ATI Develops Emergency Response Communications System to Speed Medical, Public Alerts; Alert System Designed to Meet Federal Requirements for Counties.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2003 American Telesource, Inc. (ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. ) has developed an emergency response communications system (ERCS ERCS Emergency Response Cleanup Services ERCS Emergency Rocket Communications System ERCS Elective Repeat Cesarean Section ERCS Extended Reference Concrete Syntaxes ERCS ECM-Resistant Communication System ) that will automatically dispatch and provide specific instructions to medical professionals and emergency response personnel in the event of a bio-terrorism attack or other medical emergency. ATI's ERCS program uses multi-media and telephony technologies to alert and communicate instructions via telephone, fax and email to medical professionals. Depending on the situation and an agency's need, the ERCS solution also can include speech recognition and wireless capabilities, and can incorporate new communications technologies as they are developed. "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. has instructed state and county governments to develop systems that will efficiently alert their medical communities in the case of an emergency," said Steve Viets, President of ATI. "In a recent grant, the CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation established guidelines for local communications systems. ATI and Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay have developed a solution that meets federal requirements with the flexibility to evolve as those requirements change." "We are very excited about our partnership with ATI," said Linda Cosgrove, Alameda County Public Health Administrator. "Implementation of the ERCS system will greatly increase our ability to respond to a potential bio-terrorist event or other public health emergency." Alameda County, in conjunction with ATI, has identified the following groups within the county that will selectively be notified: -- The Bio-terrorism Leadership Team -- County public health employees -- Department of Environmental Health employees -- Hospitals -- Labs -- Pharmacies -- Community clinics -- School superintendents -- Department of Behavioral Health Care employees and resources -- Office of Emergency Services (OES) -- County Police, Fire, and 9-1-1 Dispatch Managed Care Providers -- Media ATI is talking with a number of other California counties about how the ERCS can help them meet federal requirements and deadlines. ATI selected Edify Software, the IVR/workflow industry leader to develop the Alameda County ERCS package. "The system is completely open to practically all data environments," Viets said. "Application development is simple and system deployment is fast." About ATI American Telesource, Inc. (ATI), www.ati-cti.com, was formed in 1987 to help companies and public agencies communicate more effectively. A communications technology specialist, ATI implements CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. (computer-telephony integration) and IP (Internet Protocol) telephony within corporate infrastructures throughout the United States. This includes Voice over IP (PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). ), Unified Messaging (voice mail), Self-service e-commerce and Wireless applications. ATI is a VAR (value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). ) for NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Captaris, Edify, Cisco and Shoreline. |
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