CareView Communications, Inc. Announces Execution of Agreement with Saline Memorial Hospital in Arkansas
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PLANO, Texas--(Business Wire)--
CareView Communications, Inc. ("CareView" or the "Company")(Pink Sheets:CRVW),
an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, announced today
the execution of an agreement with Saline Memorial Hospital ("Saline"), a
full-service, 167-bed facility that has served Saline County and beyond for more
than 50 years. Saline, located at 1 Medical Park Drive in Benton, Arkansas now
serves the community as a comprehensive medical center offering a wide range of
inpatient and outpatient services, including but not limited to, cardiology,
neurology, pediatric, orthopedic, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, psychiatric and
wound care. Under the agreement, Saline`s engaged CareView to provide the
CareView System in its patient rooms as well as additional areas throughout the
hospital.
The CareView System is a suite of products that brings the information
technology of the 21st century directly to patients, families and healthcare
providers by connecting them through one easy-to-install and simple-to-use
system. This collaboration will allow Saline to provide:
* The ability to implement audit tools to ensure that quality standards are
being met and safety measures are being complied with while both are used to
further educate caregivers at Saline to continually enhance quality and safety
for their patients.
* Doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers with the ability to efficiently
and cost-effectively monitor, treat and visit their patients.
* Family members and friends with the ability to use the Internet to monitor,
visit, and correspond with their loved ones who are patients at Saline.
* Patients and their visitors with direct access to on-demand high-speed
Internet and first run movies in their rooms.
"We welcome Saline Memorial Hospital to the CareView family. From the very first
conversation we had with the Saline Memorial Hospital team, their focus has been
to continually provide the highest level of care in the safest possible
environment for the benefit of the nurses, doctors, support staff, patients and
their families they serve. It is a privilege to work with Saline Memorial
Hospital," stated Samuel A. Greco, CareView`s Chief Executive Officer.
Governor Tommy G. Thompson, the Company`s Chairman of the Board and former
Secretary of Health and Human Services, stated, "Saline Memorial Hospital
recognizes the need to bring the health care industry into the Information Age
and is setting the tone for its peers in Arkansas and nationwide."
About CareView Communications, Inc.
CareView has created a proprietary high-speed data network system that can be
deployed throughout a healthcare facility using the existing cable television
infrastructure. This network supports CareView`s Room Control Platform (RCP) and
complementary suite of software applications designed to streamline workflow and
improve value-added services offered to customers. Real-time bedside monitoring
and point-of-care video monitoring and recording improve efficiency while
limiting liability, and entertainment packages and education enhance quality of
stay. This technology may also act as an interface gateway for other software
systems and medical devices moving forward. CareView is dedicated to working
with all types of hospitals, nursing homes, adult living centers and selected
outpatient care facilities domestically and internationally. Corporate offices
are located at 5000 Legacy Drive, Suite 470, Plano, TX 75024. Questions may be
directed to John R. Bailey, Chief Financial Officer at (972) 943-6044. More
information about the Company is available on the Company`s website at
www.care-view.com.
About Saline Memorial Hospital
Saline Memorial Hospital is a full-service, 167-bed facility that has served
Saline County and beyond for more than 50 years. Saline, located at 1 Medical
Park Drive in Benton, Arkansas now serves the community as a comprehensive
medical center offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services,
including but not limited to, cardiology, neurology, pediatric, orthopedic,
otolaryngology, ophthalmology, psychiatric and wound care. The hospital`s
Diagnostic Imaging Center offers a 64-slice digital CT Scanner, while a $9
million, 32,000 square foot Surgery Center meets the growing surgical needs of
the community. The medical staff consists of more than 180 active and consulting
physicians.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy securities of CareView Communications, Inc. Certain statements in
this release and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the
Company are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the federal
securities laws.Statements regarding future events and developments and our
future performance, as well as management`s expectations, beliefs, plans,
estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of these laws.The forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties including market acceptance of the Company`s
services and projects and the Company`s continued access to capital and other
risks and uncertainties. The actual results the Company achieves may differ
materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and
uncertainties.These statements are based on our current expectations and speak
only as of the date of such statements.The Company undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of
future events, new information or otherwise.
CareView Communications, Inc., Plano
John R. Bailey, Chief Financial Officer, 972-943-6044
Copyright Business Wire 2009
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