Sunday 9 December 2007

Alaris® & Awarepoint® Partner to Track and MonitorInfusion Pumps

San Diego, CA, September 11, 2007 – Awarepoint Corporation today announced a breakthroughpartnership with Cardinal Health Alaris to enhance patient safety and provide hospital staff with up-tothe-minute information about the status and location of Alaris PC infusion pumps and modulesthroughout their facility. The Alaris PC infusion pump includes integrated wireless connectivity thatworks seamlessly with Awarepoint’s Real-time Awareness SolutionSM.

Using Awarepoint’s patent-pending technology to remotely monitor Alaris PC infusion pumps, thisintegrated approach will provide hospital staff with real-time actionable information including: whichpatient is using the pump, which modules are attached and whether or not the pump and its modulesare in use. The Awarepoint Real-time Awareness SolutionSM further delivers equipment locationinformation to staff via Searchpoint™, an intuitive user interface that can be accessed from anynetworked PC. Designed with busy clinical staff in mind, Searchpoint offers simple, one-clicksearching capability with results instantly displayed on a map of the facility.

The Awarepoint solution has proven to reduce staff time searching for equipment, enhance patientsafety and optimize equipment utilization. “Providing richer, asset-specific information allows hospitalstaff to search more effectively,” said Ron B. Hegli, Vice President of Engineering and ChiefTechnology Officer at Awarepoint. “Together, we leverage the Alaris Gateway interface to enrichAwarepoint search results pertaining to pumps.”

Awarepoint and Alaris are committed to providing the best possible medical solution for patients andhospitals. The new agreement between the companies will enhance clinical documentation andmedication administration to better streamline hospital processes.

About Awarepoint: The Awarepoint® Real-time Awareness Solution SM delivers healthcare providers reliable location,status and movement information to remotely monitor equipment and people. Using minimal hardwareand no hard wiring, Awarepoint offers a non-disruptive installation - even in occupied patient rooms.Our award-winning, rapid impact implementation enables hospitals to map resources, monitor activityand measure performance to more effectively improve business processes that impact patient care andoperational efficiencies. Awarepoint is provided as a fully managed service, including all hardware,software, 24/7/365 remote system monitoring and full maintenance. The company is headquartered inSan Diego, California and serves hospitals across the United States through a national sales andoperations workforce. See what’s new at www.awarepoint.com

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