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IPTI News Articles

Faster Response, Better Patient and Victim Care Using Modern Technology Emergency Number Professional Magazine, by Judith Woodhall (November/December 2006)

EMS Magazine's Resource Guide: Technology in EMS - Patient Tracking Systems Emergency Medical Services, by Kathryn Robyn (April 2006)

Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative Aims to Assist in Emergency Situations Nursezone.com, by Suzi Birz (January 30, 2006)

Commission recommends patient ID standard
FCW.com by Nancy Ferris (October 25, 2005)

ATSIP March Newsletter (PDF) - Read the Traffic Safety Report for the article on COMCARE's IPTI.

Industry News

Briefs: State of Kentucky chooses IRMS
Daily Herald (8/28/2007)

NHS Contractor CSC signs ambulance care record software deal with Medusa Tash Shifrin (June 5, 2007)

Kentucky Acquires New Statewide Emergency Communications System Government Technology (May 29, 2007)

May I see your ID, please? Washington Technology (April 23, 2007)

VA to Debut New Patient Tracking System Bob Brewin (April 20, 2007)

STARRS Guides Emergency Teams - 8 Midwestern Communities Collaborate to Build Common Emergency Medical Response System by Dibya Sarkar (April 16, 2007)

Saint Clare’s Hospital Implements MEDHOST’s User-friendly Emergency Department Information System MEDHOST (April 9, 2007)

New Intel Tablet Streamlines Patient Tracking TechNewsWorld, by Chris Maxcer (February 21, 2007)

HIMSS Exhibiting Partners Join Together to Support Local New Orleans Charity (February 16, 2007)

Announcing the Pending Release of a New Product Offered by EMSystem (February, 2007)

Emergency Response Model Tests EMRs in Crisis Situation Health Management Technology, by Robin Blair (February 2007)

Washington Hospital Center to Quadruple Its RFID Expansion RFID Journal, by Beth Bacheldor (January 30, 2007)

Ambulances Access Multiple Wireless Nets, Speed Up Patient Care InformationWeek, by David Gardner (March 7, 2007)

New Program Will Boost Public Health Agencies' Ability to Use Information Systems to Handle Public Health Threats The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, by Press Release (January 8, 2007)

Mock Disaster Exercise Tests APL Patient-Tracking Technology The JHU Gazette, by Kristi Marren (November 27, 2006)

Emergency Response Patient Tracking Model Debuts in New England Disaster Exercise Government Technology, by News Release (November 21, 2006)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock, athenahealth test emergency data sharing Healthcare IT News, by Bernie Monegain (November 15, 2006)

Schumacher: Disaster half-readiness Government Health IT, by Scott Schumacher (November 14, 2006)

Angel Technology Launches a Suite of Personal Health Record (PHR) Products for Urgent Access to Health Histories and Records Press Release (October 17, 2006)

The ED Major Incident Center: A Perfect Refit EMSResponder.com, by Jim Augustine, MD (October 2, 2006)

First Consulting Group (FCG) Executes FirstGateways LOI with the Long Beach Network for Health Press Release (September 21, 2006)

St. Louis Gets Emergency Patient-Tracking System Government Health IT , by Nancy Ferris (August 22, 2006)

Bi-State Region Patient-Tracking System Speeds Emergency Response, Improves Patient Care IBM Press Release (August 17, 2006)

Advisory Group Calls for Standardized E-medical Records Washington Technology, by Alice Lipowicz (August 2, 2006)

VeriChip Corporation Announces First Emergency Room Use of VeriMed MicroChip VeriChip Corporation Press Release (July 27, 2006)

FEMA Crafts Credentialing System for First Responders Washington Technology, by Alice Lipowicz (July 20, 2006)

Amendment Calls for Missing Persons Database Washington Technology, by Alice Lipowicz (July 17, 2006)

FCC Begins Rulemaking to Establish a New "Medradio" Service for Medical Radio Communication Devices Federal Communications Press Release (July 13, 2006)

Simple hurricane evacuation plan: Get out early Drill in Louisiana to test emergency systems ahead of storm season MSNBC.Com, Associated Press (May 23, 2006)

Dance of Life Government HealthIT by Bob Brewin
(April 17, 2006)

Runners' bar codes help health, safety officials at big events USAToday (April 14, 2006)

Location Tracking Magic and the Aircraft Black Box: Coming to a Hospital Near You Healthcare IT World News, by Matthew Holt (April 11, 2006)

Report: Tech adoption a must for ED and trauma services Healthcare IT News, by Patty Enrado (March 17, 2006)

Group to push mobile access to health info Healthcare IT News, by Caroline Broder, Senior Editor (March 1, 2006)

Hand Held Products (TM) and Iomedex Team to Provide Emergency Management Solution Hand Held Products Press Release (January 9, 2006)

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Press Releases

COMCARE and its Patient Tracking Partners Push for More Comprehensive Definition of Emergency Response (PDF) (December 7, 2006)

COMCARE Invites Public Comment on Patient Tracking Functional Requirements (PDF)(May 3, 2006)

COMCARE Launches Patient Tracking Resource Portal (PDF)(April 27, 2006)

National Patient Tracking Requirements Summit (PDF) (November 30, 2005)

COMCARE and VHHA Launch Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative (PDF)
(September 28, 2005)

IPTI Member Press Releases

Emergency Health Centre Implements Ultrasound Emergency Department Information System from Patient Care Technology Systems Patient Care Technology Systems (September 25, 2007)

Patient Tracking: Patient Care Technology Systems Announces Automatic Tracking of 3 Million Patients Patient Care Technology Systems (August 19, 2007)

Patient Care Technology Systems Announces Automatic Tracking of 3 Million Patients Patient Care Technology Systems (August 14, 2007)

Patient Care Technology Systems and Sonitor Technologies Announce Integration of Workflow Solutions Patient Care Technology Systems (May 9, 2007)

DMS Unveils Valuable Online Resource
Disaster Management Solutions, Inc. (May 1, 2007)

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Implements ED Information System from Patient Care Technology Systems Patient Care Technology Systems (April 11, 2007)

ESi(R) and EMSystem(R) to Collaborate on WebEOC Health(TM) TechLINKS (April 2, 2007)

Patient Care Technology Systems Receives Blue Diamond Award for Technology Innovation Patient Care Technology Systems (March 19, 2007)

Leading Hospitals Nationwide Select Automatic Tracking Solutions from Patient Care Technology System Patient Care Technology Systems (January 9, 2007)