Patient Tracking

Tracker Software Program

AMS

Why is Tracking Important?Why is Tracking Important?

•Patients often do not receive effective treatment the first time•Patients abandon treatment

IneffectivePainfulExpensive

•Patients often do not receive effective treatment the first time•Patients abandon treatment

IneffectivePainfulExpensive

Facts on Patients Abandoning Treatment

Facts on Patients Abandoning Treatment

•Sildenafil is ineffective in 35% of patients with E.D.

•90% of patients with BPH on alpha-blockers will abandon therapy after three years

•50% of patients on finasteride will abandon treatment at 5 years

•Incontinence- ?%•CaP-?%

•Sildenafil is ineffective in 35% of patients with E.D.

•90% of patients with BPH on alpha-blockers will abandon therapy after three years

•50% of patients on finasteride will abandon treatment at 5 years

•Incontinence- ?%•CaP-?%

Areas CoveredAreas Covered

•E.D.•BPH•Incontinence•CaP•Other modules under

development

•E.D.•BPH•Incontinence•CaP•Other modules under

development

What Does the Tracker Program Accomplish?What Does the Tracker Program Accomplish?

•Creates a data base of patients with ED, BPH, incontinence, and CaP

•Enhances communication with patients and referring physicians using existing letters or customized letters

•Creates a data base of patients with ED, BPH, incontinence, and CaP

•Enhances communication with patients and referring physicians using existing letters or customized letters

What does the Tracker Program Accomplish?

• Use a dozen template newsletters • Permits the creation of newsletters that

are customized for the practice that can be sent to existing patients, new patients, and referring physicians

• Provides dozens of patient information and education handouts

• Managed care friendly

•Large impotence practice•Large incontinence practice•Large CaP practices•Practices that have large numbers of patients on medical therapy for BPH

•Large impotence practice•Large incontinence practice•Large CaP practices•Practices that have large numbers of patients on medical therapy for BPH

Urologists That Benefit From the Tracker ProgramUrologists That Benefit From the Tracker Program