IBSS: In the News

'Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] is helping hospitals empower staff to make patient care more responsive and efficient, adding two new mobile communications solutions to its clinical-grade Healthcare Solutions portfolio.

'Nortel Clinical Alarms and Alerts and Asset Tracking and Management combine Nortel products and services with proven applications and consulting services from industry-leading partners to help manage medical alerts and hospital assets. Available today in North America, Nortel is demonstrating these solutions at HIMSS07, the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (booth #4211).

'"Delivering real-time personalized information directly to staff anywhere within a facility empowers hospitals to manage cost challenges while improving patient care and outcomes," said Charles Salameh, vice president, Network Business Solutions, Nortel. "Nortel, together with leading healthcare systems providers, is delivering a complete intelligent communications solution for hospitals."'

'Nortel Asset Tracking and Management increases hospital care and efficiency by enabling the tracking and instant location of thousands of monitors and other medical equipment. The solution can also be used for real-time location tracking of both hospital staff and patients - such as infants and other at-risk patients - within the hospital complex. The solution incorporates Real Time Location Systems and Wi-Fi tags from Ekahau and Nortel WLAN 2300 series access points to pinpoint tagged items within three meters accuracy. This solution also includes Syntrack for Health Care, an asset tracking application from intelligent RFID solutions provider Integrated Business Systems and Services, and Nortel Global Services.'

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