Dublin, May 13th 2013
Lincor announces the latest addition to the MEDIVista product suite – MEDIVista MOBILE, during eHealth Week in Dublin.

MEDIVista MOBILE delivers patient services to iPads and Android wireless tablets and is a modular extension to the proven MEDIVista service delivery platform already deployed in over 20 countries and 125 hospitals. MEDIVista provides patient centric content and applications to fixed bedside terminals, improving patient outcomes and workflow for both nurses and physicians.

“Many hospitals are facing demands to develop a BYOD (Bring your own Device) strategy so patients can use their own mobile devices”, explains Lincor Solutions co-founder and CTO Enda Murphy. “Without proper management and control, this can lead to strain on the hospital wireless infrastructure. The proven MEDIVista server technology gives hospitals this control plus the ability to fully manage a potentially lucrative revenue stream.”

Richard Cooke, Lincor Solutions CEO, continues, “The rise of tablet devices has led to an increased expectation from patients and their visitors that they can use their own devices while in hospital.  MEDIVista MOBILE enables just that and is a world first solution for hospitals to deliver live TV, Movies on Demand, internet access and Skype to both fixed bedside terminals and mobile tablet devices through a centrally managed service. Customers new to MEDIVista also get the peace of mind that comes from having the solution underpinned by tried and tested technology designed for the hospital environment.”

Lincor will be showcasing MEDIVista MOBILE at eHealth Week Booth #617

To find out more, download the MEDIVista MOBILE datasheet

The awards recognise the leading performers in Ireland’s thriving Information and Communication Technology Sector.

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The proceeds will be used to increase product development  and accelerate sales activities in key global markets such as US, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

The company expects to add over 30 positions in software development, sales, marketing, customer support and finance roles over the next year in Ireland and the USA, with recruitment beginning immediately.

Lincor’s patented MEDIVista platform is sold to hospitals and other providers and delivers secure access to all patient data at the bedside allowing clinicians to make decisions based on the most up to date information. It also provides access hospital management systems for non-clinical staff as well as access to a range of multimedia entertainment, interactive education and communications services that help improve patient outcomes. Lincor’s products are currently deployed in over 120 hospitals around the world.

Lincor CEO Richard Cooke stated, “Lincor is an ambitious global company with a unique technology at the centre of healthcare IT.  This financing will enable us to aggressively expand our global market presence by allowing us to meet the cost and care delivery challenges facing hospitals around the world. We view this investment by Edison Ventures with its prior experience and success with other leading healthcare information technology companies as a fantastic endorsement of our products, track record and management team.”

Lenard Marcus, Edison Ventures Principal led the investment and noted; “Lincor’s technology acts as the primary point of information integration and distribution for patients. Hospitals utilizing the technology have demonstrated increased physician-patient interactions, lower patient re-admissions, and an improvement in clinical outcomes. Several U.S. customers have increased their Patient Satisfaction scores since implementing the product.”    Tom Vander Schaaff, Edison Partner who led diligence said, “Lincor’s customer retention has been impressive to date, with customers noting the product’s ability to improve patient communication and outcomes”. Lenard Marcus joins the Board of Directors, along with Dick Cook, Edison Director Network member.

Edison has invested in and guided 30 Healthcare Information Technology businesses. Noteworthy exits (2-16X return) include CambridgeSoft, Dendrite, DiagnosisOne, InnaPhase, Octagon, POMs, Portico and Taratec.  Current Healthcare IT portfolio companies include Cadient, ClearPoint, Health Market Science, iContracts, PHX and Verilogue.

About Edison Ventures

Established in 1986, Edison partners with entrepreneurs, service providers and other financing sources to build successful companies.  Edison provides capital and value-added services to late stage ($5 to 20 million revenue), information technology businesses.  Initial investments range from $5 to 10 million.  Edison typically serves as sole or lead investor.  In addition to providing expansion capital, Edison funds management buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock purchases.

Edison’s investment professionals are based in Lawrenceville, NJ, New York, NY, McLean, VA, Needham, MA, and Cleveland, OH.  Industry specialties include Healthcare IT, Financial Technology, Interactive Marketing & eCommerce and Enterprise 2.0.  Edison’s successes include Best Software, Gain Capital, Liberty Tax, Marcam, Mathsoft, Neat, Tangoe, Visual Networks, Vocus and many other information technology leaders, which have a combined market value exceeding $5 billion.  Edison Ventures currently manages over $800 million and actively making new investments.  For more information on Edison Ventures, please visit www.edisonventure.com and follow us on Twitter @edisonventure.

It is important to remember that training extends beyond being told what button to push when and should include training in why this is being installed in the first place, the aims of the project and a full list of supporting materials to help in the users’ learning curve.  It is also important that procedures are in place to react quickly to the inevitable teething troubles that happen in any installation.

The whole of issue of training and user support is important for any technology, but it takes on a new level of importance when dealing with front-line IT in hospitals.  Clinicians are busy people – they don’t have the luxury of time to sit down and figure things out when they go wrong.  They can be called away at any second to deal with a medical emergency. In these situations they focus on the patient and fall back to the old way of doing things. Often this is pen and paper with all the incumbent problems the technology was supposed to solve.

Once the new systems are bypassed in this way, it continues to be bypassed.  The technology then gets a reputation for being no good – so fewer and fewer people use it and its uselessness become a self-fulfilling prophesy.

New Hospital IT systems continue to be developed for good reasons – to increase efficiencies, improve patient care and reduce risk. In countries such as America there are systems of penalties and rewards that are encouraging technology adoption.

But – however good the technology is, its ultimate success depends on the users. Sure they need to be trained properly but they also need to be engaged in the entire project.

This engagement should see users consulted at the very start and ideally involved in design and testing of the solution as the project progresses.  They should also be involved in designing the training because they are the experts in knowing what they need to know.

Andy Ellwood

Dublin, Feb 26th 2013 – Today, Lincor Solutions, the leaders in point-of-care computing and Proventix, a ground-breaking supplier of healthcare hand hygiene technology, have announced a technology partnership aimed to improve healthcare quality and patient safety.

Proventix created nGage through the development of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology as a point-of-care compliance monitoring system. nGage is designed to ensure hospital staff and encourage hospital visitors follow hand hygiene standards to help prevent the spread of infection.

Lincor’s MEDIVista platform is accessed via a clinical grade, touch screen terminal at every bedside that is used by the patient, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff.

“The integration between nGage and MEDIVista will ensure that hospital staff will not be able to use the bedside terminal to access clinical applications unless they have satisfactorily cleaned their hands.” said Enda Murphy, chief technology officer and co-founder of Lincor Solutions. “Our hardware and software already have features to minimize the risk of infection, but the addition of nGage takes this protection to an entirely new level. With their dedication to reducing hospital infections, combined with innovative technology, Proventix allow Lincor to offer unique levels of hygiene in the point of care computing market.”

“We at Proventix are passionate about protecting patients from healthcare-associated infections by ensuring health professionals follow the highest standard of hand hygiene,” said Harvey Nix, CEO and founder of Proventix, “and we are actively looking to partner with companies that share our vision. Lincor is an ideal partner for us as they are already working in quality care improvement.  We are excited about the prospect of working with them and sharing our vision with their network of global customers.”

Proventix client Shannon Medical Center of San Angelo, Texas was awarded the Healthcare Informatics Innovator Award for their use of the nGage system to improve the quality of healthcare delivered in their facility. Shannon will be recognized at the HIMSS 2013 Conference for their 62% reduction of healthcare-associated infections in a six-month period through use of the system.

Lincor will be demonstrating this integrated solution throughout HIMSS 2013 Conference, at booth #3811, from March 4^th-7^th.

About Proventix
Proventix Systems, Inc., based in Birmingham, Ala., is a technology company whose mission is to eliminate the human and economic costs of infectious disease in healthcare. They provide tools and services for quality compliance monitoring, active point of care communication, and successful behavior modification. More details at www.proventix.com

Dubai, Jan 28th 2013, As  part of the Ireland Pavilion at Arab Health 2013, Lincor Solutions, the global leaders in point of care computing, will be showcasing the latest developments in MEDIVista.  These include significant enhancements to the MEDIVista enterprise server, new hardware and a preview of future developments.

“When you look at the participation in Arab Health, it is clear that this region is leading the way in new standards of patient care”, says Richard Cooke Lincor CEO. “We are beginning to see significant investment coming on stream and it is clear that the patient will be the priority in this new wave of healthcare innovation.”

“We have seen a renewed level of interest in MEDIVista in the Middle East as its ability to power improvements in patient care and operational efficiencies make it the obvious choice for this new generation of hospitals”, adds Canice McKee, Sales Director Middle East, Lincor. “It is no coincidence that our most significant customer engagement globally is with a hospital in this region. We are partnering  with them to develop a brand new, exclusive patient services application that combines the vision of a leading hospital group with the proven power of MEDIVista and a new generation of hardware”

For this prestigious project, Lincor have developed an exclusive tablet-based solution that allows access to the MEDIVista system via a unique, redesigned interface.  Utilising the latest robust, clinical tablet technology this system will  provide access to services such as food ordering, patient education, environment controls (such as air conditioning, lighting etc.) and internet browsing plus a range of entertainment services such as TV, Music, Audio books and Movies on Demand.

Lincor Solutions are exhibiting at Arab Health as part of the Ireland Pavilion –Stand S1 J59

Fixed Point of care computing can help.

Noise is an issue and one that features in Patient Satisfaction measures. Some hospitals are trying to reduce the traffic of “noisy” carts  being wheeled along corridors. Many of these (e.g. COWs, WOWs) are there to provide “convenient” access to hospital systems. But a fixed and flexible access point at every bedside to these systems – and the possibility for many more – signifgicantly reduces the need for this corridor traffic.

Hospitals have invested in a range of EMRs, PACs and other systems.  Knowing how to and where to access them can be challenging and a big issue in large scale adoption. Providing an integrated, secure point of care gateway to all of these systems means access is simplified and all hospital staff can access data when and where they need it.

Usage of all technology is dependent on a robust and reliable infrastructure. As soon as people cannot access what they want when they need to, the tempatation to revert back to inefficient and error-prone manual work practices is very strong. With Lincor’s MEDIVista, for example, all access to all systems is via a high speed, secure fixed network based on a robust infrastructure with built in fail over to ensure continual operation. This mixture of convenience and reliability will ensure rapid widespread adoption and significant operational efficiencies.

Patient Engagement is a key consideration for future technology investment. An engaged patient is more likely take an active role in their treatment and recovery. The provision of communication tools such as Skype, internet access and direct phone access means patients avoid feeling isolated and become more receptive to actively participating in their care. Easy access to consistent and approved education and information material will help them understand their care plan and help them make any lifestyle and behavioural adjustments while still in hospital. An engaged patient is likely to be in hospital for less time and be more unlikely to be readmitted.

Point of Care computing has the potential to reduce Hospital costs and increase overall efficiency while delivering a better patient experience with lasting benefits.

For more on this topic, watch our introduction to point of care computing and the overview of MEDIVista.

Endeavor HealthTech, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia USA) is proud to announce that an agreement has been reached with Presbyterian Homes of Georgia, which will be the first long term care facility to install MEDIVista. With 320 devices placed at the resident’s bedside, nurse’s stations and in common areas, this marks the successful opening of a new market segment for MEDIVista in the United States.  Endeavor is the first Lincor partner to focus on sub-acute as well as acute health care companies.

Several factors went into Presbyterian’s decision to install this state-of-the art system.  As Medicare cuts have taken a bite out of reimbursements, long term care facilities are looking for ways to counteract the effects on revenue as most facilities have already cut expenses as far as possible. During presentations, Endeavor focused on three critical areas: increasing census, improving the patient experience and increasing Resource Utilization Group (RUG) scores.

More information is available HERE

Lincor is currently offering 18” and 12” HIT terminals as part of a full turnkey solution to hospitals, with initial deployments already completed  in the U.K. and the Netherlands.

The first large-scale implementation deploying the latest 18” Advantech terminals has just been completed at the world famous National Cancer Institute (NKI-AVL) in the Netherlands. The 12” terminal is being deployed as a solution especially designed for dialysis chairs at Fresenius Dialysis Care Services – a leading operator of dialysis clinics – with the first implementations taking place at clinics in the U.K. and Ireland.

“As hardware manufacturers, we are always looking for world class software partners that deliver excellent, customer-focused solutions utilizing our technology,” said Chaney Ho, Advantech’s President. “We enjoy an excellent working relationship with Lincor Solutions. Their firsthand, real-world knowledge of point-of-care requirements and their unrivaled track record of deployment at more than 100 hospitals globally is unique.”

“Advantech is precisely the kind of world-class partner that is an ideal match for Lincor,” said Richard Cooke, CEO Lincor Solutions. “Their focus on continual innovation and quality ensures our software solution can be matched with the ideal hardware for hospitals around the world to meet real challenges in terms of improved efficiencies, reduced costs and enhanced patient outcomes.”

About Advantech

Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted, innovative products, services, and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, embedded systems, automation products, and global logistics support. We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. Our mission is to enable an intelligent planet with Automation and Embedded Computing products and solutions that empower the development of smarter working and living. With Advantech, there is no limit to the applications and innovations our products make possible. (Corporate Website: www.advantech.eu).

A lot of effort goes into planning and executing a professional presence at a major trade show such as MEDICA. Hopefully this wasn’t immediately obvious to our vistors!

To give you an idea of what goes into a Lincor stand, this is the scene after MEDICA closed its doors and we were packing up the kit.