Cardiac Science Simplifies Cardiac Rehab Management with the new Quinton Q-Tel RMS 3.1

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cardiac Science launched Quinton^® Q-Tel^® RMS 3.1, a new and simpler electronic reporting system which allows caregivers to focus more time on patients. The primary benefit is a marked reduction in paperwork common to cardiac rehabilitation programs. Q-Tel also makes data transfer to hospital information systems (HIS) and electronic medical record (EMR) systems easy. Cardiac Science Corporation (NASDAQ:CSCX) is a global leader in advanced cardiac diagnosis, resuscitation, rehabilitation, and informatics products.

“We want our products to expedite patient recovery and simplify the administration of cardiac rehabilitation programs,” said René Mitchell, Cardiac Science director of diagnostic marketing. “With dozens of cardiac rehab managers’ input, we designed four new reports to streamline reporting and create more time for patient care. The reports also support American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) certification.”

The Q-Exchange option enables seamless data transfer between Q-Tel and HIS/EMR, further reducing clerical time. Q-Exchange works with XML or HL7 technologies. Additionally, Q-Tel 3.1 includes the following reports:

• Patient Care Plan – Shows an individualized patient plan of care covering the exercise, nutrition, education, and psychosocial factors required by the AACVPR Program Certification Application, all in one place.
• Patient Intake Assessment – Documents the assessment of every patient in the clinical, behavioral, health, and services domains, and captures information for all four domains on one form.
• Patient Query Report – Can perform custom queries of the patient database to help identify attendance counts, referring physicians, or patients who match other specific criteria. A simple point-and-click interface reveals the answers to these and countless other queries.
• Customized Patient Outcomes Graphs – Creates individualized graphs of the outcomes parameters needed for each patient. The most relevant parameters are charted – and can be altered in real-time – to show the most relevant information for each patient.

Q-Tel is highly configurable for additional dedicated workstations or for extra monitoring stations as class sizes increase. The Pocket Assistant allows the rehabilitation team to input session parameters from anywhere on the floor. This allows more personal interaction with patients.

Available for download: Quinton Q-Tel RMS, an eight-page brochure about the new system and how it can free up time and enable better patient care.

About Cardiac Science

Cardiac Science develops, manufactures, and markets a family of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology devices and systems, including automated external defibrillators (AEDs), electrocardiograph devices (ECGs), cardiac stress systems and treadmills, Holter monitoring systems, hospital defibrillators, cardiac rehabilitation telemetry systems, and cardiology data management systems (informatics) that connect with hospital information (HIS), electronic medical record (EMR), and other information systems. The Company sells a variety of related products and consumables, and provides a portfolio of training, maintenance, and support services. Cardiac Science, the successor to the cardiac businesses that established the trusted Burdick®, HeartCentrix®, Powerheart®, and Quinton® brands, is headquartered in Bothell, Washington. With customers in more than 100 countries worldwide, the company has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.

For information, call 425.402.2000 or visit www.cardiacscience.com.