VisualMED Joins Partnership to Create National Emergency Preparedness & Response Research Center for the United States
13 April 2012 - 9:40PM
Marketwired
VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corp. (The "Company") (PINKSHEETS:
VMCS) (FRANKFURT: VA6) announces it has entered into a partnership
with the Maryland Center, Bowie State University, Intelaform and
Verizon, as announced by the Maryland Center at Bowie State on
Wednesday.
The recently formed partnership brings together leaders in
healthcare information technology and communications and network
solutions that will co-develop a national research center that will
apply the latest technologies in managing health information to
enhance national capabilities to respond to domestic threats
including natural disasters, pandemics and manmade
catastrophes.
This multi-disciplinary public/private partnership between
Maryland Center, Bowie State, VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corp.,
Intelaform, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. will create the
National Emergency Preparedness and Response (NEPR) Research
Center, a national network that will respond to recommendations
from public and private leaders and develop surveillance and
response capabilities to emerging threats on a national level.
The NEPR Research Center, to be housed by the Maryland Center on
the campus of Bowie State University, will assist federal, state
and private sector leaders in developing protocols and methodology
to enhance the ongoing efforts in preparing and responding to
national emergencies. The center will offer deployable systems
developed by the joint capabilities of the private partners.
"This is the right time and the right place for this kind of
project," stated Mickey L. Burnim, president of BSU. "With the
creation of the NEPR Research Center, we are taking a significant
step towards our vision of creating innovative public/private
economic development partnerships that are beneficial to BSU, the
state of Maryland, and our great nation."
"The NEPR Research Center has the potential to revolutionize
emergency preparedness efforts, by creating unprecedented and
uniform access to medical technology and information. For the first
time, local, state, and federal agencies will have real-time access
to essential, life-saving data in a highly integrated and usable
form to prepare for and respond to national emergencies," said J.
Randall Hoggle, PD, Chairman of the Board of Intelaform, Inc.
"We are excited about the NEPR Research Center initiative and
look forward to a long-term partnership that will produce
pioneering milestones in the emergency preparedness community,"
said Terry Lawlah, executive director of the Maryland Center at
Bowie State University. "The Maryland Center will optimize our
partner's ability to provide sustainable, scalable and stable
capabilities in a collaborative and synergistic relationship."
"We wholeheartedly believe this partnership will prove to be one
of the premier relationships of the 21st century, one which will
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers while
adding incredible value to all stakeholders," stated Gerard Dab,
CEO of VisualMED Solutions Corp.
About The Maryland Center at Bowie State
University The Maryland Center at Bowie State University, Inc
is a non-profit organization that is an affiliated foundation of
the University System of Maryland located on the campus of Bowie
State University. As an affiliated foundation, the Center engages
in and supports activities to further enhance the educational,
research or service mission of Bowie State University. Through this
collaboration, The Maryland Center and Bowie State work in concert
to increase the research capacity of the University. For more
information, visit www.themarylandcenter.org.
About Intelaform
Intelaform, Inc. is a global leader in emergency preparedness
and response planning and deployment, medical and biosurveillance
and a premier source for healthcare product monitoring and
surveillance. Intelaform is a Delaware C-Corporation founded in
2007 as a spin out business of Health Pathways, Inc. with
intellectual property from a series of global government agencies
and private sector emergency preparedness and response projects and
healthcare asset management and monitoring programs. Intelaform
global headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland, USA. For more
information, visit www.intelaform.com.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications, Inc., headquartered in New York is a
global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless
communications services to consumer, business, government and
wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most
reliable wireless network, with nearly 109 million total
connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged
communications, information and entertainment services over
America's most advanced fiber optic network, and delivers
integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150
countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with
$111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce
of nearly 194,000. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.
About VisualMED
VisualMED markets smart EHR with Clinical Information Systems
(CIS) and Computerized Physician Order Entry that meet the new
regulatory environment ushered in by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Health Reform Act of 2010.
VisualMED offers a powerful technology platform both scalable and
interoperable, developed at a cost of some $40 million and tested
over many years in tertiary care and ambulatory environments.
VisualMED solutions help medical facilities reduce mortality and
morbidity due to medical errors, increase provider efficiency, and
bring down operating costs. The key clinical components are a core
solution in the new agenda to promote greater patient safety and
reduce risks due to medication errors. For more information, visit
www.visualmedsolutions.com.
Detailed information on our company and its products is
available on our web site at www.visualmedsolutions.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Except for historical information
provided herein, this press release may contain information and
statements of a forward-looking nature concerning the future
performance of the Company. These statements are based on
suppositions and uncertainties as well as on management's best
possible evaluation of future events. Such factors may include,
without excluding other considerations, fluctuations in quarterly
results, evolution in customer demand for the Company's products
and services, the impact of price pressures exerted by competitors,
and general market trends or economic changes. As a result, readers
are advised that actual results may differ from expected
results.
Media Contact: Cassandra Robinson Bowie State University
301-860-3505 crobinson@bowiestate.edu For further information,
please contact: Gerard Dab 514-582-5220
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