CareView Communications, Inc. ("CareView" or the "Company")
(OTCQB:CRVW), an information technology provider to the healthcare
industry, announced today the execution of a three-month pilot agreement
with Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, a 526-bed hospital owned by
Baptist Health. Baptist Health has approximately 1,150 licensed beds
located in or near Jacksonville, Florida.
Under the pilot agreement, CareView has installed on a sample of beds at
Baptist Jacksonville its CareView System® products and
services, including parts of its Primary Package (with NurseView®,
Virtual Bed Rails® and Virtual Chair Rails™
modules, the CareView Fall Management Program® and Rounding
Alerts) and additional services including the Sitter Management Program
and Nursing Alerts and Reminders.
"We look forward to partnering with Baptist Health and know that our
products will assist them to continue providing their patients with
exceptional care. Our products will provide their patients with greater
safety and satisfaction and will provide more efficient ways to manage
staff, assets and patient care," said Steve Johnson, CareView's
President and Chief Executive Officer.
CareView utilizes unique patented technology to enhance patient safety
and prevent patient falls. Virtual Bed Rails and Virtual Chair Rails can
be set up remotely from a monitoring station or handheld device to
passively monitor patient motion in and around the bedside. This
technology has shown tremendous efficacy in reducing falls and providing
advanced response times from nursing.
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville is using the technology as part of
an overall enhancement to its culture of safety. Staff will be dedicated
around the clock to watch the monitors and use existing hand-free
communication devices worn by nursing staff to notify them in the event
of a potential patient fall.
"Our primary goal is to reduce falls and falls with injuries," said
Nancy Simon, Vice President of Patient Care Services for Baptist Medical
Center Jacksonville. "We are hopeful the video technology with dedicated
personnel watching the monitors will assist us in a faster response.
Every second counts when it comes to fall prevention. Reducing falls and
falls that result in injuries is a systemwide initiative."
About CareView Communications, Inc.
CareView's mission is to be the leading provider of products and
on-demand application services for the healthcare industry by
specializing in bedside video monitoring, archiving and patient care
documentation systems and patient entertainment services. Through the
use of telecommunications technology and the Internet, our products and
on-demand services will greatly increase the access to quality medical
care and education for both consumers and healthcare professionals. We
offer the next generation of patient care through our unique data and
patient monitoring system that connects patients, families and
healthcare professionals (the "CareView System®"). Our
proprietary, high-speed data network system may be deployed throughout a
healthcare facility to provide the facility with recurring revenue and
infrastructure for future applications. Real-time bedside and
point-of-care video monitoring and recording improve efficiency while
limiting liability, and entertainment packages and patient education
enhance the patient's quality of stay. Through continued investment in
patient care technology, we are helping hospitals and assisted living
facilities build a safe, high quality healthcare delivery system that
best serves the patient, while striving for the highest level of patient
satisfaction and comfort. CareView is dedicated to working with all
types of hospitals, nursing homes, adult living centers and selected
outpatient care facilities domestically and internationally. Corporate
offices are located at 405 State Highway 121 Bypass, Suite B-240,
Lewisville, TX 75067. More information about the Company and its
products and services is available on the Company’s website at www.care-view.com.
About Baptist Health
Baptist Health is a faith-based, mission-driven system in Northeast
Florida comprised of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Baptist
Medical Center Beaches, Baptist Medical Center Nassau, Baptist Medical
Center South, Baptist Clay Medical Campus and Wolfson Children’s
Hospital – the region's only children's hospital. All Baptist Health
hospitals, along with Baptist Home Health Care, have achieved Magnet™
status for excellence in patient care. Baptist Health includes the
area's only dedicated heart hospital, a cancer center, orthopedic
institute, women’s services, neurological institute including
comprehensive neurosurgical services, a comprehensive stroke center and
two primary stroke centers, a Bariatric Center of Excellence, a full
range of psychology and psychiatry services, outpatient facilities,
urgent care services, and primary and specialty care physicians' offices
throughout Northeast Florida. For more details, visit baptistjax.com.
For information on Wolfson Children’s Hospital, visit www.wolfsonchildrens.org.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy securities of CareView Communications,
Inc. Certain statements in this release, including those regarding the
success of the pilot program with Baptist Health, the assertion that our
products will provide greater safety and satisfaction to the patients of
Baptist Health, and other written or oral statements made by or on
behalf of the Company, are "forward looking statements" within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding
future events and developments and our future performance, as well as
management’s expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections
relating to the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of these laws. The forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties including market acceptance of the
Company’s services and projects and the Company’s continued access to
capital and other risks and uncertainties. The actual results the
Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking
statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These statements
are based on our current expectations and speak only as of the date of
such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of
future events, new information or otherwise.
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