Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract With Utah's Largest Healthcare Provider
May 20 2008 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
21 Hospital Integrated Health System Selects SafeTrace Tx(R)
DENVER, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies,
Inc. (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , an international e-Health,
medical information technology company, today announced that its
Wyndgate Technologies(R) division has signed a multi-million dollar
agreement with Intermountain Healthcare (Intermountain) of West
Valley City, Utah to license Wyndgate's SafeTrace Tx transfusion
management software. For the past nine years, Intermountain has
been ranked first or second nationally in a study of more than 550
integrated health systems. Terms of the agreement were not
disclosed. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO) Marc
Probst, CIO and Vice President of Information Systems at
Intermountain Healthcare, stated, "Intermountain's complex
operations and technology infrastructure combined with the
imperative for timely, high quality and reliable information,
required that we align with a vendor capable of implementing
transfusion management software into large, multi-hospital systems
on a timely basis. Our research led us to Wyndgate Technologies and
their SafeTrace Tx product. Their single database and Centralized
Transfusion System (CTS) approach made them the logical choice for
our organization." SafeTrace Tx, a powerful transfusion service
management information system, is designed to fully support
Intermountain Healthcare's enterprise-wide centralized transfusion
services (CTS) management, including advanced functionality such as
electronic and remote crossmatch, automated patient special needs
and antigen/antibody screens. The blood management software system
is designed to raise the standard of care for patients, improve
safety, reduce waste and increase efficiency in the blood
transfusion environment. Thomas F. Marcinek, President and Chief
Operating Officer for Wyndgate Technologies, commented, "Wyndgate
appreciates the thoroughness that was shown by Intermountain
Healthcare in the selection process and we are honored to have been
chosen by such an outstanding healthcare organization.
Intermountain is recognized as a national model for efficient
quality healthcare delivery and one of the most technologically
advanced hospital systems in the country." Mr. Marcinek continued,
"We recognize the important role SafeTrace Tx will play in
enhancing patient care and safety by facilitating dependable access
to critical information and we look forward to a long relationship
with Intermountain Healthcare." About Intermountain Healthcare
Intermountain Healthcare is a nonprofit health system based in Salt
Lake City, with over 28,000 employees. Serving the healthcare needs
of Utah and southeastern Idaho residents, Intermountain's system of
21 hospitals, physicians, clinics, and health plans provides
clinically excellent medical care at affordable rates. In 2007,
Intermountain Healthcare again ranked as one of the nation's top
integrated health systems, receiving the second highest score in an
annual study of healthcare organizations by Modern Healthcare
magazine. Intermountain has rated first in five of the last nine
years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), and second four times (2001,
2006, 2007, 2008). 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, Africa, and the
Caribbean. Wyndgate's software provides Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking
from donor collection to patient transfusion through its Donor
Doc(TM) interactive donor health history questionnaire,
ElDorado(TM) Donor(TM) and SafeTrace(R) donor management systems,
to its SafeTrace Tx(R) advanced transfusion management system.
Global Med's PeopleMed(R), Inc. subsidiary provides custom software
validation, consulting and compliance solutions to hospitals and
blood centers. PeopleMed's in-depth knowledge of Wyndgate's
products and the blood banking industry results in cost-effective
validation services, which leads to more efficient software
implementations and upgrades for our customers. 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
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"project," "expects" or similar expressions. These statements are
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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.
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