A groundbreaking new wireless electronic prescribing service, ScriptToneSM, is drawing the interest of the region's technology titans. Prematics, the company that developed and is deploying ScriptTone, is slated to present the first-of-its-kind e-prescribing service to local technology leaders at this year's Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange (HIE), hosted by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania. The summit will be held on June 26 at the Hershey Country Club.

ScriptTone is a physician-designed, user-friendly replacement to the error-riddled paper-based prescription system that contributes to 1.5 million medication errors and 7,000 deaths annually, according to Scott Puritz, CEO of Prematics.

"For today's busy physician, using paper-based prescriptions is like going to war with a pocket knife," said Puritz. "Through the deployment of ScriptTone, our goal is to leverage technology that empowers physicians to make highly informed decisions and deliver safer, more efficient and cost-effective care. Prematics is honored to share our e-prescribing initiative with the Technology Council as an example of how cutting-edge technology is improving healthcare in Central Pennsylvania."

How ScriptTone Works
ScriptTone is designed to fit seamlessly into physicians' workflow by delivering real-time, patient-specific prescribing information directly to the doctor's hand. Using a state-of-the-art handheld wireless device that operates on Prematics' intelligent and reliable high-speed network, the service is completely free to physicians and includes ongoing neighborhood-based support.

Physicians using ScriptTone can access patient medication history and drug benefit information at the point of care. This helps prevent serious medication errors or drug interactions and saves patients money through the use of lower cost generic equivalents. And, because ScriptTone electronically transmits accurate, legible prescriptions directly to the retail pharmacy, patients will no longer face frustrations and delays resulting from misunderstood hand-written prescriptions.

About Pennsylvania's Health Information Exchange
The PA-HIE Summit is the third in a series of updates on the growing convergence of the technology and healthcare industries, and healthcare innovation. The summit will include presentations on patient safety innovations and solution deployments, e-prescribing, e-radiology (PENNeRAD), and the development of the technology and healthcare workforce.

To Register for the Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange (HIE) visit www.tccp.org. Click on "Calendar" then "June 26" and register.

About Prematics
Prematics™ is an innovative healthcare IT service provider committed to improving the safety, quality and efficiency of the prescription drug supply chain. From its operational office in Lemoyne, Penn., the Company developed and is deploying ScriptToneSM, the nation's first easy-to-use, fully managed electronic prescribing service designed for physicians. This reliable and highly secure service is delivered over the Company's proprietary end-to-end network and equips physicians with the critical patient information they need at the point-of-care to prescribe the most clinically appropriate and cost-effective medication. ScriptToneSM benefits all of the key industry stakeholders by driving patient safety, lowering costs, and streamlining fulfillment. More information about Prematics can be found at www.prematics.com.

About the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania
The Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania is the region's catalyst for sustained growth in technology business development. As the region's trade association for the technology industry, we lead strategies that build strong industry partnerships, robust technology infrastructures, and strengthen our technology workforce in order to discover, demonstrate and deploy advanced technology and innovations across the region and state. We lead technology. For more information, contact Gwen Stettler at gstettler@tccp.org or visit www.tccp.org, www.tccptechquest.org, www.techquestpa.com