CORPORATE
HISTORY
Atlas Development Corporation was established in 1989 by Robert “Rob” D.
Atlas with the aim of building mission critical, high performance
database-driven business solutions. He soon was joined by his
brother, Stephen.
In a relatively short period, Atlas Development became a leader
in systems consulting and development of sophisticated software
solutions for segments of the healthcare industry and financial
services companies. The Company attracted a reputation for delivering
development projects on time and budget for demanding clients.
In 19___, Atlas development created a state of the art clinical
trials management system for Smith Beachum Clinical Laboratories.
In 1995, the Company teamed with Specialty Laboratories to develop
Atlas LabWorks™, a character-based laboratory order entry
and resulting system, which subsequently became a flagship Atlas
product. To date, more than _____Atlas LabWorks systems have
been deployed across the U.S. and south America.
Atlas evolved Atlas LabWorks to Windows‚ in 1998 and launched
a browser-based version of the software in 2000. In 2001, Atlas
formed its Atlas Medical division to market the product
aggressively to laboratories throughout the United States. Today,
the system is used by more than 25 national and regional laboratories,
including MDS Diagnostics, Dynacare Laboratories (now part of
LabCorp), Biopath Clinical Laboratories, Spectrum Laboratories,
Sunrise Laboratories, and Spectra Renal Management (the largest
network of ESRD clinics in the US). It is widely considered the
premiere physician order entry solution for the clinical lab
market.
Most recently, the company introduced Total Outreach Management
as a new approach to clinical connectivity for hospital and independent
clinical laboratories. It’s an approach that Atlas believes
will significantly improve service while increasing efficiency
and enhancing the lab’s relationship with the physician
and patient client.
Over the last two years, Atlas’s consulting arm has developed
a state-of-the-art communicable disease tracking and reporting
system (CMR) for the Los Angeles County Department of Health
Services. LA County is the largest county in California; with
an area of more than 4,000 square miles and a population of over
10 million it accounts for approximately 40% of all communicable
disease reporting to the State. Atlas’s software acts as
an early-warning system for communicable disease outbreaks throughout
the County, alerting County caseworkers through direct links
to hospital and reference laboratories as well as infectious
disease practitioners and other healthcare providers. The system
recently won the 2002 Alfred Guttenberg Technology Award, part
of the County’s Productivity and Quality Awards Program.
Atlas believes CMR could become a critical protective vehicle
to thwart bio-terrorism threats.
Atlas also developed a long-term care enterprise application
that has been operating since January 2000 in Schuylkill County,
PA. This award-winning software has set a new standard in the
long-term care industry as a comprehensive and cost-effective
software solution that significantly increases efficiency and
dramatically improves the quality of care.
Over the years, Atlas has demonstrated strong expertise in the
financial services sector. For Ameritrade Securities, the Company
designed and built the file transfer protocol and interfaces
for transferring client data between the broker’s back
office operations and other brokerage houses using a third party
clearinghouse. Atlas also built a powerful online loan origination
and approval system for Credit Union Direct Lending. The system
links more than 2000 automobile dealers with CUDL’s central
database, allowing credit applications to be submitted electronically.
Upon submission, credit reports from the major reporting agencies
are requested and the application is scored and returned to the
dealer with an answer, in as little as five seconds.
In addition, the company has developed payroll systems, a commodities
futures trading application, and an inventory, billing and accounting
package.
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