OCG Technology Awards License to Argentinean
based Telemédica, S.R.L.
New Rochelle N.Y. October 12, 2005 OCG Technology, Inc.
(OTCBB:OCGT) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary PrimeCare
Systems, Inc. (PrimeCare), has awarded an exclusive license
to Telemédica, S.R.L. ( Telemédica), based
in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The agreement gives Telemédica
exclusive rights to market the PrimeCare Patient Management
System, Version Nine (PrimeCare Version Nine) in
the Mercosur, which is South Americas free trade
area, consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile.
Telemédica plans to use PrimeCare Version Nine initially
to establish a fully integrated health network of Doctors and patients
in Argentina. Telemédica intends to commence the installation
of PrimeCare Version Nine at the beginning of 2006, in clinics
in Argentinas northwest provinces.
Dr. Elias Hofman, Telemédicas Chief Medical Officer
states, Due to its functionality, PrimeCare Version Nine
is unique among electronic medical records. It is patient and doctor
interactive, flexible, inexpensive, and Internet-based, not requiring
expensive computer hardware or software. Far more than an electronic
medical record, the system improves how ambulatory medicine is delivered.
Dr. Hofman also noted that Argentina is in desperate need of a national
electronic medical registry, and that PrimeCareTM Version Nine could
fill this need. Dr. Hofman is also a Professor in the Universidad
Favaloros Department of Family Medicine, located in Buenos Aires;
is a founding member of the Sociedad Argentina de Endocrinología
y Metabolismo; is an associate of the International Medical Program
at the Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida; and has a medical
practice in Buenos Aires. Dr. Hofman possesses an authoritative knowledge
of telemedicine, and has participated in medical call-in programs
for BBC Mundo (BBCs Spanish language service).
Robert A. Shiver, recently appointed President of PrimeCare comments,
We are extremely pleased that Dr. Hofman, after investigating
many medical record systems and utilizing PrimeCare Version
Nine for almost a year, has chosen PrimeCare Version Nine as
the backbone to achieve a national electronic medical registry for
Argentina.
Telemédicas stated mission is to assist Argentinas
39 million people in living longer and healthier lives, while lowering
healthcare costs and improving the productivity of the Countrys
healthcare investment. The Argentine governments healthcare
expenditure is $13 billion per year, which is about 8.4% of Argentinas
GDP. Telemédica believes that, if widely implemented, PrimeCare
Version Nine could reduce this expenditure, saving the healthcare
system a minimum of $500 million yearly. Savings would come primarily
from PrimeCare Version Nines enhanced diagnostic capabilities
and improved, system-wide administrative functions. PrimeCare
Version Nines comprehensive knowledge bank of 280 symptom and
problem oriented patient-interactive questionnaires could be used
by doctors as a tool to avoid diagnostic pitfalls. PrimeCare
Version Nine could enable Argentinean Doctors and healthcare administrators
to better manage patient information through real time access to up-to-date
data monitoring of resources, costs, treatment efficacy, patient flow,
patient satisfaction rates, and staff efficiency allowing them to
optimize decisions.
About OCG Technology, Inc. (OCGT):
OCGT, and its wholly owned subsidiary PrimeCare Systems, Inc., has
developed, owns, maintains, updates, expands and markets the PrimeCare
Version Nine ( www.versionnine.com),
and several related Internet sites that use various sections of PrimeCareTM
Version Nine:
www.PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com, www.YourOwnDoctor.com
and www.YourOwnHealth.com.
PrimeCare Version Nine is a specially written front-end application
designed to be downloaded by the client via a web connection, and
then installed at the clients location using standard Windows
installation procedures. This greatly simplifies and reduces the cost
of both user installation and system maintenance.
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