Hospital Partners of America Inks Deal With Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. to Automate Its Hospital Blood Banks
January 07 2005 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Hospital Partners of America Inks Deal With Global Med
Technologies(R), Inc. to Automate Its Hospital Blood Banks DENVER,
Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wyndgate Technologies(R)
("Wyndgate"), a division of Global Med Technologies(R), Inc.
(OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) ("Global Med" or the "Company"),
announced the signing of an agreement for its Advanced Transfusion
Management System with Hospital Partners of America based in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms of the agreement were not
disclosed. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO)
Wyndgate's SafeTrace Tx(R) Advanced Transfusion Management System
will be installed in its Twelve Oaks Medical Center facility in
Houston, Texas. Cheryl Cook, Corporate Manager of Clinical
Applications at Hospital Partners of America said, "We chose
Wyndgate's transfusion management system to help us provide quality
blood products and services to the patients in our hospitals and to
automate the management of these services in a very cost effective
and efficient manner. SafeTrace Tx will help streamline our lab
processes and provide the management reports and tools to help
monitor quality indicators and improve outcomes." Thomas Marcinek,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Global Med Technologies,
Inc., said, "We are very pleased that Hospital Partners of America
selected our products for its transfusion services." Mr. Marcinek
added, "Hospital Partners of America and Global Med Technologies,
Inc. share a mutual commitment to providing high-quality, patient
focused healthcare to the communities that they serve." About
Hospital Partners of America Hospital Partners of America, Inc. is
a privately held healthcare services company established to own and
operate general acute care hospitals in partnership with leading
physicians throughout the country. Hospital Partners of America was
founded in early 2002 to deliver patient-focused healthcare in
hospital settings. The Company's approach empowers physician
partners by enabling them to be involved in the development,
operation and governance of the hospital. For additional
information, please visit its web site at
http://www.hospitalpartners.com/. 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. Current clients of
Wyndgate's products and services manage more than 3 million units
of blood, or over 22% of the U.S. blood supply, each year.
Wyndgate's products are also being implemented in Canada, the
Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. Together, the SafeTrace Tx
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
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Global Med Technologies,
Inc. CONTACT: Press Inquiries, Patti Larson, Senior Director of
Marketing Development, +1-916-404-8492, , or Investor Inquiries,
Tom Marcinek, President and COO, +1-916-404-8413, , both of Global
Med Technologies, Inc. Web site: http://www.hospitalpartners.com/
http://www.globalmedtech.com/
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