QuadraMed Releases Comprehensive Laboratory System
QuadraMed(R) Corporation (Amex:QD) today announced that the company has released Affinity(R) Laboratory, a fully integrated laboratory system. The company’s primary marketing will be to acute care hospitals, reference labs, specialty facilities and multi-site healthcare organizations.
Dean Souleles, QuadraMed Chief Technology Officer, noted that Affinity Laboratory enters the marketplace as a mature product, “QuadraMed acquired a proven lab system through the acquisition of our international division (Detente Systems) in 2004. Prior to that time, the product had been implemented by customers in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom for 20 years.
“This is an important benefit for North American clients because they can trust that Affinity Laboratory will implement quickly. It will have none of the problems inherent in deploying an application having only been beta tested before release.” The international version first went live in 1983. Current clients of the fully scalable system include sites with as few as 25 beds up to multi-site facilities performing some 2.4 million tests per year.
Affinity Laboratory features enterprise-wide access and functionality to meet the accreditation and hospital management requirements of clients in the United States and Canada. It is a multi-disciplinary product for general laboratory, microbiology and anatomic pathology from specimen collection through cumulative result reporting. The system’s unique specialty offerings include modules for genetics, newborn screening and mortuary.
QuadraMed’s blood bank partner for Affinity Laboratory is industry leader Wyndgate Technologies(R), which offers one of the most sophisticated and reliable systems for managing and tracking the entire blood transfusion cycle, from donor collection to patient transfusion.
According to Ruth Weed, QuadraMed Product Manager, “We believe the product’s maturity, coupled with a feature-rich, user friendly format and highly competitive pricing will generate immediate interest. Many hospitals have lab applications that will sunset very soon and need a system that they can implement quickly and depend upon for the long-term.
“All the modules are integrated, so for instance, users can build orders for general lab and pathology in the same system. Affinity Laboratory includes a multi-layered security system, ad-hoc reports, and support for outreach operations.”
The system also offers alternative data entry options by optical reader, bar codes, digital dictation, integrated word processing and continuous voice recognition that do away with time consuming transcription. Existing Affinity clients can integrate it with their other Affinity Care Management products to further improve patient safety.
Further information about Affinity Laboratory and all QuadraMed Affinity HIS products and related services is available by visiting www.quadramed.com or calling 800-393-0278.
About QuadraMed Corporation
QuadraMed is dedicated to improving healthcare delivery by providing innovative healthcare information technology and services. From clinical and patient access management to revenue cycle and health information management, QuadraMed delivers real-world solutions that help healthcare professionals deliver outstanding patient care with optimum efficiency. Behind our products and services is a staff of almost 700 professionals whose experience and dedication to service have earned QuadraMed the trust and loyalty of customers at approximately 2,000 healthcare provider facilities. To find out more about QuadraMed, visit www.quadramed.com .
QuadraMed and Affinity are registered trademarks of QuadraMed Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
