GuildNet to Pilot Program to Improve Patient Medication Compliance

American Medical Alert Corp. (NASDAQ: AMAC), a provider of healthcare communication services and remote monitoring technologies, announced today that GuildNet, a managed long-term care program that offers a community-based alternative to facility-based long-term care will pilot AMAC’s MedSmart® Medication Management System to evaluate whether the Medsmart system will improve medication compliance. Wanda Figueroa-Kilroy, GuildNet’s Executive Vice President, notes “we hope to not only improve outcomes with this program, but also to reduce overall healthcare costs, decrease caregiver “strain” and increase patient satisfaction.” Each member of the study is chronically ill, multidisabled and/or visually impaired.

Frederic Siegel, AMAC’s Executive Vice President stated, “We are extremely pleased that GuildNet will be evaluating our system in this initiative and believe MedSmart will complement GuildNet’s mission to enhance and support independent living activities. MedSmart is an easy-to-use solution for organizing complex medication regimens and will provide GuildNet with enhanced monitoring and notification capabilities to encourage patient compliance and foster greater patient provider communication.”

About GuildNet

GuildNet, a subsidiary of The Jewish Guild for the Blind, is a program designed to keep visually impaired, blind, multi-disabled and chronically ill persons in their communities. It helps more than 6,500 people in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk by providing long term care services to Medicaid eligible persons over age 18 through its managed long-term care program and GuildNet Gold, its Medicare Advantage/Medicaid Advantage Plus Special Needs Plan. To learn more, call 1-800-932-4703.

About American Medical Alert Corp. and MedSmart

AMAC is a healthcare communications company dedicated to the provision of support services to the healthcare community. AMAC’s product and service portfolio includes Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and 24/7 monitoring, electronic medication reminder devices, disease management monitoring appliances and healthcare communication solutions services. AMAC operates eight US based, communication centers under local trade names: HLINK OnCall, North Shore TAS, Live Message America, ACT Teleservice, MD OnCall, Capitol Medical Bureau, American MediConnect, and Phone Screen to support the delivery of high quality, healthcare communications. To learn more about AMAC, visit www.amac.com.

The MedSmart® System organizes, reminds and dispenses the correct pills at the correct time from 1 to 6 times per day ensuring safe and appropriate medication use. Containing a two-way communication modem, MedSmart uploads device and dispensing information on a daily basis to a secure, web portal for access by authorized individuals. If a dose is missed or medications are low, the system will promptly notify designated caregivers via text, voice or email message, allowing for early intervention and timely tray refill.

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