BOTHELL, Wash., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiac Science Corporation , a global leader in automated external defibrillator (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices that connect to electronic medical record (EMR) and hospital information systems, today announced a partnership with MEDENT, a leading provider of practice automation and EMR/EHR systems.
This new partnership provides 12,000 MEDENT physician users with the ability to connect their Quinton and Burdick ECG, cardiac stress test, and Holter systems with the MEDENT EMR/EHR systems. Cardiac Science, with an installed customer base of more than 65,000 diagnostic monitoring devices, can connect its devices with MEDENT systems for a smooth transfer of test results.
Cardiac Science’s HeartCentrix connectivity solution gives physicians the ability to send data from their diagnostic and monitoring devices into the MEDENT EMR/EHR. The HeartCentrix solution can be installed with either a new MEDENT EMR/EHR implementation or into an existing MEDENT system.
Cardiac Science is a leader in diagnostic and cardiology devices, bringing ECG, Holter, cardiac stress, and automated external defibrillator products into the physician office. “With this new partnership, each existing and new Cardiac Science customer has another reason to confidently choose MEDENT for their EMR/EHR solution,” Cuthbert added.
Cardiac Science develops, manufactures, and markets a family of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic cardiology devices and systems, including automated external defibrillators (AED), electrocardiograph devices (ECG/EKG), cardiac stress test treadmills and systems, Holter monitoring systems, hospital defibrillators, cardiac rehabilitation telemetry systems, vital signs monitors, 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(R), HeartCentrix(R), Powerheart(R), and Quinton(R) 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 http://www.cardiacscience.com.
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