Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. Adds Wyoming Hospital to Growing Customer Base
December 03 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Growing U.S. Customer Base Surpasses 660 Sites DENVER, Dec. 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc.
(OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , an international e-Health,
medical information technology company, today announced that its
Wyndgate Technologies(R) division has signed an agreement to
license its transfusion management system SafeTrace Tx(R) to
Sheridan Memorial Hospital, of Sheridan, Wyoming. Sheridan Memorial
Hospital (Sheridan) joins a growing customer site base, now
numbering over 660 in the United States. Terms of the agreement
were not disclosed. (Logo:
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"Patient safety and confidence in the product were the top reasons
for choosing Wyndgate," cited Gary Sellenrick, MT(ASCP), Laboratory
Manager for Sheridan Memorial Hospital. "The inventory tracking
features in SafeTrace Tx will allow Sheridan to utilize computer
systems to help reduce errors in the lab as well as accurately
track blood distribution throughout our facility." Sellenrick
continued, "We were also looking for a stand-alone system that
would interface with our Orchard LIS. We decided on SafeTrace Tx
early in the process because of Wyndgate's experience in converting
paper records to an automated system as well as their prior success
interfacing with Orchard systems." Sheridan Memorial Hospital is
upgrading its blood bank from paper records to an automated system
in conjunction with an initiative to increase patient safety. The
organization has also purchased a laboratory information system
(LIS) developed by Orchard in order to take advantage of new
technologies and features which promote efficiency and patient
safety. The SafeTrace Tx system will communicate with Sheridan's
new LIS to allow the blood bank and other departments throughout
the hospital to share patient information quickly and easily.
SafeTrace Tx is uniquely designed to support the full scale of
transfusion services from enterprise-wide centralized facilities to
small, individual hospital laboratories. Advanced functionality in
SafeTrace Tx, such as electronic crossmatch, automated patient
special needs tracking and antigen/antibody functionality, will
assist Sheridan in matching patients for transfusions. Wm. Scott
Dustin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Wyndgate
Technologies, commented, "Wyndgate Technologies supports Sheridan
Memorial Hospital's mission to convert to a paperless system, an
important step in elevating hospital operations and patient care to
a new level. Working with the people of Sheridan Memorial, the
Wyndgate team has developed a deep respect for the care and
dedication Sheridan has for the patients they serve." Mr. Dustin
continued, "Wyndgate is proud to be participating in this project
with Sheridan and our channel partner Orchard to provide a blood
management system which will allow the blood bank and other
departments throughout the hospital to interface more
productively." Additionally, Dr. Mick Ruxin, CEO of Global Med
Technologies, commented, "Sheridan Memorial Hospital is
representative of the great client potential from the 15% to 20% of
U.S. hospitals whose blood bank systems are still run on paper,
besides those that are on outdated, legacy electronic systems."
About Sheridan Memorial Hospital Sheridan Memorial Hospital is a
community-based facility in Sheridan, Wyoming. Dedicated in 1954,
the completed hospital fulfilled the dreams of over 300 volunteers
whose years of dedication made the facility a reality. Today,
Sheridan provides the latest in medical technology, much of which
was beyond imagination in 1954. This includes kidney dialysis, MRI,
CT, nuclear imaging, same-day surgery, critical care, a sleep lab,
and cancer therapy, to name just a few. About Global Med
Technologies, Inc. Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. is an
international e-Health medical information technology company
providing information management software products and services to
the healthcare industry. Its Wyndgate Technologies(R) 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 also being used in Canada and
sub-Saharan Africa, and are being implemented in the Caribbean.
Together, the Donor Doc(TM) interactive donor health history
questionnaire, SafeTrace(R) donor management system, and the
SafeTrace Tx(R) advanced transfusion management system, recently
patented, 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
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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.
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