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Axolotl Announces Agreement With Banner Health Colorado; Web-Based Clinical Messaging Translates Into Cost Savings and Quality Improvements.


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 11, 2000

Axolotl axolotl (ăk`səlŏt'əl), a salamander, Siredon mexicanum, found in certain lakes in the region of Mexico City, which reaches reproductive maturity without losing its larval characteristics.  Corp., the leader in Clinical Messaging software, and Banner Health Banner Health is a non profit health system based in Phoenix, Arizona. The health system is one of the largest employer’s in the state - employing over 27,000 employees.  Colorado, a division of Banner Health Systems, one of the largest multistate mul·ti·state  
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving several states: a multistate environmental campaign. 
, secular, not-for-profit healthcare systems in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , announced today the signing of an agreement to deploy Elysium Access to its affiliated physicians.

A member of Axolotl's Elysium product suite, Elysium Access harnesses Internet/intranet technology, e-mail and powerful automation tools to link physicians, clinics, labs and hospitals. Physicians and their staffs use standard Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical
Historically important browsers
In order of release:
  • WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
  • Erwise, April 1992
  • ViolaWWW, May 1992, see Erwise
 to access, process and manage clinical data and to collaborate with other providers in the community.

Paul Hobson-Panico, director of strategy & information management for Banner Health Colorado, expects the Clinical Messaging application to be operational through their intranet by the end of Q1 2000.

"Elysium Access will provide efficient results delivery to our affiliated physician base and will translate into real cost savings and quality improvements for Banner Health Colorado. It also fits perfectly with our future plans for clinical automation," said Hobson-Panico.

"We're pleased to have the opportunity to work with Banner Health Colorado and its affiliated providers and to help them improve patient care and physician efficiency," stated Ray Scott Ray Scott may refer to:
  • Ray Scott (sportscaster) (1920–1998), American
  • Ray Scott (basketball) (born 1938), player and coach
  • Ray Scott (singer), American country music
  • Ray Scott (umpire), in Australian rules football
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, Axolotl's president. "Leaders like Banner Health Colorado see clearly the significant benefits that Internet technology has to offer today's healthcare organizations."

About Banner Health Colorado

Banner Health Colorado was formed in 1995 to create an integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network.  of health care providers focused on improving the health of the people in the Greeley, Colo. region by providing and/or coordinating health and wellness services during each phase of life.

Banner Health Colorado is a member of Banner Health System, one of the largest multistate, secular, not-for-profit healthcare systems in the United States with a workforce of 22,500 employees, 32 hospitals, 32 nursing homes and other healthcare services across 14 states. Visit www.wphn.com and www.bannerhealth.org

About Axolotl

Axolotl recently merged with AccentHealth, Inc. The combined company is a leader in the rapidly expanding e-health market reaching more than 20 million medical waiting room visitors each month, 52,000 physicians and the general public.

AccentHealth's acclaimed consumer Web-site (www.accenthealth.com), broadband satellite ISP (1) See in-system programmable.

(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines.
 capabilities and award-winning Waiting Room Television Network, has established a large and growing base of loyal physicians and patients.

Axolotl's Web-based clinical messaging products, known as Elysium, provide secure clinical communication between physicians, hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies, radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.  centers and medical groups and are in use throughout the U.S.

For more information, contact Steve Sedlock, vice president of Marketing and Sales, Axolotl, 800 El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
  • There is an El Camino Real in California; see: El Camino Real (California).
 West, Suite 150, Mountain View, CA 94040. Phone: 888/296-5685; E-mail: ssedlock@axolotl.com. Visit the Axolotl Web site www.axolotl.com for more information about the Elysium product suite.

Statements in this press release concerning the Company's business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses or other financial items, and service offering growth, together with other statements that are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
" as that term is defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Any forward-looking statements are estimates, reflecting the best judgment of the party making such statements based upon currently available information and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements.
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