{"id":60897,"date":"2018-04-24T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-biotrackthc-deploys-puerto-rico-traceability-system-expands-presence\/"},"modified":"2018-04-24T05:32:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T09:32:19","slug":"biotrackthc-implementa-el-sistema-de-rastreo-de-puerto-rico-expande-su-presencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/biotrackthc-implementa-el-sistema-de-rastreo-de-puerto-rico-expande-su-presencia\/","title":{"rendered":"BioTrackTHC Deploys Puerto Rico Traceability System, Expands Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 24, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Commonwealth of <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> in coordination with the Department of Health&#8217;s seed-to-sale traceability provider, BioTrackTHC, has officially deployed its government seed-to-sale Traceability System to oversee the island&#8217;s medical cannabis industry.\u00a0 The system will enable the government to track and regulate the medical cannabis supply chain, product safety, and sales.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf37dleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgf37dleft\" title=\"BioTrackTHC is an extensively used seed-to-sale cannabis tracking solution deployed by businesses and governments in the U.S. and abroad. (PRNewsFoto\/BIOTRACKTHC)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"BioTrackTHC is an extensively used seed-to-sale cannabis tracking solution deployed by businesses and governments in the U.S. and abroad. (PRNewsFoto\/BIOTRACKTHC)\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/328237\/biotrackthc_logo.jpg \"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> originally announced BioTrackTHC as the winner apparent of the contract in late 2016.\u00a0 However, there was a series of protests from competing vendors that were ultimately dismissed.\u00a0 The contract was then officially executed by the Puerto Rico Department of Health and BioTrackTHC in February of 2018.\u00a0 The Traceability System is being deployed in phases, with the first phase going live today, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday, April 24, 2018<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is to provide safe access to medical cannabis for all of our patients in Puerto Rico.\u00a0 The Traceability System empowers us to provide them with access in a way that is both transparent and responsible,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Antonio Quilichini<\/span>, Executive Director of the Regulatory Board for Medical Cannabis. &#8220;Additionally, it will enable the medical cannabis board to properly track the island&#8217;s supply chain in real time, with complete visibility and accountability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Because of the unique nature of <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico&#8217;s<\/span> medical cannabis program, as well as the fact that a large number of licensees and their employees are Spanish-speaking, BioTrackTHC recently opened an office on the island and currently employs two staff members locally who are exclusively focused on supporting the Department of Health, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> licensees, the company&#8217;s Spanish-speaking customers, and the Puerto Rico Traceability program at-large.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is an honor to be in a position to help launch the island&#8217;s medical cannabis program and assist the licensees in getting up and running on the Traceability System,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">James Tolentino<\/span>, Director of Puerto Rico Operations for BioTrackTHC. <\/p>\n<p>There are currently over 60 licensed cannabis businesses who are approved by the State to distribute medical cannabis to approved patients in Puerto Rico.\u00a0 The launch of the Traceability System provides these patients with an accessible program as well as safe, lab-tested medical cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>As previously announced in March of this year, BioTrackTHC and Helix TCS Inc. (OTCQB:\u00a0 HLIX) have signed a definitive merger agreement.\u00a0 The signing of this contract helps to further establish BioTrackTHC as a leader in government traceability as they now hold nine (9) executed seed-to-sale contracts.<\/p>\n<p><b>About BioTrackTHC<br \/><\/b>Bio-Tech Medical Software, Inc., through its BioTrackTHC division, develops and provides effective, cutting-edge technology solutions for the emerging medical and recreational cannabis industry. Visit <u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biotrack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.biotrack.com<\/a><\/u> for more information, email <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:sales@biotrackthc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">sales@biotrackthc.com<\/a> or call 1-800-797-4711 to order software. \u00a0Follow us on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BioTrackTHC\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BioTrackTHC\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/biotrackthc\" rel=\"nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a> for important updates and relevant industry news. \u00a0BioTrackTHC currently holds 9 government contracts and operates in over 2000 locations across 28 states, D.C., and 4 countries. \u00a0 Bio-Tech Medical Software, Inc. is a privately-held company based in <span class=\"xn-location\">Fort Lauderdale, Florida<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>CONTACT:\u00a0 <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Gonring<\/span><br \/>BioTrackTHC<br \/>(303) 324-1022\u00a0 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:press@biotrackthc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">press@biotrackthc.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biotrack.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.biotrack.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/328237\/biotrackthc_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/328237\/biotrackthc_logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  BioTrackTHC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 24, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Commonwealth of <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span> in coordination with the Department of Health&#8217;s seed-to-sale traceability provider, BioTrackTHC, has officially deployed its government seed-to-sale Traceability System to oversee the island&#8217;s medical cannabis industry.\u00a0 The system will enable the government to track and regulate the medical cannabis supply chain, product safety, and sales.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}