LMS CALM Shoulder Screen selected by Medical Center of Arlington (TX)
April 10 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MONTREAL, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LMS Medical Systems
(AMEX:LMZ; TSX:LMZ), a healthcare technology company and developer
of the CALM(TM) clinical information system and risk management
software tools for obstetrics, today announced that Medical Center
of Arlington, located midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas,
has chosen to implement LMS' risk prevention tools, having acquired
the CALM Shoulder Screen(TM) application for use with their
obstetrical patients whose babies are at risk for injury from
shoulder dystocia. The Medical Center of Arlington is part of HCA
which manages 180 hospitals in 23 states. Medical Center of
Arlington is also the largest obstetrical delivery hospital within
the North Texas Division of HCA. Shoulder dystocia occurs when the
baby's shoulder gets stuck behind the mother's pubic bone during
the delivery and can lead to potentially severe complications such
at brachial plexus impairment, fractured clavicle, and brain
damage. Until recently, these complications were considered largely
unpredictable and unpreventable and thus responsible for some
30,000 delivery complications every year in North America. Medical
Center of Arlington delivers over 3700 babies a year and will be
the first in Texas to implement this unique risk reduction program.
"Shoulder dystocia always represents an emergency in the delivery
room and the clinical team needs to move into full action mode in
order to reduce the risk of permanent injury to the baby,"
according to Dr. Omar Sarmini, Staff Obstetrician at Medical Center
of Arlington. "Sometimes it is impossible to avoid injury even with
the best of delivery techniques. Having a sound prenatal
methodology to better identify more women at risk of injury before
the delivery period and having the ability to offer them
alternative delivery methods to avoid the situation is a very
proactive way to provide high quality care to our patients." "The
professionals at Medical Center of Arlington will be working with
us to refine practice patterns and protocols optimizing patient
safety," said Dr. Emily Hamilton, Vice President of Medical
Research and founder of LMS. "We welcome the opportunity to team
with such a world-class group of clinicians and to report on the
prospective use of these risk prevention tools." About Medical
Center of Arlington Medical Center of Arlington (MCA) is the only
acute care, full-service hospital in south Arlington. As the
Official Hospital for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club and the NHL
Dallas Stars, MCA is committed to service excellence for each and
every person who walks through the doors. Nearly 500 board
certified or board eligible physicians representing more than 40
specialties are on staff. MCA is designated a Nurse-Friendly(TM)
hospital by the Texas Nursing Association. MCA is JCAHO accredited
as a Primary Stroke Center in Tarrant County and was the first
Certified Chest Pain Center in the greater Arlington area. MCA is
an award-winning facility recently recognized by the Texas Medical
Foundation for quality in cardiac care. Learn more about the
outstanding quality services offered at MCA by visiting
http://www.medicalcenterarlington.com/. About LMS: LMS is a leader
in the application of advanced mathematical modeling and neural
networks for medical use. The LMS CALM Decision Support Suite
provides physicians, nursing staff, risk managers and hospital
administrators with clinical information systems and risk
management tools designed to improve outcomes and patient care for
mothers and their infants during childbirth. Except for historical
information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news
release are forward-looking statements. Because these
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there
are important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed implied by the forward-looking
statements including, but without limitation, economic conditions
in general and in the healthcare market, the demand for and market
for our products in domestic and international markets, our current
dependence on the CALM product suite, the challenges associated
with developing new products and obtaining regulatory approvals if
necessary, research and development activities, the uncertainty of
acceptance of our products by the medical community, the lengthy
sales cycle for our products, third party reimbursement,
competition in our markets, including the potential introduction of
competitive products by others, our dependence on our distributors,
physician training, enforceability and the costs of enforcement of
our patents, potential infringements of our patents and the other
factors set forth from time to time in the Company's filings with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and with the
Canadian Securities Commissions. The Company has no intention of or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
DATASOURCE: LMS MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. CONTACT: about LMS Medical
Systems please contact: Andrea Miller, Communications, LMS Medical
Systems Inc., (514) 488-3461, Ext. 222, Fax: (514) 488-1880, ,
http://www.lmsmedical.com/; David Gordon/Grant Howard, The Howard
Group Inc., Toll Free: 1-888-221-0915, ,
http://www.howardgroupinc.com/
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