- 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 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.
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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.
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