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.
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
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