State-of-the-Art Drug Testing System ADAMS Promotes Free and Fair Sport – Drug Testing System Developed By Presagia Achieving Global Adoption
Montreal, Canada, June 5, 2006—Presagia Corp, the leading developer and provider of real-time web-centric solutions for health, safety and injury management, today announced that ADAMS (Anti-Doping Administration and Management System), the global drug testing system developed by Presagia for WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) is well on its way to a full-scale rollout. Having finished an initial trial phase, ADAMS is gaining high adoption rates as large numbers of global sports organizations sign on. Launched in the fall of 2005, WADA embarked on an ambitious mission to deploy ADAMS on a global basis. The goal was to create a system with the flexibility, scalability and versatility required to enable sporting federations and anti-doping organizations to plan, execute and manage anti-doping tests and process their results for over 100,000 international-level athletes. Currently the system is in use by 18 Anti-Doping Organizations, 17 International Sport Federations, 1 Continental Sport Federation, and several WADA-Accredited Laboratories. ADAMS was built on Presagia’s InjuryZone platform and is currently available in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese. The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games marked a milestone for ADAMS and WADA being the first in-competition parallel test of the system. TOROC, IPC, and WADA oversaw a highly efficient process that enabled 154 doping control officers, phlebotomists, military personnel, administrative staff and volunteers to conduct 242 doping tests - a 150 percent increase over the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City. Leading up to and throughout the event all doping test plans and results were entered into ADAMS. Martin Leesti, Director of Presagia Professional Services, volunteered along with WADA and IPC personnel to oversee the use of ADAMS at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. He mentions that, “Going forward, the use of ADAMS is going to improve administration of the testing and results management processes, allowing Major Games organizers to save cost and effort by creating a standardized workflow. Secure information exchange with National Anti-Doping Organizations can also provide a complete picture of an athlete’s past test history, leading to smarter testing.” In addition to efficiency gains, the system increases testing and reporting accuracy. The standardized process delivered through ADAMS protects athletes from mistakes possible with paper-based systems. ADAMS has a series of built-in rules that apply automatic checks to each step of the process to reduce human error. One example is the Therapeutic Use Exemption. The ADAMS TUE enables athletes and their medical providers to request and obtain approval for the therapeutic use of certain drugs. Reducing human error expedites the approval process and ensures that any positive findings are immediately crosschecked with up-to-date exemptions. The result is an accurate test process and faster delivery of results. Presagia is proud to play an integral role in the introduction of technology to aid the global effort to promote free and fair sport by eliminating doping. About Presagia Corp. For nearly two decades, Presagia has been developing and implementing intelligent health management software solutions to address the health, safety and wellness requirements of employers, healthcare practitioners and athletics organizations worldwide. These solutions streamline [...]