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Marc Probst, CIO and Vice President of Information Systems atIntermountain Healthcare, stated, "Intermountain's complex operations andtechnology infrastructure combined with the imperative for timely, highquality and reliable information, required that we align with a vendor capableof implementing transfusion management software into large, multi-hospitalsystems on a timely basis. Our research led us to Wyndgate Technologies andtheir SafeTrace Tx product. Their single database and Centralized TransfusionSystem (CTS) approach made them the logical choice for our organization."
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SafeTrace Tx, a powerful transfusion service management informationsystem, is designed to fully support Intermountain Healthcare'senterprise-wide centralized transfusion services (CTS) management, includingadvanced functionality such as electronic and remote crossmatch, automatedpatient special needs and antigen/antibody screens. The blood managementsoftware system is designed to raise the standard of care for patients,improve safety, reduce waste and increase efficiency in the blood transfusionenvironment.
Thomas F. Marcinek, President and Chief Operating Officer for WyndgateTechnologies, commented, "Wyndgate appreciates the thoroughness that was shownby Intermountain Healthcare in the selection process and we are honored tohave been chosen by such an outstanding healthcare organization.Intermountain is recognized as a national model for efficient qualityhealthcare delivery and one of the most technologically advanced hospitalsystems in the country." Mr. Marcinek continued, "We recognize the importantrole SafeTrace Tx will play in enhancing patient care and safety byfacilitating dependable access to critical information and we look forward toa long relationship with Intermountain Healthcare."
About Intermountain Healthcare
Intermountain Healthcare is a nonprofit health system based in Salt LakeCity, with over 28,000 employees. Serving the healthcare needs of Utah andsoutheastern Idaho residents, Intermountain's system of 21 hospitals,physicians, clinics, and health plans provides clinically excellent medicalcare at affordable rates. In 2007, Intermountain Healthcare again ranked asone of the nation's top integrated health systems, receiving the secondhighest score in an annual study of healthcare organizations by ModernHealthcare magazine. Intermountain has rated first in five of the last nineyears (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 medicalinformation technology company providing information management softwareproducts and services to the healthcare industry. Its WyndgateTechnologies(R) division is a leading supplier of information managementsystems to U.S. and international blood centers and hospital transfusioncenters. Each year, Wyndgate's products and services manage more than eightmillion 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 topatient transfusion through its Donor Doc(TM) interactive do
