Feb 23 2011
CompuMed, Inc. (OTCBB:CMPD) (http://www.compumed.net), a telemedicine and medical informatics company, has entered into an agreement with T.H.E. Clinic to provide CompuMed's electrocardiogram (ECG) telemedicine and CardioGramKids® technology and services to the students and parents of the Lennox School District, at the Lennox Healthy Start Clinic operated by T.H.E. (To Help Everyone) Clinic, Inc. CompuMed will provide T.H.E. Clinic with the company's ECG telemedicine equipment and with over-reads performed remotely by CompuMed's cardiologists and pediatric cardiologists. CompuMed's CardioGramKids program was designed in tandem with pediatricians and other health care providers to provide ECG screening services to children and teenagers prior to taking psychotropic medications or participating in school or afterschool sports programs.
"CompuMed's novel medical workflow technology solutions harness the power of telemedicine and the Internet to enable T.H.E. Clinic and other health care organizations to provide large numbers of previously underserved individuals with advanced preventive and diagnostic services," said Maurizio Vecchione, CEO of CompuMed.
"We are delighted that CompuMed is providing ECG telemedicine equipment and services in support of our clinical efforts at T.H.E./Lennox Healthy Start Clinic. Lennox School District is located in one of the most medically underserved areas of Los Angeles. CompuMed's program will assist us as we continue to improve the lives of individuals who entrust their health care to us," said Rise K. Phillips, CEO of T.H.E. Clinic.
The Lennox community is an unincorporated 1.3 sq. mile area of metropolitan Los Angeles situated between Hawthorne, Inglewood and the Los Angeles International Airport. The schools comprising the Lennox School District are Buford, Felton, Huerta, Jefferson and Moffett Elementary Schools, Lennox Middle School 6, Lennox Middle School 7-8, the Early Learning School Readiness Center, and two charter high schools, Amino Leadership High and Lennox Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology. In 2010, the Lennox Academy was ranked 25th from among more than 21,000 public schools in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best High Schools."
"By utilizing CompuMed's ECG telemedicine technology, we can deliver ECG services to Lennox School District and our other clients," said Tracy Robinson, M.D., Medical Director of T.H.E. Clinic. "Such enhancements in the quality of care can lead to significant gains in health outcomes for our patients, a better educated and more secure community and reduced health care costs system wide," added Dr. Robinson.
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