American Medical Alert Corp. Launches H-LINK Service With a Key Strategic Acquisition.Business Editors OCEANSIDE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 2000 American Medical Alert Corp.--American Medical Alert Corp. (Nasdaq:AMAC AMAC Adults Molested As Children AMAC Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities AMAC Aircraft Monitor And Control AMAC Approximate Message Authentication Code AMAC American Military Arms Corporation AMAC Asset Management Assistance Center ), a leading provider of Personal Emergency Response Systems PERS a. 1. Light blue; grayish blue; - a term applied to different shades at different periods. and 24-hour monitoring services, announced today the acquisition of certain assets of Harriet Campbell Incorporated ("HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Refers to the design and implementation of computer systems that people interact with. It includes desktop systems as well as embedded systems in all kinds of devices. "), a privately held New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of based Medical On-Call Center, specializing in outsourced telephone support for large integrated health systems and physician practices. This acquisition provides an integral component of AMAC's new H-LINK On-Call Service Initiative -- a mission to diversify the scope of AMAC's business endeavors while continuing to grow its recurring revenue business model. Management anticipates the acquisition to be the first among a series of projects designed to actively garner a portion of a dynamic and extensive market segment of the healthcare telecommunications services industry. The technological synergies between the two companies, coupled with AMAC's twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of experience in servicing the healthcare community, create a solid platform providing an array of complementary telecommunication services specific to the provision of healthcare. The H-LINK On-Call division plans to harness Computer Telephony Integration Computer Telephony Integration - Computer Telephone Integration (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. ) technology and web-enabled services to introduce innovative and cost effective outsourced teleservices for the healthcare provider and client community. "The acquisition of Harriet Campbell Incorporated significantly expands AMAC's service offerings and represents a significant step in transforming AMAC from a single product line company to a broad-based, healthcare communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. ," said Howard M. Siegel, Chairman and President of AMAC. "H-LINK On-Call creates a new opportunity for AMAC to utilize its extensive distribution network and sales team to offer cutting edge teleservices solutions to the healthcare industry." Paul Lieberman, Director of Business Development of the On-Call Division, additionally noted: "The HCI acquisition fits our criteria for expansion of the H-Link program. HCI's operating philosophy, management teams and loyal customer base create the perfect fit for AMAC to enter a business which is both new and provides valuable synergies to AMAC's existing businesses." About Harriet Campbell Incorporated Harriet and Richard Campbell This article is about the musician. For the New Zealand civil servant, see Richard Mitchelson Campbell. For the football player of the same name see Rich Campbell (football player). , Sr. created HCI in 1931 to support the special service needs of physicians in the Tri-State area There are a number of places in the United States known as tri-state areas where three states or holdings meet at one point (a tripoint), or in proximity to each other. The two most well-known are for the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas. . HCI has maintained a highly personalized brand of customer service for seventy years with an integrated portfolio of call center technology, wireless paging devices, and specially trained operators. About American Medical Alert Corp. AMAC is a leading provider of medical response and 24-hour on-call-monitoring services to assist the healthcare community in providing at-risk patients with instant access to assistance from trained professionals. AMAC is vertically integrated with involvement in all phases of service delivery including product design and development, manufacturing and testing, field service and 24-hour monitoring. Through a diversified marketing and referral network, AMAC markets its products to over 500 hospitals, homecare providers, physicians, ambulance companies, medical equipment suppliers, state social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales agencies, health maintenance organizations as well as direct consumer sales. About H-LINK After extensive research of the healthcare marketplace and the needs of our existing clients, AMAC has developed a concept called H-LINK -- "a single and seamless access point for patients and providers to communicate". The H-LINK platform is intended to lead to the creation of a wide array of innovative health communications services that will travel with the patient as their healthcare needs evolve. AMAC plans to continue to leverage technology with human interaction to improve patient care through medication compliance and reminder systems, remote patient monitoring capability and health on-call services. In the context of current social and economic factors, this direction is an opportune juncture for AMAC to expand services within the healthcare and caregiving community. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements are set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-QSB, and other filings and releases. These include uncertainties relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc competition, technological development, and trademarks. |
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