Subject:            Touch Medix Strategic Alliance with Exit-Writer – Touch Medix, the pinnacle in emergency department information systems software products, integrates Exit-Writer, the industry leader in emergency department discharge instructions program into their Touch ED software product line. 

Woodland Hills, California , (July 20, 2007) -Touch Medix, LLC, announces the strategic alliance between their Touch ED product line and Exit-Writer from Krames. Touch ED is an emergency department information system (EDIS) that provides the ability to efficiently and easily create and manage patient charts. Touch ED provides one hundred percent use of emergency department documentation for nursing, physicians and other healthcare roles.  Exit-Writer is the industry leader in comprehensive and concise patient discharge instructions. The integration of the products expands the range of emergency room efficiency and patient care.

As explained by John Uphold, MD, FACEP and Chief Executive Officer of Touch Medix, “The Touch ED integration of Exit-Writer raises the bar on patient care and document management by providing a comprehensive solution in the ED, combining two well established industry leaders. Exit-Writer offers clear, concise, accurate discharge instructions targeting patient safety and mitigating hospital risk. This is what our clients and patients want.”

The Touch ED and Exit-Writer products were developed by practicing, board certified, Emergency Medicine Physicians and nurses that have first hand knowledge of what is needed to effectively and efficiently manage all aspects of emergency departments, patient data and discharge instructions. The two companies’ previously independent ideas and firsthand experience are now joined together, resulting in an integrated product that is fast, easy to use and intuitive with a short learning curve.

Touch Medix developed Touch ED, covering all areas of managing patient care in the emergency department. Touch ED provides multiple input modalities using touch screen, voice-to-text, and traditional transcription. When searching records Touch ED allows quick re-use of previous records, in other words, “clone” records forward. Touch ED gives emergency departments the ability to create and generate reports immediately and easily, an absolutely crucial feature in an ED system. The adaptability of the system allows multimedia to be added to charts including but not limited to pictures, EKGs and insurance cards. Touch ED also integrates into existing hospital enterprise systems.

Exit-Writer is the original industry leader in Patient Discharge Instructions. Designed for ease of use, Exit-Writer software makes discharging patients fast and easy while providing just the right amount of information.  Exit-Writer Patient Instructions are written in easy to read and understandable language with most Instructions printing on a single page with many containing color illustrations.

Touch Medix, LLC, located in Woodland Hills, California , is a physician-led company, that develops innovative medical software products that are intuitive, fast, efficient, easy-to-learn and easy-to-modify documentation solutions for physicians, nurses and other practitioners. One hundred percent use of your documentation to effectively treat illness and preserve health is a measure of our success; nothing less.

For additional information on Touch Medix, LLC and Touch ED visit http://www.touchmedix.com or email sales@touchmedix.com or call 877-4 TCHMDX (877-482-4639). For more about Exit-Writer visit www.exitwriter.com.