Hospital Launches Landmark Project in Emergency Medicine

Innovative Concepts for ER One to be Studied for First Time in Patient Setting

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT: Washington Hospital Center unveils new state-of-the-art
technologies to be used in its Emergency Department. Features
include all negative pressure isolation rooms: surfaces made of
new materials designed to reduce the spread of infection; and
uniquely designed work spaces. The features are designed to both
improve daily patient care and allow for an effective response
to a mass casualty, bio-terror, or emerging disease event.

WHEN: Thursday, January 10, 2008
10 a.m.: Remarks followed by a brief tour
(The media will have access to the area until 1 p.m.)

Note: This will be the only opportunity for media to photograph
and shoot new technologies b-roll inside the Emergency
Department

WHERE: Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

All press must be cleared in for parking and escorted by a
member of the Hospital Center's Media Relations team. Please
call contact below to make arrangements prior to arrival.

WHO: Mark Smith, MD, Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine
at Washington Hospital Center and Director of Project ER One &
the ER One Institute

Representatives from partner companies Agion, Cisco, DuPont,
Herman Miller, Microsoft, Parco, and Steris to explain the new
technologies

WHY: This marks the first time some of the technologies developed
for Project ER One will be used in a patient setting. ER One
will be a scalable, all-risks ready emergency care facility
that can be used on a daily basis yet is optimized to provide
emergency care during a mass casualty situation.

CONTACT: Michelle Allen, Washington Hospital Center (202) 877-7072
Patrick Brady, Widmeyer Communications (202) 256-7824

SOURCE Washington Hospital Center

Michelle Allen, Washington Hospital Center, +1-202-877-7072, or Patrick Brady,
Widmeyer Communications, +1-202-256-7824, for Washington Hospital Center