LMS delivers first fully integrated obstetrics solution to hospital-wide operating environment
August 08 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MONTREAL, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LMS Medical Systems
(AMEX:LMZ; TSX:LMZ), a healthcare technology company and developer
of the CALM(R) clinical information system and risk management
software for obstetrics, today announced that it has recently
completed the integration of its CALM risk management suite with
McKesson's hospital-wide clinical applications. Known as Horizon
Perinatal Care(TM), the solution is the first obstetrics
(OB)/perinatal information system designed to support continuity of
care between the labor and delivery (L&D) department and other
hospital departments and units. The system enables interaction with
enterprise clinical systems to provide ready access to historical
patient information and eliminate redundant charting in support of
providing safer, more efficient care to baby and mother. The
integrated solution combines fetal strip archival and surveillance
capabilities with components of McKesson's Horizon Clinicals(R)
suite of solutions that are used in obstetrical care, such as
enterprise clinical history and interventions, documentation and
bar-code medication administration. "Never before has the area of
obstetrics been seamlessly integrated over the hospital's full
landscape," said Diane Cote, President and CEO of LMS. "This
offering provides an opportunity for medical professionals to
deliver improved care thereby contributing to better outcomes and
increased patient safety." About LMS: LMS is a leader in the
application of advanced mathematical modeling and neural networks
for medical use. The LMS CALM Suite provides physicians, nursing
staff, risk managers and hospital administrators with OB clinical
information systems and risk management tools designed to improve
outcomes and patient care for mothers and their infants during
childbirth. Except for historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking
statements. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed implied by
the forward-looking statements including, but without limitation,
economic conditions in general and in the healthcare market, the
demand for and market for our products in domestic and
international markets, our current dependence on the CALM product
suite, the challenges associated with developing new products and
obtaining regulatory approvals if necessary, research and
development activities, the uncertainty of acceptance of our
products by the medical community, the lengthy sales cycle for our
products, third party reimbursement, competition in our markets,
including the potential introduction of competitive products by
others, our dependence on our distributors, physician training,
enforceability and the costs of enforcement of our patents,
potential infringements of our patents and the other factors set
forth from time to time in the Company's filings with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and with the Canadian
Securities Commissions. The Company has no intention of or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
DATASOURCE: LMS MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. CONTACT: LMS Medical Systems
please contact: Andrea Miller, Communications, LMS Medical Systems
Inc., (514) 488-3461 Ext. 222, Fax: (514) 488-1880, ,
http://www.lmsmedical.com/; The Howard Group Inc.: David Gordon,
Grant Howard, 1-888-221-0915, , http://www.howardgroupinc.com/
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