ECRI Institute And Phoenix Data Systems To Offer CMMS Integration Package

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, and Phoenix Data Systems, Inc., provider of AIMS^® Equipment Maintenance Management Software, announce a new agreement to provide medical device data integration for hospitals' computerized maintenance management systems (CMMSs).

The Phoenix Data integration will offer hospitals interfaces between:

• Phoenix Data's AIMS® and ECRI Institute's Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System^TM(UMDNS^TM), Health Devices International Sourcebase manufacturer codes, and Alerts Tracker^TM, a Web-based, automated patient safety system for alert and recall management.

"We are pleased that Phoenix Data Systems is integrating our medical device data into its AIMS software system. We previously chose to align with Phoenix Data's AIMS when we decided to phase out future development of our HECS ^TM 4 computerized maintenance management system," commented James P. Keller, M.S., ECRI Institute, Vice President, Health Technology Evaluation and Safety.

The integrated product should offer users more efficient capital equipment inventory control and more effective response to patient safety alerts and recalls. Phoenix Data expects to announce product availability in summer 2008.

To learn more about ECRI Institute's Medical Device Data Integrations for CMMS providers, visit http://www.ecri.org/cmms. For more information about UMDNS, Health Devices International Sourcebase, or Alerts Tracker, contact ECRI Institute by e-mail at clientservices@ecri.org, by telephone at (610) 825-6000 ext. 5891, or by mail at 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.

About ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As a pioneer in this science for 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ECRI Institute is designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. For more information, visit www.ecri.org.

About Phoenix Data Systems, Inc.
Phoenix Data Systems, Inc., is the sole manufacturer and developer of the AIMS Equipment Maintenance Management Software. Since its first nationwide release in 1984 as a simple work order tracking application, Phoenix has continually supported and enhanced the program, growing it into the robust, multifunctional management tool available today. For more information, visit www.goaims.com.

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