Whereas today Emergency Departments typically pay $50 and wait 90 minutes for alcohol test results, TruTouch's forthcoming medical diagnostic will deliver that vital information quickly and cost effectively--with just a touch. This will empower both EMS personnel and diagnosing physicians to move more swiftly, surely, and economically through the differential process to effective treatment.

How important is this? Alcohol plays a role in roughly half of all Trauma Center cases and one-forth of all Emergency Department visits. Many emergency medical physicians believe that alcohol concentration should be routinely checked with the other vital signs as a part of the standard admittance protocol.

The World Health Organization echoes this sentiment by calling for alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments worldwide, even though they acknowledge that this effort is currently hampered by the lack of appropriate tools. TruTouch will provide that crucial tool and make the routine screening of patients as fast, easy, and affordable as the collection of other vital sign data.