The Center for Medical Technology Policy Selects Software from HealthGate to Manage the Development of Protocols
Collaboration Architect enables information exchange between patients, clinicians, payers, manufacturers and researchers
BURLINGTON, MASS., JANUARY 29, 2008 — HealthGate Data Corp. (www.healthgate.com), a provider of collaborative document management applications for the healthcare industry, today announced that the Center for Medical Technology Policy, (CMTP), whose mission is to generate new evidence to support healthcare decisions, has licensed HealthGate’s application, Collaboration Architect. This latest deployment exemplifies the increased use of collaboration tools by professional societies whose contributors often work in a virtual environment.
The benefits of using a platform such as Collaboration Architect include accelerated review and approval of material developed by geographically dispersed contributors; flexibility for users to work on their own time from any location; easy access to the centralized document storage which eliminates the need for email attachments; control over the lifecycle of a document; fast search of documents and online discussions. This solution facilitates communications and collaboration among patients, clinicians, technology developers and clinical researchers in their quest to identify important unanswered questions and to design studies to answer those questions.
Collaboration Architect is offered as software-as-a-service, giving organizations instant access as soon as user accounts are configured. Most users need little or no training before becoming productive and quickly benefit from simplified task management. The software is licensed on an organization-level or on a document level. Call HealthGate at 800-434-4283 for more information.
About HealthGate Data Corp. HealthGate Data Corp., founded in 1994, brings innovative collaboration, document and knowledge management technologies to health systems to support their quality and standardization initiatives, and to professional societies needing to harness contributions from disparate stakeholders. HealthGate’s Collaboration Architect allows teams from various departments, including clinical, operational, IT and legal, to collaborate, reach consensus and communicate asynchronously, anytime, through our structured collaboration platform. Visit www.healthgate.com.
About the Center for Medical Technology Policy CMTP is a private non-profit organization based in San Francisco that began operations in January 2006. CMTP provides a neutral forum for stakeholders from across the healthcare system to fill critical knowledge gaps surrounding promising new medical technology. CMTP’s multi-stakeholder workgroups identify and rank priorities for evidence development, develop guidance documents that describe appropriate research questions and study designs, and oversee clinical research to fill high-priority gaps.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. HealthGate's actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, are based on many assumptions, and, like HealthGate’s business and operations generally, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, among other things: the market for HealthGate’s Collaboration Architect offering and other Quality Improvement and Risk Management Solutions products and services; HealthGate's ability to generate sufficient revenues from its current and future products and services; HealthGate's ability to keep up with the rapid technological developments in the healthcare industry; competition; reliance on computer systems and software; HealthGate's ability to retain key personnel; and other risk factors. HealthGate does not intend to update or publicly release any revisions to the forward-looking statements.
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