AET's Telemedicine Solution Provides Real-Time Echocardiogram Consult, Saves Costly Transport of Newborn Infant

AET's Telemedicine Solution Provides Real-Time Echocardiogram Consult, Saves
Costly Transport of Newborn Infant

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Telemedicine solution provider AET
(American Educational Telecommunications; www.aetmedical.com) completed a
first of its kind, real-time remote diagnosis of a newborn baby's heart murmur
between Faith Regional Health Services and Children's Hospital & Medical
Center in Norfolk and Omaha, NE, respectively. The diagnosis used advanced
wireless video conferencing technology through a mobile camera device
connected to an ultrasound machine. View the video at
http://www.aetmedical.net/Video.html ("Live Echocardiogram Diagnosis of
Newborn's Heart Defect").

A baby boy was one of triplets recently delivered by Dr. Keith Vrbicky, OB-Gyn
at Norfolk-based Midwest Health Partners and an attending physician at Faith
Regional Health Services. The baby's pediatrician, Dr. Jayan ('Dr. Jay')
Vasudevan, also with Midwest Health Partners, became concerned about an
obvious heart murmur of one of triplets while performing a post natal
examination. Dr. Jay immediately requested a consult with a pediatric
cardiologist to diagnose the severity. The closest pediatric cardiologist was
at Children's Hospital & Medical Center, 115 miles from the Norfolk medical
facility. The doctors agreed to set up a telemedicine consult utilizing a
remote echocardiogram system connected to a mobile and wireless transmitting
video conferencing device, rather than immediately transporting the baby to
Omaha.

"If the diagnosis could be determined to be a mild defect, it would enable us
to keep the family together in Norfolk and immediately eliminate the
uncertainty of a potentially harmful heart defect," said Dr. Vrbicky. "Without
the telemedicine consult, there was a real possibility that the baby would
have had to be transported either via helicopter or ambulance to Omaha at a
very high cost."

To perform the remote diagnosis, a Phillips 5500 ultrasound machine at Faith
Regional Health Services was connected to a Librestream Onsight 2000R video
device through an S-video connection. The video was securely encrypted by way
of AET's secured network technology system and streamed live to Dr. Scott
Fletcher, a cardiologist with the University of Nebraska Medical
Center/Creighton University Medical Center, Joint Division of Pediatric
Cardiology in Omaha. Dr. Fletcher was able to view the ultrasound from
Children's Hospital and provided an immediate confirmation of diagnosis (a
mild muscular ventricular sepal defect - not life threatening or lifestyle
limiting) to the attending physician, Dr. Jay, in Norfolk.

The telemedicine technology utilized was a result of the combined efforts of
AET, their remote wireless device provider, Librestream; Phillips, and the IT
support from AET and both hospitals. This was a first of its kind use of the
combined technology. AET was able to set up the secure network infrastructure
between Faith Regional Health Services and Children's Hospital within 30
minutes. The resultant diagnosis alleviated the fears of everyone involved,
but particularly the parents of the newborn.

About AET, LLC

AET is a pioneer in the fields of telemedicine, broadcast medicine, and
distance learning. Established in 1999, the company has offices in Norfolk and
Omaha, NE. AET combines its professional services with today's technology
tools to provide long-lasting, cost-effective healthcare solutions. AET offers
patient consultations from and referral services to medical providers, and
training for health care professionals via distance education. AET's
telemedicine applications/solutions have been implemented worldwide in rural
hospitals, medical clinics and nursing homes. For more information, visit
www.aetmedical.com.

Contact:

Ray Golden
AET
(402) 502-6041
rgolden@aetmedical.net

Neal Leavitt
Leavitt Communications
(760) 639-2900
neal@leavcom.com

SOURCE AET, LLC

Ray Golden of AET, +1-402-502-6041, rgolden@aetmedical.net; or Neal Leavitt of
Leavitt Communications, +1-760-639-2900, neal@leavcom.com, for AET