Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract With Utah's...

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract With
Utah's Largest Healthcare Provider
21 Hospital Integrated Health System Selects SafeTrace Tx(R)

DENVER, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: GLOB), an international e-Health, medical information
technology company, today announced that its Wyndgate Technologies(R) division
has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Intermountain Healthcare
(Intermountain) of West Valley City, Utah to license Wyndgate's SafeTrace Tx
transfusion management software. For the past nine years, Intermountain has
been ranked first or second nationally in a study of more than 550 integrated
health systems. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Marc Probst, CIO and Vice President of Information Systems at
Intermountain Healthcare, stated, "Intermountain's complex operations and
technology infrastructure combined with the imperative for timely, high
quality and reliable information, required that we align with a vendor capable
of implementing transfusion management software into large, multi-hospital
systems on a timely basis. Our research led us to Wyndgate Technologies and
their SafeTrace Tx product. Their single database and Centralized Transfusion
System (CTS) approach made them the logical choice for our organization."
SafeTrace Tx, a powerful transfusion service management information
system, is designed to fully support Intermountain Healthcare's
enterprise-wide centralized transfusion services (CTS) management, including
advanced functionality such as electronic and remote crossmatch, automated
patient special needs and antigen/antibody screens. The blood management
software system is designed to raise the standard of care for patients,
improve safety, reduce waste and increase efficiency in the blood transfusion
environment.
Thomas F. Marcinek, President and Chief Operating Officer for Wyndgate
Technologies, commented, "Wyndgate appreciates the thoroughness that was shown
by Intermountain Healthcare in the selection process and we are honored to
have been chosen by such an outstanding healthcare organization.
Intermountain is recognized as a national model for efficient quality
healthcare delivery and one of the most technologically advanced hospital
systems in the country." Mr. Marcinek continued, "We recognize the important
role SafeTrace Tx will play in enhancing patient care and safety by
facilitating dependable access to critical information and we look forward to
a long relationship with Intermountain Healthcare."
About Intermountain Healthcare
Intermountain Healthcare is a nonprofit health system based in Salt Lake
City, with over 28,000 employees. Serving the healthcare needs of Utah and
southeastern Idaho residents, Intermountain's system of 21 hospitals,
physicians, clinics, and health plans provides clinically excellent medical
care at affordable rates. In 2007, Intermountain Healthcare again ranked as
one of the nation's top integrated health systems, receiving the second
highest score in an annual study of healthcare organizations by Modern
Healthcare magazine. Intermountain has rated first in five of the last nine
years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), and second four times (2001, 2006, 2007,
2008).
About Global Med Technologies, Inc.
Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. is an international e-Health medical
information technology company providing information management software
products and services to the healthcare industry. Its Wyndgate
Technologies(R) division is a leading supplier of information management
systems to U.S. and international blood centers and hospital transfusion
centers. Each year, Wyndgate's products and services manage more than eight
million blood components, representing over 27% of the U.S. blood supply.
Wyndgate's products are also being used in Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Wyndgate's software provides Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking from donor collection to
patient transfusion through its Donor Doc(TM) interactive donor health history
questionnaire, ElDorado(TM) Donor(TM) and SafeTrace(R) donor management
systems, to its SafeTrace Tx(R) advanced transfusion management system.
Global Med's PeopleMed(R), Inc. subsidiary provides custom software
validation, consulting and compliance solutions to hospitals and blood
centers. PeopleMed's in-depth knowledge of Wyndgate's products and the blood
banking industry results in cost-effective validation services, which leads to
more efficient software implementations and upgrades for our customers.
For more information about Global Med's products and services, please call
800-WYNDGATE or visit http://www.globalmedtech.com, http://www.peoplemed.com
and http://www.wyndgate.com.
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statements, usually containing the words "believe," "estimate," "project,"
"expects" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes
after the date of this news release.
SOURCE Global Med Technologies, Inc.

Michael I. Ruxin, M.D. of Global Med Technologies, Inc., +1-303-238-2000,
mick@globalmedtech.com; or Investors, Paul Holm, President of portfoliopr.inc,
+1-212-888-4570, paulh@portfoliopr.biz, for Global Med Technologies, Inc.