ConstaTec Solutions is based in Seattle, Washington USA. The company offers software and support solutions for medical/health records management. Our sister company in Mexico is ConstaTec Solutions S.A. de C.V.
Our flagship product is
Electronic Medical Records Without Borders (EMR Without Borders). This web application offers a complete cloud-based solution that runs in a web browser on desktop computers as well as many portable devices such as tablets and smartphones. Free trial accounts are available to explore this software.
ConstaTec produces customized software solutions for medical database applications. Our flagship product is Electronic Medical Records Without Borders. We define our EMR WB as a Web-based, state-of-the-art level 3, standardized, interoperable, multidisciplinary EMR system. Modules are grouped into categories 'medicine', 'psychology', 'nursing', 'nutrition', and 'social work'. The application integrates an easy-to-use interface, decision support systems at-the-point–of-care, and easy accessibility anywhere in the world through web-based cloud computing. The application can be used on popular platforms (PC, Mac, Tablets, and Smartphones) to manage records and other documents. Interoperability and information exchange becomes easy.
According to the classification of EMRs provided by Gartner, Inc.—a leading information technology research and advisory company providing technology related insight—EMR level 3 is the most advanced one currently available, and EMR systems have the technical capability to bring evidence-based medicine to the point of care, as is the case with our EMR WB. (Reference: Landscape of the Global Enterprise EHR Market. Gartner. Published: 28 June 2011; p11.)
ConstaTec Solutions produces Meaningful Use certified EMRs in the US, and NOM certified EMRs in Mexico (Norma Oficial Mexicana—NOM-024-SSA3-2012 de Sistemas de Información de Registro Electrónico para la Salud e Intercambio de Información en Salud). Also, we use the international healthcare informatics interoperability Health Level Seven (HL7) standards and framework for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information, version 3 (HL7 V3).
In addition, we integrate order management in our EMRs, which includes direct entry of orders, such as computer-based physician order entry (CPOE) or e-prescribing by physicians for medications and nonmedications (for example, lab tests, radiology studies and consults).
The research and development of our system (EMR-WB), was a collaborative, multi-institutional, international effort which identified practical approaches to the computerization of medical records in an international context.
The problem:
Currently, EMRs often lack (1) global access, (2) standardization, (3) an efficient interface, and (4) effective knowledge-based point-of-care tools. Consequently, the information needs of patients, practitioners, administrators, researchers, and policymakers often go unmet, leaving providers especially dissatisfied.
The solution:
Develop, implement and evaluate a standardized, web-based EMR system (EMR-WB) that is accessible from any platform, functions with an intuitive interface, and provides decision support tools. Our research showed that almost all health care personnel surveyed favored our EMR-WB compared to the paper-based methods.
The research project aimed to facilitate structured clinical documentation, usability, global access, and decision-making. We addressed health challenges such as interoperability and information exchange of clinical information. Techniques for improving patient and provider satisfaction, quality of life, and health indicators in targeted populations are important outcomes of our work.
Francisco Saavedra, M.D., Ph.D.
General Director
Francisco has a background in medicine (M.D.), including a residency in Family Medicine and a fellowship in Hospital Medicine. In addition, he completed a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Informatics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, supported by a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health–National Library of Medicine. He has 30 years of clinical and health information technology experience, including successful implementation and evaluation of EMR systems in the U.S. and Mexico. Currently, he is working on several projects in collaboration with University of Washington School of Medicine and other institutions both in the U.S. and abroad.
Robert Dickow, Ph.D.
Vice President for Development
Robert Dickow has over 30 years experience in software engineering. He has written applications for video hardware controllers, games and recreation, database and business applications, art installations, text editors, e-learning, audio and video, data realization, and many others. He has contributed to popular computing magazines. Since 1999 he has been a web software developer, both free-lance and as a staff member of Buffalo Girls Productions, Inc.
Dickow is also a published composer and professional instrumentalist with an abiding interest in electronic music. He has been a member of SEAMUS (Society for Electronic Music in the United States). His electronic compositions have been performed in Europe and the United States, and he composes music for independent and public television documentaries. Many of his works involve algorithmic conputer-generated music. Since his appointment in 1984 as Coordinator of Computer Instruction, Dickow has served on the faculty of the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho.