SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Isensix, Inc. (www.isensix.com), the premier provider of wireless healthcare monitoring systems for medical facilities, clinical laboratories and blood banks, today announced the expansion of its Advanced Remote Monitoring System (ARMS(tm)) throughout the clinical and pathology laboratories of UCLA Healthcare.
As the flagship hospital of UCLA Healthcare, the UCLA Medical Center is one of the top five hospitals in the nation and No. 1 in the West, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, and is a leader in adopting new technologies that improve patient safety and the quality of its internal processes. The ARMS(tm) system was initially installed in UCLA Medical Center's blood bank and adjacent to the operating rooms. Recent installation activity has expanded the network to the laboratories of UCLA Medical Plaza, the Brentwood testing facility, and Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. The clinical departments supported at these locations include transfusion medicine, microbiology, serology, surgical pathology, autopsy, clinical chemistry, and cytogenetics.
Isensix provides wireless systems that continuously monitor, among other things, the temperature, humidity and environmental parameters of sensitive resources and specialized areas. In addition to the pathology labs, ARMS equipment is currently installed in emergency rooms, neo-natal intensive care units, and morgues. Other existing installations include Children's Hospital San Diego, National Genetics Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
"After witnessing the safety and quality improvements the ARMS system provided to the blood bank, we decided to extend the scope of the network to all of our clinical and pathology laboratories," said Dr. David Bruckner, chief operating officer of clinical laboratories for UCLA Healthcare. "We are very pleased with the scalability of the system and the effort from the Isensix Customer Support team."
"We are very pleased to have UCLA Healthcare select us as a partner. They challenged us to provide a wireless monitoring system that could work in a multi-site deployment, with centralized monitoring, and still keep the price affordable," said William Son, president of Isensix. "Together, we have created a system that will offer quality and safety improvements to the many laboratory chains and regional hospitals and blood banks across the country."
About Isensix, Inc.
Isensix, Inc. is a leading provider of wireless healthcare monitoring systems for medical facilities, clinical laboratories and blood banks. Using ARMS(tm) technology, the Isensix system provides complete environmental monitoring solutions to minimize catastrophic events and meet compliance requirements with ease. Isensix is a privately-held company headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.isensix.com.
About UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center is a nonprofit, self-supporting 668-bed hospital providing patient care in all medical specialties. It is the primary teaching hospital for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The hospital's Emergency Medicine Center is a designated Level 1 Trauma Center and Pediatric Critical Care Center. For information about clinical programs or help in choosing a personal physician, call (800) UCLA-MD1 or visit www.healthcare.ucla.edu.