- Wyndgate and Siemens Medical Continue to Strengthen Partnership - DENVER, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyndgate Technologies(R), a division of Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , announced today that Valley General Hospital has become the eighty-first site in the Washington, Oregon and California area to license one of our blood management systems. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO ) The contract between Wyndgate and Valley General Hospital was developed in close collaboration with Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. of Siemens AG (NYSE:SI). Siemens will be supplying the hospital's Laboratory Information System (LIS), which will interface with Wyndgate's transfusion management system. Kathy Nelson, Director of Marketing and Strategic Planning at Valley General Hospital, commented, "Wyndgate Technologies has a sound reputation in the blood banking industry and we look forward to working with its system. One of the primary reasons that we chose Wyndgate's SafeTrace Tx transfusion management system is that we believe the extensive safety checks throughout the software will help us enhance our patient safety -- which is a priority at Valley General Hospital." Wm. Scott Dustin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Wyndgate Technologies, said, "We are pleased to provide our products and services to organizations that are focused on patient safety as is Valley General Hospital." Mr. Dustin added, "It is also a pleasure to be partnering with Siemens Medical. We have been very happy with the collaboration and the benefits it has delivered to our mutual customers. We look forward to continued success with Siemens Medical at additional customer facilities." About Valley General Valley General Hospital is located in Monroe, Washington and serves East Snohomish County. Valley General Hospital's mission is to enhance the quality of life in its community by providing accessible health care services known for excellence, quality, value, a healing environment and caring relationships. Valley General Hospital's patient and family-centered philosophy, combined with its commitment to advancing medical technologies, enables it to provide exceptional care. 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. 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/ http://www.peoplemed.com/ http://www.wyndgate.com/

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