Cardiac Science and MEDENT announce new partnership deal

Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX), 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.

"Our customers want Cardiac Science's market-leading cardiac monitoring devices to connect with leading EMRs and EHRs," said Dave Marver, Cardiac Science president and chief executive officer. "This new partnership gives our large physician customer base the opportunity to choose MEDENT systems."

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.

"This partnership makes great business sense especially for the interoperability requirements of 'Meaningful Use,'" said MEDENT Vice President George Cuthbert. "This is the kind of seamless integration clients want for their practice: everything on the network working as one paperless system. This all greatly increases office efficiency and streamlines the process. Everything happens quicker with less labor."

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.