American Family Care Selects Fletcher-Flora's encaLaber(TM) Laboratory Information System.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :FFLH) announced today that American Family Care, with headquarters in Birmingham, Ala., has selected the company's Web-based encaLaber(TM) Laboratory Information System (LIS LIS - Langage Implementation Systeme. A predecessor of Ada developed by Ichbiah in 1973. It was influenced by Pascal's data structures and Sue's control structures. A type declaration can have a low-level implementation specification. ) to serve American Family Care's central laboratory and its 21 other clinics located throughout Alabama. Fletcher-Flora's encaLaber solution will improve the turnaround time of patient results and integrate with American Family Care's electronic medical records that track a person's health history over time and across American Family Care's organization in a secure environment. "American Family Care selected Fletcher-Flora for its experience with laboratory information systems and for its ability to connect the entire healthcare organization, including their remote instruments," explained Brian Mattson, vice president, sales, Fletcher-Flora. "We are proud to partner with American Family Care so they can continue to provide quality healthcare and best practices in the state of Alabama." About American Family Care (AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. ) American Family Care (AFC) was established in 1982 in Birmingham by D. Bruce Irwin, M.D., who is chairman of the board, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and medical director. The concept was basic but revolutionary because it put the patient, not the healthcare provider, at the center of the delivery model. Since 1984, AFC has grown to 19 medical centers and 21 practices in the state of Alabama. In addition to primary care and occupational medicine, AFC also offers general surgery, nephrology nephrology Branch of medicine dealing with kidney function and diseases. An understanding of kidney physiology is important not only in treating kidney disease but in knowing the effect of drugs, diet, and hypertension on kidney disease, and vice versa. and internal medicine, orthopedics, ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology). ENT abbr. ear, nose, and throat ENT ear, nose and throat. ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology , physical therapy and GYN GYN abbr. gynecology GYN is short for gynecology–or a gynecologist services. This "vertical integration" of medical care allows AFC patients access to specialty services without the traditional two-week (or longer) wait. AFC is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. and is not affiliated with any hospital, hospital system or HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, . About Fletcher-Flora (www.fletcher-flora.com) For more than 20 years, Fletcher-Flora Healthcare Systems Inc. (OTC:FFLH) has developed and marketed Laboratory Information Systems for physician offices, group practices and hospital laboratories. The company has grown to become a leader in both the non-hospital market and hospital market. With its encaLaber, LabPak(R) and OutReach PRO(TM) line of products, Fletcher-Flora has successfully installed more than 1,300 systems in physician office laboratories, group practices, clinics, small to medium hospitals and reference laboratories. For more information about encaLaber and OutReach PRO, please contact Brian Mattson at 818-865-1716 or e-mail bmattson@labpak.com. For further information regarding the LabPak(R) line of products, please contact Steve Fogle at 866-881-4634 or e-mail steve@labpak.com. Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based largely on Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems' expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties beyond Fletcher-Flora's control, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive and other factors affecting Fletcher-Flora's operations, management team effectiveness, expansion strategies, available financing, market prices and recovery costs, government regulations involving Fletcher-Flora and facts and events not known at the time of this release. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. |
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