We already have a Patient Administration System (PAS) and now want new clinical   capabilities-what advantages would TrakCare offer?

TrakCare provides freedom of choice, future-proofing, and speed-to-benefits not even dreamed of in alternative systems.

What is "FastTrak to ePR"?
"FastTrak to ePR" is a powerful combination of innovative architecture, modern technologies, and streamlined implementation methodologies that together rapidly deliver on the promise of a Web-based electronic patient records. EPR is "built-in" to every TrakCare module, so TrakCare customers with an ePR, rather than ending up with an ePR after a long costly project.

What is the relationship between 'FastTrak to ePR", TrakCare, and TrakHealth?
TrakHealth is the company that developed and now markets and supports the TrakCare HIS system worldwide. What sets TrakCare apart from all other alternatives is the innovative FastTrak to ePR, a combined architecture, technology and methodology that delivers unmatched speed-to-benefits and flexibility in a comprehensive healthcare solution.

TrakHealth pioneered some of the major waves in healthcare information technology, starting with comprehensive client/server solutions and then Web-based patient-centric solutions.

While every modern application has options and switches, TrakCare has options and switches, TrakCare was built from the ground up on a modern object-leveraged application architecture and technology. Information technology experts extol the unique ability for object technologies to craft systems that can be fully tailored to each organization's precise requirements yet still be easily modified to meet evolving future needs and new requirements.

Aren't systems with too much flexibility too hard to implement?
Indeed a high degree of choice can be a double edge sword. Therefore, TrakHealth has worked closely with select implementation partners around the world to craft rich, local solutions tailored specifically for the markets we serve. These pre-built local implementations give each customer a solution that embeds local custom, language and best practices while retaining the rich flexibility of the innovative object architecture and technology.

So "FastTrak to ePR" is all about faster implementations?
TrakCare with the FastTrak to ePR is all about breakthrough speed-to-benefits. In many cases this will mean a faster implementation or it may mean a high-impact phased implementation with ePR benefits from the first phase.

What matters most is that each institution gains the advantages that it needs at its ideal pace and on its ideal path.

TrakCare was used at the 2004 Olympics for a clinical and emergency care system manned by hundreds of brand-new volunteers to serve thousands of athletes and hundreds of thousands of spectators-all implemented in a matter of weeks by one of our experienced TrakHealth partners.

But there are two other key FastTrak to ePR capabilities that drive the unique TrakCare results: Object-leveraged application flexibility and adaptability, and the FastTrak to ePR approach.

The step-at-a-time approach minimizes risks, matches costs with cost saving benefits for substantially self-funding solutions, and drives broader user adoption by delivering benefits quickly.

But even more important, the step-at-a-time approach better maps to the natural human skill of iterative improvements. Many people can experience a system and then quickly suggest how it should be different to better serve them, while few people can start with a clean sheet of paper and design the perfect solution. The "clean sheet of paper" approach often leads to systems "that work the way we used to in the past" rather that fully leveraging the breakthrough benefits of patient-centric information. Breakthroughs do not come from doing the same thing marginally better; they come from the step-change improvements of doing things differently.

Rip and replace - a high stakes approach where a new, massive, monolithic solution replaces the inventory of legacy systems. The scope and consequences are so vast that these projects are often restricted to government, regions, or large multi-unit healthcare organizations.

Massive leap solutions-increasingly, developing counties seek to "leapfrog" from minimal information system infrastructure to breakthrough new technologies. But the huge time, cost and risk profiles of traditional monolithic solutions easily overwhelm any potential benefits.

Regional or National ePR initiatives-in an effort to accelerate results, there may be regional or even national ePR initiatives. Yet, while regions or nations may be able to impose standards and fund ePR initiatives, the challenge remains to deliver rich patient- centric information at the point of care.

Rapid Evolution-no need to revolutionize the environment with a lengthy, costly and risky rip and replace project. Now, with the FastTrak to ePR, you can tailor your implementation to the pace and path that makes the best sense for your organization and achieve an ePR from the very first module.

Foolproof leapfrog-while the leapfrog payback can be huge, the leapfrog challenge is immense and often overwhelming. With the FastTrak to ePR, you start with the breakthrough rather than struggle to get there, and you can start quickly with the greatest need areas rather than being forced into a massive mega-project with limited chances for success.

Accelerated regional ePR-TrakCare not only accelerates building the comprehensive ePR, but also streamlines connecting ePR information at the point of care broadly across departments, institutions, regions, and more.

Other vendors stress their comprehensive HIS offerings, does TrakHealth provide a complete system?
TrakCare is a comprehensive HIS solution, but TrakHealth has brought the notion of "open system" down from just system technologies to deliver high value to application technologies. While TrakHealth provides a comprehensive solution, TrakCare customers retain freedom of choice to incorporate capabilities from older, older systems as well as newer modern systems, and even future applications and technologies not anticipated at this time.

What about other vendors that talk about their connected systems and compliance with HL7 and open standards?
Today, connecting systems can be straightforward as a result of interconnection standards such as HL7. But interconnection brings only minor benefits. The breakthrough comes with rich applications that harness the connected data to quickly and seamlessly build ePR information and deliver it to the point of patient care. Think about the phone system-interconnection standards allow you to call almost everyone around the world, yet you could have minimal meaningful conversations. The TrakCare breakthrough comes from transforming connected data into actionable patient-centric information at the point of care.

So what is TrakCare?
TrakCare from TrakHealth is the worlds leading Web-based, patient-centric HIS solution. What sets TrakCare apart from every other alternative is the innovative FastTrak to ePR approach, a combination of architecture, technologies and methodologies that delivers breakthrough ePR benefits from the start.

What is in TrakCare?
TrakCare can be acquired as a modular solution or as a complete HIS solution. TrakCare modules all include the FastTrak to ePR architecture, technologies and methodologies.

The comprehensive TrakCare HIS suite includes applications for primary care, clinical, patient administration and departmental solutions.

Most importantly, the future of healthcare is clearly in the direction of rich, patient-centric information at the point of care. So, why would anyone implement a new healthcare application that was not part of the journey to this critically important destination?