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| Date of Publication: Friday, July 11, 2008 |
CompuMed, Inc. Announces New Contract With Arizona Department of Corrections |
| CompuMed, Inc. today announced for the award of a contract to provide electrocardiogram (ECG) remote interpretation services for state correctional facilities in Arizona through the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC).
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LOS ANGELES -- CompuMed, Inc. (OTCBB:CMPD) -- a medical informatics company serving the healthcare community with diagnostic software solutions -- today announced for the award of a contract to provide electrocardiogram (ECG) remote interpretation services for state correctional facilities in Arizona through the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC).
Under the terms of the ADC’s agreement, CompuMed will provide remote cardiac screening on an as needed basis for more than 30,000 detainees at the Department’s correctional facilities statewide. CompuMed now has 44 CardioGram systems at correctional sites throughout Arizona. The ADC agreement contains options for multiple renewals/extensions.
"The ADC has been using our Telecardiology Services for many years, so we are especially pleased that we won the account through a public bidding process,” said Maurizio Vecchione, CompuMed’s CEO. "Our quality of service and experience in the corrections market allows us to build our telecardiology business at a time when more and more healthcare providers and facilities are turning to telemedicine to provide high quality of care at a reduced cost.”
CompuMed’s traditional core business is providing remote ECG interpretation terminals and related services to medical facilities that may not have access to physicians trained and qualified to interpret ECG results. Customers for the Company’s CardioGram system are typically correctional facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, occupational health clinics and physician offices. The CompuMed system significantly reduces healthcare costs by providing remote cardiac screening at the point of care. Another key advantage is an optional feature that automatically sends ECG results to a trained cardiologist for an over-read when the results are abnormal.
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