MONTREAL, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - LMS Medical Systems (AMEX:LMZ; TSX:LMZ), a healthcare technology company and developer of the CALM(R) clinical information system and risk management software for obstetrics, today announced that Horizon Perinatal Care(TM), the first obstetrics (OB)/perinatal information system designed to support continuity of care between the labor and delivery (L&D) department and other hospital departments and units, developed in conjunction with McKesson Provider Technologies, has become generally available in the marketplace.
Horizon Perinatal Care seamlessly integrates with McKesson's enterprise clinical systems to provide ready access to historical patient information and eliminate redundant charting in support of providing safer, more efficient care to baby and mother. The integrated solution combines fetal strip archival and surveillance capabilities with McKesson's Horizon Clinicals(R) suite of solutions that are used in obstetrical care such as enterprise clinical history and interventions, documentation and bar-code medication administration.
"This milestone is the result of a joint development effort on the part of many dedicated people at both companies," said Diane Cote, President and CEO of LMS. "Bringing the product to life with LMS obstetrical solutions will mean safer deliveries for expectant mothers while providing clinicians a simpler, much needed system within which to work."
About LMS: LMS is a leader in the application of advanced mathematical
modeling and neural networks for medical use. The LMS CALM Suite provides
physicians, nursing staff, risk managers and hospital administrators with
OB clinical information systems and risk management tools desi
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