BOSTON, Mass.-Jan. 24, 2008 - CapsuleTech, the leading independent medical device connectivity solution used by hundreds of healthcare institutions worldwide, and Dräger, a global provider of medical products, services and integrated system solutions, today announced their participation in the Interoperability Showcase. The 2008 Interoperability Showcase will be part of the 2008 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition, to be held Feb. 24-28, 2008, in Orlando, Fla and will be set up as a HIMSS Health Information Exchange (HIE)- based environment. Clinical scenarios with enhanced privacy and security will be enabled by the standards-based Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) framework.
This year, 52 showcase vendors - including Capsule and Dräger - will bring together more than 74 healthcare information solutions to build a secure Health Information Exchange (HIE) that supports patient-centric clinical workflow.
Capsule will participate in the Patient Care Device (PCD) area of the showcase, providing an interoperable connectivity solution via its DataCaptorTM Connectivity Suite for Dräger's Innovian®, a Web-based patient data management solution. Capsule's DataCaptor will collect patient data from patient monitoring solutions, anesthesia systems, and ventilators from vendors such as Welch Allyn, SpaceLabs, and B.Braun, as well as information from GE and Philips gateway devices, and seamlessly integrate it with the Dräger Innovian Solution Suite.
"This demonstration highlights Capsule's commitment to achieve true vendor-neutral interoperability for patient care devices and gateway products, which enables clinicians to achieve optimal workflow," says Arnaud Houette, President and CEO of CapsuleTech. "We are proud to partner with Dräger and together contribute to IHE and drive the development of effective and easy-to-integrate medical device connectivity solutions."
"Dräger's participation in the IHE Patient Care Device area since its inception demonstrates our commitment to the development and adoption of open standards," says Ken Fuchs, Director of Systems and Connectivity Engineering, Competency Center Monitoring and IT, Dräger. "These standards and IHE profiles promote interoperability - which improves the ease and cost of implementation and allows the deployment of solutions that improve the quality of patient care. We are very excited to be working together with our long-time partner Capsule to demonstrate what we consider to be the future direction of medical device connectivity and data integration."
About CapsuleTech
CapsuleTech is the world's leading, award-winning provider of solutions for medical device data integration. Founded in 1997, the company has established market leadership through its suite of hardware and software products, its unique expertise in device protocols and firmware, and through its strong partnerships with major medical device manufacturers and healthcare information technology companies. In 2007, Frost & Sullivan recognized Capsule's contribution and honored the company with the Enabling Technology Award in the Patient Monitoring Industry for Medical Device connectivity Excellence. Deloitte also acknowledged Capsule for its stellar revenue growth and presented the company with the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and Fast 500 EMEA Awards. For more information, please check the company's Web site at http://www.capsuletech.com/ or contact the Company's U.S. Marketing & Public Relations at 503-352-3808.
About Dräger
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA is an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology. Dräger products protect, support and save human life. Founded in 1889, the Group achieved sales of €1,801.3 million worldwide and an EBIT of €148.2 million in 2006. Today, Dräger employs around 10,000 people in more than 70 subsidiaries worldwide and has representation in 190 countries. The Dräger Medical subsidiary offers products, services and integrated system solutions that accompany the patient throughout the care process - Emergency Care, Perioperative Care, Critical Care or Perinatal Care and Home Mechanical Ventilation.
For more information, visit www.draeger.com.To find out more about the HIMSS08 Interoperability Showcase, go to http://himssconference.org/exhibition/interop.aspx on the HIMSS Web site. Visit www.himssconference.org/ for more information on the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. Attendees can also visit Capsule's exhibit at booth 1474 to learn more about medical device connectivity solutions, and booth 3173 to learn more about Dräger's innovative Monitoring and IT Solutions.