PatienTree Announces Licensing of U.S. Patent and the Power of Print on Demand Software from Mi-Co.

At an Anoto partner seminar in Washington D.C. today, Mi-Co, the mobile data capture software company, announced that it has licensed U.S. Patent 6,798,907 to PatienTree & Rover Technology Fusions. Concurrently, PatienTree and Rover Technology Fusions also announced the beta release of its implementation of “print on demand” software for Anoto functionality and their Work Flow server product suite.

U.S. Patent 6,798,907 was awarded to Mi-Co for its invention of a computer system that combines handwriting captured in real-time with pre-existing information, creating a “composite document” and PatienTree is proud to be one of the first to license the software. In a premier partnership with Mi-Co and others who are expected to quickly follow suit, PatienTree continues to innovate and build upon the existing Rover INK work flow platform it helped to develop with Rover Technology Fusions. A composite document is one that has been pre-populated with Patient data via a PatienTree plug-in prior to imbedding the Anoto functionality for digital writing.

PatienTree enhancements coupled with the original data elements are then sent to a laser printer allowing users to handwrite and capture medical information with a digital pen from Logitech™. Healthcare is expected to be the fastest adopter of this technology which allows users to capture and automatically associate handwriting and the resulting interpreted data with a patient record, as well as, authorization or acceptance signatures on original documents. PatienTree reassembles the entire document while storing the original with the date and time stamps, as well as, the OCR interpreted version. Concurrently, PatienTree parses and prepares the data for the original system of record in an XML string, via an ODBC connection, and/or a CSV flat file format (HL7 is scheduled for year). The PatienTree implementation of “Print on Demand”, together with the Rover Work Flow, & our document management server, also stores a default PDF image of the completed source document for email or reprinting. Users may also add voice dictation or other file attachments associated with the newly completed document such as X-rays, MRI’s, and Scan’s in digital format. All built on Microsoft Server 2003 and .Net technologies and are being migrated to the new Vista operating environment which leverages our Microsoft expertise as a Gold Development Partner.

PatienTree will also launch RXSeal this year (patent pending) co-developed with Dr. Stephan Porter, a secured prescription pad which not only employs digital writing but further offers a technology significantly reducing prescription fraud from “washing” or altering physicians handwritten data (quantity, dose, refill, prescribed drug). PatienTree portals then provide universal access to all parties in the “Chain of Trust” to the prescription data.

“We are delighted with our partnership with Mi-Co and Rover Technology Fusions, and the opportunity to bring print on demand software to our current customers and the worldwide healthcare markets who are striving for improved EMR implementations, enhanced safety goals from JCAHO, and who are fighting internal user acceptance of bulky hardware or small footprint devices with limited screen functionality.” stated Bob Letzeisen, CEO of PatienTree. “The combination of Print on Demand and Digital Writing enables a rapid deployment of technology allowing healthcare to achieve key performance indicators associated with many of their IT projects which require a significant amount of user input. Successful IT projects hinge on user acceptance. Our digital writing solutions and Print on Demand provide the fastest and most significant opportunity for user adoption while supporting all of the back office benefits of collaborative technology allowing stake holders, IT professionals, and the Board Room to boast success.”

“PatienTree, with its unique combination of domain-knowledgeable personnel and its market position, is a great solutions partner for Mi-Co,” stated Greg Clary, Mi-CO CEO. “We appreciate our close relationship with PatienTree and its choice of Mi-Co as a technology supplier.”

About PatienTree
PatienTree is a full service healthcare technology provider offering a robust portfolio of products and services to healthcare customers. The PatienTree product family is focused on technologies that connect and protect patients and their providers. The cornerstone of PatienTree’s philosophy is to provide effective technology solutions to users associated with the “Value Chain of Trust” for patient care, entertainment, with safer and better outcomes. Implementation can take place in a matter of hours automating and protecting valuable patient data found in clinician notes or intellectual property resulting from Board Room minutes using Rover INK “NoteAmation”. For more information on PatienTree work flow and prescription solutions, visit www.patientree.com.

About Mi-Co
Mi-Co, the mobile information and data Capture Company, provides digital writing software that enables an efficient and effective process for capturing and communicating handwritten data. Mi-Co’s enterprise Mi-Forms Software System enables flexible e-forms design for data capture using digital ink. In addition, Mi-Forms Software has proven capabilities for handwriting interpretation, touch-screen input, verification, data validation and communication of forms-based data for enterprise users. Mi-Forms supports Tablet PCs, UMPCs, Digital Pens, Pocket PCs and signature capture devices. The company is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and has a Washington customer service center. For more information on Mi-Co, visit www.mi-corporation.com.