LMS and McKesson Expand OB Risk Management Offering
April 13 2006 - 12:10PM
PR Newswire (US)
MONTREAL, QC, April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LMS Medical
Systems (AMEX:LMZ; TSX:LMZ), a healthcare technology company and
developer of the CALM(TM) system (Computer Assisted Labor
Management), today announced that McKesson Provider Technologies, a
business unit of McKesson Corporation, will be distributing
additional components of the CALM OB Guidance Suite of risk
management tools. As part of the agreement McKesson will, in
addition to CALM Curve, distribute new components of the CALM OB
Guidance Suite of risk management tools, namely, CALM Shoulder
Screen and CALM Patterns. CALM Shoulder Screen assesses the risk of
occurrence of shoulder dystocia during labor. CALM Patterns detects
and analyzes fetal heart rate patterns in order to assist clinical
teams in assessing the risk of birth related brain damage. LMS and
McKesson have combined efforts to provide innovative and
comprehensive applications addressing the needs of today's
maternal-fetal medicine. The expanded use of LMS risk management
tools is in addition to the collaboration between both companies to
provide medical professionals and risk managers with patient
tracking, nursing documentation, maternal and fetal monitoring,
decision support and electronic archival functionality within one
innovative care management package. "Combining efforts to position
advanced obstetrical care management within end-to-end
hospital-wide operations supports the delivery of improved quality,
increased patient safety and positive outcomes in obstetrics," said
Diane Cote, President and CEO of LMS. LMS Medical Systems is a
leader in the application of advanced mathematical modeling and
neural networks for medical use. The LMS Computer Assisted Labor
Management product suite provides physicians, nursing staff and
risk managers with innovative obstetrical decision support and risk
management tools integrated into robust clinical information
systems designed to improve outcomes and patient care for mothers
and their infants during labor and delivery. This press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
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These risks include, but are not limited to, those associated with
the success of research and development programs, the adequacy,
timing, and results of clinical trials, the regulatory approval
process, competition, securing and maintaining corporate alliances,
market acceptance of the Company's products, the strength of
intellectual property, financing capability, the potential dilutive
effects of any financing, reliance on subcontractors and key
personnel, and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the
Company's public disclosure documents or other filings with the
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or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events, or otherwise. DATASOURCE: LMS
MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. CONTACT: Andrea Miller, Communications, LMS
Medical Systems Inc., (514) 488-3461, Ext. 222, Fax: (514)
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