Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers Signs Deal With Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. for Transfusion Management System
January 09 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
DENVER, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyndgate Technologies(R),
a division of Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN
BOARD: GLOB) , announced today that Community Hospitals and
Wellness Centers has selected SafeTrace Tx(R) as its transfusion
management system. SafeTrace Tx will be placed in all three of the
organization's hospitals, which are located in Bryan, Montpelier
and Archbold, Ohio. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers is upgrading its blood
bank from paper records to an automated system in conjunction with
an initiative to increase patient safety. The organization is also
replacing its entire laboratory information system (LIS) in order
to take advantage of new technologies and features regarding
patient safety. The SafeTrace Tx system will communicate with
Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers' new LIS to allow the
blood bank and other departments throughout the hospital to share
patient information quickly and easily. "We wanted a blood bank to
compliment our new LIS system and to help us attain our goal of
increasing the level of patient safety within our organization,"
stated Greg Slattery, Chief Information Officer at Community
Hospitals and Wellness Centers. Mr. Slattery continued, "Having
looked at a number of blood bank software vendors, we believe that
Wyndgate is truly a leader in its space. We look forward to many
beneficial years of working together." Thomas F. Marcinek,
President of Wyndgate Technologies, added, "Wyndgate places
considerable attention on patient safety during the development of
our products and the deployment of our services. We are pleased
that Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers selected SafeTrace Tx
to provide the functionality to support their safety initiative. We
echo their enthusiasm in working together." About Community
Hospitals and Wellness Centers Community Hospitals and Wellness
Centers includes three facilities located in Bryan, Montpelier and
Archbold, Ohio. The mission of Community Hospitals and Wellness
Centers is to provide quality patient care at every point of
service; to respect the dignity and uniqueness of all patients; to
promote safe medical practices; to encourage medical research; to
permit access to all seeking healthcare; and to maintain fiscal
soundness. About Global Med Technologies, Inc. Global Med
Technologies, Inc. is an international e-Health medical information
technology company providing information management software
products and services to the healthcare industry. Its Wyndgate
Technologies division is a leading supplier of information
management systems to U.S. and international blood centers and
hospital transfusion centers. Each year, Wyndgate's products and
services manage more than eight million blood components,
representing over 27% of the U.S. blood supply. Wyndgate's products
are being used in Canada and sub-Saharan Africa, and are being
implemented in the Caribbean. Together, the SafeTrace Tx*(R)
advanced transfusion management system and the SafeTrace(R) donor
management system provide Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking from donor
collection to patient transfusion. For more information about
Global Med's products and services, please call 800-WYNDGATE or
visit http://www.globalmedtech.com/, http://www.peoplemed.com/ and
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provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements. By making these
forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to
update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of
this news release. * Patent Pending
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