FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Rochelle N.Y.— March 04, 2005 —OCG Technology, Inc.
(OTCBB:OCGT) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary PrimeCare
Systems, Inc. (“PSI”), Version Nine software has been successfully
integrated and fully operational for the past eighteen months at both
the Virginia Beach, VA and Hampton, VA local jails.
Dr. Abdul Jamaludeen, a medical consultant to PrimeCare Systems, Inc.,
introduced the Version Nine system’s innovative set of primary
care patient management tools into both of the Virginia jails to provide
improved medical services to all prisoners and to help identify prisoners
who may require chronic care. “I can now manage and provide a
higher level of care,” says Dr. Abdul Jamaludeen, who is the Medical
Director, for the Correctional Medical Services contracts at the jails.
“The PrimeCare System gives me, my nurses and physician assistants
the flexibility, mobility and detailed medical information to care for
all of my patients from multiple locations. It’s an excellent
piece of software.”
At the time of the prisoner’s incarceration, an initial exam
and comprehensive Health Assessment questionnaire are completed and
stored in the inmate’s personal PrimeCare electronic medical record.
When the prisoner has a heath concern, he or she fills out a form requesting
to see Dr. Jamaludeen and explain their problem, i.e. sore throat, abdominal
pain, etc. A medical staff member arranges for the prisoner to complete
one or more of PrimeCare’s 280 problem-specific “History
of Present Illness” questionnaires (“HPI”). The medical
staff selects the questionnaire(s) relevant to the case, and assists
the patient in completing the assigned HPI.
The completed interview data is transferred into the PrimeCare Patient
Management System by the medical staff, and is then reviewed Dr. Jamaludeen.
Based on the review, Dr. Jamaludeen determines whether to examine the
patient personally, or to have a nurse advise the patient on the proper
course of action to treat the complaint and complete their medical visit.
The completed encounter is stored in the patient’s permanent,
secure, HIPAA compliant electronic medical record.
The Medical Director making prison rounds uses the PrimeCare System
to retrieve patient information, and consults with the Preliminary System
Diagnosis before pursuing a physical examination and determining a treatment
plan. The Medical Director is also able to access patient records securely
via any Internet Connection. This capability allows him to continue
to manage patients and provide a high degree of medical care, analysis
and attention while off-site at another facility.
PrimeCare’s Version Nine Patient Management System enables all
information to be stored electronically in the system to better manage
patient care around the clock. It provides doctors and medical staff
with a complete patient management system, and includes patient illness
questionnaires, patient medication interaction alerts, potential differential
diagnosis, and patient education material for staff to print and review
with all patients. The PrimeCare System is a multi-lingual system that
can switch from English to Spanish with a single keystroke. This facility
allows Spanish-speaking patients to communicate effectively with medical
staff.
Using PrimeCare’s Version Nine System translates into lower costs
of medical treatments and increased moral among the medical staff and
patient population. There are no servers or expensive software to purchase.
A small usage fee is charged per patient encounter.
Marriott Winchester, Senior VP said, “We are confident that the
PrimeCare Version Nine software will continue to provide the necessary
tools to allow the medical community to meet their goals and the challenge
to be more efficient while providing better patient care.”
A fully functional evaluation version of the Version Nine software
can be downloaded at the company’s web site, http://www.versionnine.com.
About OCGT and PSI
OCGT and PSI created, maintain, and market PrimeCare™, a complete,
redesign and re-write of the Company’s original electronic medical
record system. PrimeCare™ is a robust multi-tier client-provider
patient management system, designed for geographically separated tiers,
providing patient, physician and staff interactive connectivity. It
creates an electronic patient record that assures consistency and improved
quality of care, increases clinical efficiency and productivity, enables
rapid access to patient data for clinical care, and outcomes research.
Safe Harbor Statement:
The statements that are not historical facts contained in this release
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, and OCGT intends that such forward-looking statements be
subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements
include predictions, estimates and other statements that involve a number
of risks and uncertainties any, or all, of which could cause actual
results to differ materially from any future performance suggested herein.
While this outlook represents OCGT's current judgment on the future
direction of the business, such risks and uncertainties 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.
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