Newport News, VA- September 13, 2006 –– Inmates that abused drugs or lived in poverty are known to be less healthy than the general U.S. population and have potentially life threatening conditions at an earlier age. The mortality rates in correctional facilities from diabetes, hypertension, asthma and other diseases are abnormally high. The PrimeCare Electronic Medical Record is being used to improve healthcare alerting correctional facility medical teams when symptoms of potentially fatal complications arise in an inmate.

Dr. Abdul Jamaludeen, Medical Director of the Hampton Community Corrections Center and Virginia Beach Correctional Center in Virginia states, "I have found PrimeCare to be the most logical solution to the messy critical healthcare crises going on in correctional facilities today. It is interesting that inmates are the only people in the country with a constitutional guarantee to good quality healthcare. Yet, inmates suffer because they lack knowledge of their own physical condition. This is often combined with inadequate records of their medical history obtained by physicians and/or supporting staff during interviews. I use the PrimeCare Electronic Medical Record exclusively in the Virginia Beach and Hampton, VA, correctional facilities for which I am responsible. This advanced patient management system quickly collects and stores medical history details directly from the inmate rather than relying mostly on a supporting staffs' judgment when making decisions about a patient's medical condition. The PrimeCare System has proven to be a very valuable to me, and I believe it could be used to foster significant healthcare improvements in other prison systems as well."

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“Using the PrimeCare Electronic Medical Record, the physician or nurse's role as note taker is eliminated. This allows more hands-on time for diagnostic assessment and treatment with possibly two or more additional inmates an hour being processed per physician saving time and money. Fully English/Spanish bi-lingual, the interview modules can be read and answered in Spanish and a single keystroke changes the questions and responses to English. It starts working when the inmate-patient completes a detailed medical history answering complaint-specific questions drawn from 280 symptom and problem oriented medical interview modules. Based on the patient's responses to the interview questions, PrimeCare then generates an in-depth on-line report for medical personnel. This report contains the inmate's current problems, medications and allergies, all positive and significant negative subjective responses, vital signs, and a list of the diagnostic considerations and differential diagnoses triggered by the patient's answers.,” notes Bob Shiver, President and CEO of PrimeCare Systems, Inc. Mr. Shiver is heading up the nationwide roll-out of the PrimeCare System.

About PrimeCare Systems, Inc., and the Version Nine System

PrimeCare Systems, Inc. develops, markets and distributes medical software and diagnostic products for the healthcare industry. The Company created, holds the rights to, maintains, and markets the PrimeCare Patient Management System including the Electronic Medical System, and Code Complier, an E&M documentation analysis module. http://www.VersionNine.com