LINK Medical Computing, Inc. has entered
an agreement with Marquette Medical Systems for LINK to
provide data migration software and hemodynamic equipment
interfaces for Marquette's MUSE CV Information System.
As a result of the agreement, the MUSE CV Information System
will be able to accept data currently stored in Summit's
DOS and Vista databases. The DOS and Vista products
will no longer be manufactured or supported after June 1999.
"Summit users can now breathe a sigh of relief, confident
that years of cardiac cath and surgical data will not be
lost if they purchase a MUSE CV Information System,"
says Todd Edwards, MUSE CV Information System product manager.
"Nor need they worry that their existing hemodynamic
equipment will be incompatible with the MUSE CV Information
System."
"LINK Medical has a long history of creating hemodynamic
and hospital system interfaces for cardiology vendors, including
Summit Medical," says Clifford Goldsmith, LINK Medical
president. "This experience together with our
expertise in migrating data from numerous cardiology systems
will ensure that LINKTools MUSE products will offer a high
level of quality and functionality."
The MUSE CV Information System, Marquette's flagship information
product, is the data and work flow hub for cardiology at
over 1800 hospitals around the world. It provides
access to information from 16 different cardiovascular procedures
including cardiac catheterization, surgery, stress tests,
holter, ECG, and nuclear cardiology studies.
Summit users who choose the MUSE CV Information System will
have access to more patient cardiovascular data than they
ever had before. They will also have a link to the
ACC's National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDRTM)
through the MUSE CV Information System's ACC software module.
This link permits electronic data harvest for hospital submittal
to the ACC data registry.
Similar to the ACC module for the MUSE CV Information System,
Marquette has developed a STS registry module. Marquette
is listed on the STS website as a participating vendor.
The MUSE CV Information System's open architecture approach
also has led to information availability via the Web, Messaging
packages, Hospital Information Systems, and a variety of
hospital's networking infrastructures. "The MUSE
CV Information System is not a stand-alone information system,
but an integral part of the decision-making process for
physicians and nurses determining care. Information is at
the finger tips of the clinician or administrator anywhere
and any time they need it," Edwards says.
The MUSE CV Information System's use of industry standards
has opened the door for LINK Medical to expand the scope
and functionality of
LINKTools®
for Cardiac Cath. "LINK's emphasis on off-the-shelf
integration products ensures that our products are full-featured,
dependable and arguably the most cost-effective in the industry,"
said Andreas Theodosiou, LINK Medical executive vice-president.
LINK Medical Computing, Inc., (a privately held company),
develops and deploys interfaces and migrations using its
LINKTools suite of integration products. LINK Medical,
headquartered in Waltham, Mass., works directly with medical
instrument and ancillary system manufacturers and vendors
to integrate their systems with each other and with hospital
information systems. Additional information is available
at the company's website,
www.linkmed.com.
Marquette Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARQ), is a leading
manufacturer of medical electronics equipment and systems
for diagnostic cardiology, patient monitoring and integration
of clinical information, with headquarters in Milwaukee,
Wis. Additional information is available at the company's
website,
www.mei.com.
