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Flo Healthcare offers most comprehensive line of wireless mobile workstations

ATLANTA – January 9, 2006 – Flo Healthcare, a leading provider of wireless mobile workstations, announced today that it will demonstrate the most comprehensive and robust line of wireless mobile workstations available at the 2006 HIMSS Conference and Exposition in San Diego. The new workstations will increase the support available to clinicians in the emerging wireless hospital.

Flo Healthcare offers the industry’s most complete suite of workstations – from general purpose and medication management workstations, to integrated vitals capture/monitoring and critical care, providing real time access to electronic medical records while freeing up clinician workers to care for their patients. In use at more than 800 hospitals, the Flo Healthcare wireless mobile workstation lineup is the industry standard for ergonomics, aesthetics, functionality and ease-of-use on an integrated platform.

"Hospitals have many different requirements and applications for wireless-enabled point of care solutions," said Keith Washington, vice president of business development at Flo Healthcare. "Wireless mobile workstations are used for medication delivery, critical care, vitals management, videoconferencing application and much more. Flo Healthcare not only brings the most complete lineup of solutions to hospitals, but offers the highest level of innovation and integration."

Flo Healthcare solutions are unique in providing a ready-to-use solution right out of the box, using the wireless components and personal computer standards of the specific hospital. Hospital administrators are assured of a working solution that can be deployed immediately with greater reliability and lower total cost of ownership. The complete suite currently includes the following:

Flo 1750. The most widely-deployed, integrated wireless mobile workstation available, the Flo 1750 is a general purpose workstation used by clinicians to bring them closer to the patient, by enabling them to access the hospital information systems while at the bedside. The Flo 1750 brings a tremendous number of innovations to the marketplace including greater battery life, special ergonomic features such as the tilting keyboard, and flexible accessories including cabinets to safely and securely lock medications.

Flo 2400. The Flo 2400 series provides mobile medication workstations for accurate and efficient dispensing of medication. FDA mandated bar-coding, improving patient safety and reducing medication errors are major reasons customers choose the Flo 2400.

Flo 3000. The Flo 3000 is an advanced wireless mobile workstation specifically designed for use in high acuity and critical care areas of the hospital. Its sophisticated design marries real-time wireless access with a clean, stable platform that can integrate a range of diagnostic and critical care technologies and applications. The Flo 3000 has also been integrated with leading video- teleconferencing equipment for tele-health initiatives.

Flo 4000 Vitals Cart. Scheduled for introduction at HIMSS 2006.

"Hospitals are not in the business of assembling multiple components to build IT systems; rather, they are in the business of providing patient care," said Tom Denmark, president and CEO of Flo Healthcare. "Flo Healthcare has successfully united clinical information, storage, mobile computing , security and medical devices with a full lineup of mobile workstations in a way that optimizes clinicians' workflow. The result drives huge improvements in productivity and the quality of patient care, both critical success factors to today’s healthcare providers."

Although each of the Flo Healthcare products was built for a specific application set within today’s hospital environment, they all enable IT professionals to provide complete mobile clinical solutions that allow caregivers to spend more quality time with patients while decreasing the amount of time spent entering data. This improved connection improves care.

Demonstration of Flo Healthcare’s integrated lineup of wireless mobile workstations at HIMSS will be held during expo hall hours in the company’s booth #1801. To schedule a personal demo, healthcare professionals should call 877-FLO-4040 and ask to be connected to the Sales Support desk.

About Flo Healthcare
Headquartered in Norcross, Ga., Flo Healthcare provides comprehensive wireless and mobile clinical workstation solutions designed specifically for the healthcare industry. Improving patient care and safety is our top priority as we work with clinical software and OEM business partners to deliver patented, integrated solutions—infrastructure, devices and services—to medical facilities. With 40,000 mobile devices and wireless infrastructure systems installed within approximately 800 hospitals, Flo Healthcare is the acknowledged leader in total hospital and system-wide wireless and mobile clinical workstation installations across the United States and Canada. By delivering a better connection to information, Flo Healthcare helps clinicians stay better connected with patients. For more information on Flo Healthcare, visit www.flohealthcare.com or call 877-FLO-4040.