Desert Samaritan Expands Wireless System With VitalCom.Business Editors TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 VitalCom Inc. (Nasdaq: VCOM VCOM Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine VCOM Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists VCOM Volvo Communication (Message Oriented Middleware product) ) today announced that Desert Samaritan Medical Center of Mesa, Arizona Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona and part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Metropolitan Area. It is the third-largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson. Mesa is one of the United States' fastest-growing cities, and currently ranks as the 38th-largest. has signed an agreement to upgrade and expand its current system to include VitalCom's PatientNet(TM) system in addition to a multi-year software service and support agreement. With final implementation set for November, the upgraded system will enable Desert Samaritan to monitor the real-time vital signs of 96 patients from a central mission control-style location within the medical center. The completed expansion will create the infrastructure that will enable Desert Samaritan to take full advantage of VitalCom's leading edge wireless innovations. "Desert Samaritan has been a valued customer for a number of years and we are excited to further the relationship by implementing the infrastructure that will enable them to take full advantage of our recent wireless technology developments," stated Frank T. Sample, VitalCom President and 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. . "The PatientNet solution provides hospitals with the flexibility to wirelessly monitor any patient within its healthcare system irrespective of irrespective of prep. Without consideration of; regardless of. irrespective of preposition despite location. It also facilitates better patient care outcomes through process flow improvements." In addition to the Desert Samaritan upgrade, other recent VitalCom customer expansions include Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, VA, Methodist Hospital Methodist Hospital is the name of numerous medical institutions.
About Desert Samaritan Medical Center Desert Samaritan is the largest, most comprehensive hospital serving the East Valley area of metropolitan Phoenix, with 400 licensed beds. Desert Samaritan's 1,200 physicians and 2,500 employees are dedicated to providing the most up-to-date medical expertise in a healing environment healing environment, n any circumstances that promote recovery from people in the direction of wholeness and healing. that emphasizes compassion, integrity and excellence. Desert Samaritan is part of Banner Health Arizona, Arizona's most comprehensive health care provider. About VitalCom VitalCom Inc., headquartered in Tustin, CA, is a leading software developer and manufacturer of PatientNet(TM), a real-time open and wireless patient information network. PatientNet is a wireless infrastructure technology that integrates patient information from different manufacturers' monitoring and bedside devices into a single network, making patient information available in real-time via the Internet, a wireless LAN, a system wide intranet and WAN. VitalCom's large-scale wireless networks are capable of supporting up to 1000 patients and have been installed in more than 100 hospitals throughout the country including Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO, Montefiore Medical Center Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York, is the university hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital, named after Moses Montefiore, is one of the 50 largest employers in New York State [1]. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , NY, Saint Luke's - Shawnee Mission Health System in Kansas City, MO and the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. Medical Center in Birmingham, AL. Currently, VitalCom's largest PatientNet system is a 288-channel system at Washington Hospital Center Washington Hospital Center Washington Hospital Center is the largest private hospital in Washington, D.C.. A member of MedStar Health, the not-for-profit Hospital Center is licensed for 926 beds and, on average, operates near capacity. in Northwest Washington, D.C. VitalCom's website is www.vitalcom.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to VitalCom's statements concerning: (i) the features and capabilities of its expanded PatientNet installation at Desert Samaritan Medical Center; (ii) the features and capabilities of VitalCom's large-scale wireless networks; and (iii) the positioning of VitalCom's wireless technology and software in the marketplace. Actual results could vary materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein due to many factors, including unforeseen problems with installation, competition in the marketplace, new innovations by competitors, and other risk factors detailed in VitalCom's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended Dec. 31, 1999 and other documents on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. VitalCom does not undertake any obligation to update the information contained herein, which speaks only as of this date. "VitalCom" and "PatientNet" are registered trademarks of VitalCom Inc. |
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