DENVER, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: GLOB), an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced that its European subsidiary, Inlog S.A., has licensed its EdgeTrack Transfusion Software, marketed as "Hemo Serveur" in France, to 21 Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris ("AP-HP") hospitals, representing 23,000 patient beds. For Global Med, this project represents over $2 million, at current exchange rates, in software and services.
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The computerization of blood transfusion in these 21 hospitals is part of the AP-HP's "Clinical Information System" project, which will install an electronic medical records System ("EMR") and ancillary systems in each of their establishments. This multi-million Euro award is led by Agfa Healthcare (Euronext: AGFB - FWB: AGE), which directs the consortium that also includes Cap Gemini, HP, Oracle and Global Med-Inlog.
Benoit Leclercq, Chief Executive Officer of the AP-HP, commented about the Clinical Information System, "I am pleased with this collaboration, which results in a significant improvement in the handling of patients."
EdgeTrack will ensure the complete tracking of blood products with real time communication with the computerized Agfa EMR System, ORBIS(TM). The application will interface with the French Blood Establishment ("EFS") which is also equipped with the Global Med-Inlog complete blood management solution, EdgeBlood. All 2.2 million units of blood collected in France are processed by the EdgeBlood product, marketed as "CTS Serveur" in France.
Since EdgeTrack was introduced into the market in 1995 as "Hemo Serveur",
it has become a leading hospital transfusion a
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