Axolotl and Bethesda Healthcare System Deliver First Internet Initiative for Clinical Messaging to South Florida.Business Editors, Health and Medical Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--May 23, 2000 Affiliated Physicians to Access Patients' Clinical Results Via the Internet 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. Corporation, a leading provider of multimedia e-Health solutions, today announced the signing of an agreement with Bethesda Healthcare System, a not-for-profit healthcare organization serving the medical needs of South Palm Beach County, to deploy the Elysium Clinical Messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent to Bethesda's affiliated physicians. This is the first Internet initiative for delivering clinical results to doctors in southern Florida with the initial rollout for 210 physicians already underway. Bethesda Healthcare System will use Elysium to harness the Internet, e-mail, and other powerful automation tools to link their affiliated physicians, clinics, and labs in south Florida. Using standard Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Robert B. Hill, Chief Executive Officer of Bethesda Healthcare System, expects the clinical messaging application to be operational through the Internet this summer. "Providing efficient results delivery to our affiliated physician base will translate into real cost savings and quality improvements for Bethesda Healthcare System. Elysium is a perfect fit with our strategy to leverage the Internet to reach out and touch our patient population," said Hill. "Leaders like Bethesda Healthcare System clearly see the significant benefits that Internet technology has to offer today's healthcare organizations," stated Raymond Scott Raymond Scott (born Harry Warnow, September 10, 1908 – February 8, 1994), was an American composer, orchestra leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor. He was born in Brooklyn to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. , Axolotl's President. "Our Elysium suite of products will help Bethesda Healthcare and its providers better serve their physicians and patient population." About Bethesda Healthcare System Founded in 1959, Bethesda Healthcare System is a not-for-profit healthcare organization serving the medical needs of South Palm Beach County. Its flagship, Bethesda Memorial Hospital, a 362-bed hospital, was named one of the nation's 100 Top Regional Hospitals by HCIA HCIA Hungarian Chemical Industry Association HCIA Hazardous Chemicals Information Act HCIA Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption in 1999. Bethesda Health City, Bethesda Medical Associates and other Bethesda affiliates are all part of the Bethesda Healthcare System, which includes a state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer care center, a stroke center, a maternity center, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Noun 1. neonatal intensive care unit - an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn NICU ICU, intensive care unit - a hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care , a wound care-hyperbaric medicine program, a community fitness center, a diabetes resource center and a women's center. About Axolotl Axolotl Corporation is a leading provider of multimedia e-Health communications and patient care management solutions. Axolotl's Professional Division provides Web-based clinical messaging products, known as Elysium, for 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. AccentHealth, the Media Division of Axolotl, provides healthy lifestyle television programming, produced by CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , to approximately 18 million patients per month. This information is expanded and enhanced on the www.accenthealth.com consumer Web site that delivers a broad database of health topics, tools, and communities to waiting room network visitors and health-conscious consumers daily. Through a strategic alliance with Gilat Satellite Networks Gilat Satellite Networks is a publicly-traded Israeli company (NASDAQ: GILT. TASE) Gilat designs, develops and markets satellite and hybrid networking products, services and solutions to operators in 85 countries. , Inc., Axolotl has the exclusive right to distribute Gilat's two-way broadband satellite communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. in the healthcare market. 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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