DP Solutions Announces Strategic Relationship with TIMA to Deploy a Mobile Healthcare Platform

DP Solutions and Technology Integrations for Medical Applications, Inc. (TIMA) have joined forces to launch the TIMA Mobile platform that allows doctors to make house calls to patients and monitor their vital signs including heart rates, blood oxygen levels and more. The physician can then either store the information or send it over an Internet connection to a hospital where a specialist interprets the live data. Both doctor and specialist can also view the patient’s medical history, which is stored on remote computer servers.

Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Stevens Institute of Technology and TIMA founder, has spent the past six years developing this comprehensive software system, which he believes will make house calls economically and technically feasible.

“Empowering physicians with a platform to perform house calls is an excellent choice for certain patients as it may help them avoid an unnecessary trip to the emergency room,” said Grasso “But if a hospital visit is necessary, the system can provide critical information to an emergency room physician along with the patient’s primary care physician and other specialists involved in the day to day care of the patient.”

The solution calls for a few standard technical requirements, including a PC or laptop, Internet connection (dial-up, broadband or wireless), telephone, digital voice recorder and a security device, such as a firewall or VPN. Doctors using the mobile solution will be provided with a laptop computer and a variety of standard medical devices such as a Vital Signs Monitor, a Digital Stethoscope, an ECG, Pulse Oximeter, Spirometer, and Holter Monitor. They will also be able to connect a Digital Camera and or Video Capture Device such as a Camcorder. More exotic medical devices including a compact Ultrasound Device and a Non Invasive Cardiac Output Monitor can be used.

From the information collected, the TIMA system has the ability to automatically generate a bill. Since the TIMA software runs as an ASP application from the DP Solutions data center located in Columbia, MD, the bill can be sent electronically to any payer via entities such as MD On-line, a New Jersey based healthcare clearinghouse.


“Is it possible to help the physician and the patient at the same time? I think yes. It’s about removing obstructions to improve the workflow process. Giving the physician the ability to go to the patient, perform an examination, perform additional tests, and move and track information smoothly is the goal. To do this you need the combination of technology, infrastructure, and relationships,” said Mac McElwee, Director of Healthcare Services at DP Solutions. It’s exciting to be associated with TIMA, medical device manufacturers, and clearinghouses via this mobile healthcare initiative.”




About Us: About DP Solutions
DP Solutions, located in Columbia, Maryland, offers services that range from industry-specific enterprise software and custom application development to networking, web development, application hosting and security solutions. The company’s healthcare group consists of consultants and programmers with experience in the development and installation of custom translator and claims processing components for organizations needing to be HIPAA compliant. For more information about DP Solutions healthcare offerings, please visit www.dpsolutionshealthcare.com.

About Technology Integrations for Medical Applications, Inc. (TIMA)
TIMA is a software development company enabling a wide range of private, secure, fully audited, and distributed healthcare services to be transacted efficiently and effectively within its Healthcare Enterprise Portal. The TIMA platform fuses information flow and business logic across a wide and integrated network enabling healthcare related services to be delivered within a disruptive pricing model with at least an order of magnitude of advantage concerning price and performance.