Telemedicine Equipment and Technology Provider AMD Telemedicine Clinical Business Acquired by Management-Led Group.Global Telemedicine ("long distance" medicine) Using a videoconferencing link to a large medical center in order that rural health care facilities can perform diagnosis and treatment. A specialist can monitor the patient remotely taking cues from the general practitioner or nurse who is actually examining Company Separates Business Units for Sharper Focus on Individual Markets LOWELL, Mass. -- AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Telemedicine, Inc., a telemedicine equipment and technology provider (www.amdtelemedicine.com), today announced that its clinical business has been acquired by an executive team led by company Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Steve Normandin, who will now become president of the new venture. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquired clinical telemedicine equipment business unit will continue to operate under the name AMD Telemedicine. The former company's other division, which is focused on telemedicine systems for the home monitoring market, will also continue as a separate company under the name AMD Telehealth, Inc. Mark VanderWerf, who served as president of AMD Telemedicine prior to the acquisition, will now be president of AMD Telehealth. As a result of the acquisition, with more than 5000 installed sites in 68 countries, the new AMD Telemedicine is positioned as the leading, worldwide supplier of medical devices and related peripherals used in telemedicine. "This acquisition is a tremendous opportunity for the new AMD Telemedicine," said Steve Normandin. "The telemedicine technology industry is primed for tremendous growth; and with our 15 year history of success in providing and supporting easy-to-use telemedicine products, our team of professionals is positioned to support this growth on a global scale. We can furnish fur·nish tr.v. fur·nished, fur·nish·ing, fur·nish·es 1. To equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for. 2. telemedicine equipment, technology, and medical peripherals wherever they are needed around the world. We're very excited about this next phase of telemedicine." The new AMD Telemedicine will continue to provide its best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best line of telemedicine equipment and technology including the AMD-400 Camera & Illumination illumination, in art illumination, in art, decoration of manuscripts and books with colored, gilded pictures, often referred to as miniatures (see miniature painting); historiated and decorated initials; and ornamental border designs. Source (http://www.amdtelemedicine.com/products_detail.cfm?Product_ ID=AMD%2D400s&Specialty_ID=PRC500), the AMD-3550 SmartSteth Digital Electronic Stethoscope stethoscope (stĕth`əskōp') [Gr.,=chest viewer], instrument that enables the physican to hear the sounds made by the heart, the lungs, and various other organs. The earliest stethoscope, devised by the French physician R. T. H. (http://www.amdtelemedicine.com/products_detail.cfm?Product_ ID=AMD%2D3550&Specialty_ID=CAR500), and the AMD-2500 General Examination Camera (http://www.amdtelemedicine.com/products_detail.cfm?Product_ ID=AMD%2D2500s&Specialty_ID=PRC500). (Due to the length of these URLs, it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. them into your Internet browser's URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the URLs if one exists.) With installations in seven countries, AMD Telehealth will continue to sell and expand its CareCompanion line of home monitoring products and services. The company recently announced its industry leading second generation CareCompanion product combined with complete implementation, training, support, and service offerings. "We have been actively separating the functions of these two businesses over the past three years," said Mark VanderWerf. "This separation into two independent companies is a natural evolution. It will allow each company to focus its strengths and resources on the needs of each individual target market. The clinical business has a very strong foundation with leading products and majority market share. The homecare business has a strong foundation with, perhaps, the most advanced technology in its sector and growing market share." About AMD Telemedicine AMD Telemedicine, is the leading, worldwide supplier of telemedicine equipment and technology devices used in telemedicine with more than 5000 installed sites in 68 countries. AMD devices and software products offer clinically acclaimed, cost-effective solutions for the most challenging medical applications. AMD also provides complete technical support in program design, device integration, training, and remedial REMEDIAL. That which affords a remedy; as, a remedial statute, or one which is made to supply some defects or abridge some superfluities of the common law. 1 131. Com. 86. The term remedial statute is also applied to those acts which give a new remedy. Esp. Pen. Act. 1. service to assure a successful program implementation. The company is not affiliated with Siemens Medical Solutions Siemens Medical Solutions (Siemens Med) is a supplier to the healthcare industry, and is headquartered in Erlangen, Germany. Its U.S. division, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., is a Delaware corporation, with headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. , Phillips Medical Systems, or FujiFilm Medical Systems. For more information on AMD Telemedicine, please visit www.amdtelemedicine.com, or call 1-978-937-9021. |
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