FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York, N.Y. – August 14,
2000 - OCG Technology, Inc. (OTC BB: "OCGT") announced today that it
has entered into an agreement with Hackensack University Medical Center,
an affiliate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New
Jersey Medical School and member of the University Health System of
New Jersey. Under the terms of the agreement, OCGT's wholly owned subsidiary,
PrimeCare Systems, Inc. ("PSI") will
integrate three of it's Web sites, PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com,
YourOwnDoctor.com, and YourOwnHealth.com,
into the Medical Center's Web sites for use by the Medical Center's
network of physicians and their patients. The Medical Center will schedule
training seminars for physicians and their staffs which will be conducted
by PSI's personnel.
"We are very pleased to be
working with Hackensack University Medical Center, a highly regarded
nationally known medical facility with a reputation for being on the
cutting edge of medical and information technology," stated Jeff Nelson,
Executive Vice President of OCGT. "This agreement will make our healthcare
software readily available, via the Internet, to the Medical Center's
more than 1,000 healthcare providers and their patients through the
integration of YourOwnDoctor.com
into the Medical Center's Web site for physicians, which will provide
the physicians access to both PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com
and YourOwnHealth.com. YourOwnDoctor.com
is a Web Community that hosts individual Web sites for physicians enabling
them to promote their services on their own Web sites. Use of these
sites enable physicians to provide high quality care for patients, while
cutting administrative waste and reducing costs".
Peter DeMauro, M.D., President
of North Jersey Medical Management Services, L.L.C. stated, "Integration
of the PSI sites into our Web site greatly expands the services available
to our physicians through our ISP. Use of PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com
and YourOwnHealth.com by
physicians will enable them to maintain their high standard of quality
care more efficiently through the use of state of the art information
technology. PSI's interactive Questionnaires and Reports provide the
physician with a comprehensive history of a patient's medical problem
accompanied by a list of diagnostic possibilities. The record is created
without dictation and transcription costs. This saves the physician
considerable time and expense. We believe our physicians will recognize
the healthcare benefits and cost efficiencies that PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com
and YourOwnHealth.com bring
to the physician/patient relationship."
PrimeCare's patient interactive
medical history Questionnaires permit healthcare providers to select
and have their patients securely complete, via the Internet, one or
more of approximately 275 medical Questionnaires related to patient
symptoms or problems. The patient's responses are immediately processed
to generate a Report that includes a list of the diagnostic considerations
together with the responses that support each consideration. This creates
a comprehensive history of the patient's current medical problem for
the physician. The Report can be used for remote triage and initial
treatment planning, all without requiring the patient to travel to the
doctor's office.
Hackensack University Medical
Center, the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in
the state of New Jersey, is a teaching hospital affiliated with the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/ New Jersey Medical
School and is a member of the University Health System of New Jersey.
The medical center has been honored since 1995 as the first hospital
in New Jersey to receive the Magnet Award for nursing excellence from
The American Nurses Credentialing Center, and the second hospital in
the nation to receive a four-year redesignation of this award. The medical
center is also the recipient of the Consumer Choice Award in Bergen
and Passaic counties for four consecutive years. Based on a survey of
400,000 people to determine the best hospitals in the country, the Medical
Center was named as the hospital of choice for quality of staff, community
programs, personalized care, and overall reputation.
OCGT and PSI have an extensive
commitment to healthcare software and informatics technology. They own,
maintain, and operate several Internet Web sites based upon PSI's PrimeCareTM
Patient Management System: http://www.YourOwnHealth.com,
http://www.YourOwnDoctor.com,
and a Web site restricted to use by physicians, http://www.PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com.
PSI also created, operates and hosts http://www.DeniseAustin.com,
an exercise and fitness Web site. All of PSI's products actively involve
consumers in their own healthcare and fitness. For more information,
visit PrimeCare's corporate web site at http://www.pcare.com.
Safe Harbor Statement:
The statements that are not historical facts contained in this release
are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties
that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described,
including but not limited to product acceptance, economic, competitive,
governmental, results of litigation, technological and/or other factors,
which are outside the control of OCGT as well as those risks and uncertainties
detailed in the Company's Security and Exchange Commission filings.
Company Contact:
OCG
Technology, Inc.
Jeffrey P. Nelson
Vice President, Investor Relations
Tel. (914) 576-8457, ext 21
jnelson@pcare.com |
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