICIS Mobile) which allows physicians access to a wide range of patient data such as clinical notes, X-Rays, CT scans and realtime telemetry from bedside monitoring equipment over high speed wireless and mobile phone networks.
“Being placed on the ‘Companies To Watch’ list is an acknowledgement that doctors are mobile professionals and applications like our ICIS Mobile have very compelling uses,” said Cleve Adams, Global Care Quest’s CEO. “When a physician is 45 minutes from the hospital being able to use a smartphone or PDA to see the patient’s medical information, X-Rays and realtime vitals as if he were standing bedside can be the difference between life and death. It’s not an overstatement to say that GCQ is revolutionizing healthcare delivery, and I think Hospital & Health Networks recognizes that.”
In deciding who to place on their annual “Company to Watch” list, editors from Hospital & Health Networks reviewed more than 800 healthcare vendors at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting held in San Diego in February, 2006. After interviewing dozens of companies, the publication finally chose 16 whose products and services were deemed to be the most ground-breaking and innovative.
For GCQ making the list is especially significant. In December of 2005 the company completed a highly successful pilot of the product at UCLA Medical Center, registering more than 1,000 physicians as users slightly more than nine months. HIMSS was the company’s first trade show and marked the commercial debut of ICIS.
“It’s a lot like being a rookie your first time at bat,” Adams said. “You think you’re good, but until you start playing with some seasoned pros, you really don’t know how good. GCQ being recognized by publication like Hospital & Health Networks as a hot company is like hitting one out of the park.”
Hospital & Health Networks is published by Health Forum, Inc. an American Hospital Association information company. The full list of “Companies to Watch in 2006” is available on Hospital & Health Networks website at http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag/html/2006Companies_to_Watch.html.
About Global Care Quest
Global Care Quest is the developer of the Integrated Clinical Information System (ICIS). ICIS performs real time integration and delivery of digital medical records, charting, bedside monitoring equipment and laboratory results to physicians and medical teams via stationary and wireless PCs as well as handheld wireless devices. ICIS improves access to patient data, enhances patient safety, and trims the cost of care by delivering critical patient information when and where it’s needed. Founded in 2005, the company is venture backed by Lexington Ventures and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. For more information on Global Care Quest and ICIS, please contact Global Care Quest, 65 Enterprise, Suite 430, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, tel: (949) 330-7450, email: press@globalcarequest. com. Or visit the GCQ website at www.globalcarequest.com.
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