Global Med Technologies(R) Adds Oklahoma Health Center to U.S. Client Base

McAlester is 433rd Site to License Global Med Transfusion Solution


DENVER, Jan. 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies®, Inc. ("Global Med" or the "Company") (OTC:GLOB) (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , an international healthcare information technology company, today announced that its Wyndgate Technologies® division has licensed its SafeTrace Tx® transfusion management software to McAlester Regional Health Center ("MRHC") of McAlester, Oklahoma.  Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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Global Med's SafeTrace Tx is a leading transfusion management software designed to raise the standard of care for patients, improve safety, reduce waste and increase efficiency in transfusion services and hospital blood banks.  SafeTrace Tx will provide McAlester Regional Health Center with comprehensive tracking of orders, specimens, blood products, derivatives, and accessories, with a complete testing and transfusion history in one consolidated record.  These features will help guide blood bank technicians in selecting appropriate blood products for therapy and track those blood products from their origin to the intended patient.

Wm. Scott Dustin, Global Med's Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, the Americas, commented, "Global Med's transfusion software has been used by many of the country's leading hospitals and transfusion services for over ten years.  Our close relationship with our clients allows us to continually improve our products to keep in front of their needs, as evidenced by the many enhancements to the system's performance in our newest release, SafeTrace Tx 3.5.  We look forward to a long and mutually rewarding relationship with McAlester Regional Health Center."

About McAlester Regional Health Center

McAlester's hospital heritage goes back to 1895 with the establishment of the All Saints Hospital, the first civilian hospital in the Indian Territory.  Today McAlester Regional's modern 171 bed not-for-profit health care facility provides quality patient care to the residents of McAlester and the surrounding Southeastern Oklahoma region.  Improvements in facilities, technology and clinical performance - across all areas of the hospital - enable MRHC to meet and exceed national health care standards and provide the highest level of care for their patients.

About Global Med Technologies®, Inc.

Global Med Technologies, Inc. is an international healthcare information technology company which develops regulated and non-regulated products and services for the healthcare industry.  As a leading provider of blood and laboratory systems and services, Global Med's products are deployed in 20 countries and serve over 2,100 transfusion centers, blood banks and laboratory sites.

Global Med's division, Wyndgate Technologies®, is a leader in software products and services for donor centers and hospital transfusion services. Wyndgate's eDonor® product offers innovative web-based tools for donor relationship management. Hemo-Net®, Wyndgate's remote hosting service, provides secure, economical solutions for healthcare organizations.  PeopleMed®, Inc., a Global Med subsidiary, implements cost-effective software validation, consulting and compliance solutions to hospitals and donor centers.

Global Med's European subsidiary, Inlog, SA, is a leading developer of donor center and transfusion management systems as well as cellular therapy software, laboratory information systems and quality assurance medical software systems internationally.

For more information about Global Med's products and services, please call 800-996-3428 or visit http://www.globalmedtech.com/. 

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