LMS CALM Patterns(TM) Selected by Saint-Mary's Hospital
October 30 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MONTREAL, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LMS Medical Systems
(AMEX:LMZ; TSX:LMZ), a healthcare technology company and developer
of the CALM(R) patient safety software for obstetrics, today
announced that Saint-Mary's Health Center in Montreal, Canada, will
be implementing CALM Patterns, an innovative risk management
software tool specifically directed at the health of the fetus.
Saint-Mary's Hospital is affiliated with McGill University and
delivers over 4,500 babies a year. Fetal distress during labor is
recognized as one of the greatest complexities of childbirth and
therefore a significant issue insofar as risk management is
concerned. During labor and delivery, medical professionals review
fetal heart rate tracings looking for indications of fetal
distress. CALM Patterns is a real time proprietary software tool
that can, on a heart beat to heart beat basis, analyze and present
updated information to medical teams to assist them in assessing
how the fetus is tolerating the stress of labor. It uses
specialized algorithms and neural networks that detect label and
measure patterns in fetal heart rate recordings in real time during
labor. Delayed recognition and intervention for abnormal fetal
heart rate patterns are the most common medical errors in birth
related brain injury CALM Patterns is designed to help teams
recognize these situations in a timely manner and to facilitate
communication among team members. "Our Labor and Delivery unit
represents a complex environment: normal births interspersed with
unexpected emergency situations, experienced clinicians working
with trainees from nursing, family medicine and obstetrics, all in
a very busy high volume unit," says Dr. Robert Hemmings, Chief of
Obstetrics at the hospital. "CALM Patterns will provide our
clinicians the means to reduce risk by more consistently and
efficiently assessing our patients and enhancing situational
awareness." In parallel with clinical use, Saint-Mary's will be
partnering with LMS to facilitate the integration of CALM Patterns
into daily care. As part of this effort, the organizations will
collaborate to optimize standardization of care through use of the
tool and work to support improved communications between patients
and clinicians. ABOUT LMS LMS is a leader in the application of
advanced mathematical modeling and neural networks for medical use.
The LMS CALM(TM) Suite provides physicians, nursing staff, risk
managers and hospital administrators with 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: about 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/
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