LENEXA, Kan., May 31, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDW), an acknowledged leader in clinical information and patient safety software management solutions, announced today that William Beaumont Hospital has signed a contract for HCLL(tm) Transfusion software to help manage its Transfusion Services.
Frank Poggio, vice president and general manager of Mediware's Blood Bank Division, said, "HCLL(tm) will be a multi-site installation serving both Beaumont Hospitals located in Royal Oak and Troy, Michigan. Both hospitals will also use Mediware's Instrument Interface Engine (IIE) with their Galileo Instruments." Poggio stated, "Mediware has invested more than five years and over $10 million in the development of HCLL(tm) software, in anticipation of the complex patient safety needs of hospitals like Beaumont. We look forward to helping these world-class institutions to provide state-of-the-art transfusion services with HCLL software."
"Blood bank software is regulated by the FDA as a medical device and must meet strict criteria for compliance and safety," stated A. Bradley Eisenbrey, MD, PhD, chief of Transfusion Medicine Services at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. "We selected the Mediware HCLL product because of the relative intuitiveness of the user interface, breadth of product safety features, flexibility of application (within the limitations of a licensed device) and compatibility with existing and future laboratory and hospital information systems. The Blood Banks at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak and Troy believe this is the right software to take us into the next decade."
About William Beaumont Hospital
William Beaumont Hospital opened in 1955 to serve the suburban population north of Detroit in Royal Oak and surrounding communities. The hospital has grown from a 238-bed hospital into a 1,061-bed tertiary care, research and referral center that is the second busiest hospital in the nation for admissions and surgeries. A second Beaumont hospital opened in 1977 in Troy with 189 beds. It is now a 254-bed community and teaching hospital that is ranked among the nation's busiest community hospitals. Beaumont's medical staff includes more than 2,400 physicians representing more than 91 medical and surgical specialties.
About Mediware
Mediware provides clinical information systems for hospitals and integrated healthcare delivery systems. It's products include HCLL(tm) Transfusion, HCLL(tm) Donor, LifeTrak(r), IIE(tm) (Instrument Interface Engine), Hemocare(r), LifeLine(tm), (Blood Bank) WORx(r), MediCOE(tm), MediMAR(tm), Pharmakon(r), and Digimedics(tm) (Medication Management), Surgiware(tm) and Perioperative Solutions(tm) (operating room), as well as the JAC Stock Control System (pharmacy) in the United Kingdom. Mediware has over 1,100 systems installed in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and elsewhere.
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