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. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO ) 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 http://www.wyndgate.com/. This news release may include statements that constitute forward-looking statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project," "expects" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor 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 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Global Med Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Michael I. Ruxin, M.D. of Global Med Technologies, Inc., +1-303-238-2000 Web site: http://www.globalmedtech.com/

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