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Flo Healthcare Unveils New Mobile Workstation

(ATLANTA – February 26, 2007) Flo Healthcare, a leading designer of state-of-the-art wireless mobile workstations, wireless infrastructure, and related services for the healthcare industry, announces the availability of the Flo 1800, the newest mobile workstation in its 1000 series.

The Flo 1800 offers more capabilities than ever before, by providing advanced ergonomics that bring the clinician closer to the patient with a taller, modular design. The Flo 1800 is fully customizable, offering hospitals more choices in fully integrated peripherals, including handheld units, bar code scanners, vitals technology, and a Lifespan Healthcare rail system.

"The Flo 1800 is designed around advanced ergonomics and is a premium solution for caregivers who prefer a lightweight, easy-to-move cart, but require additional features such as a larger work surface and more storage options," said Keith Washington, Flo Healthcare’s vice president and general manager. "The Flo 1800 is built with the future in mind—it is customizable, making it easy for hospitals to scale up as new technology comes on board or as their needs grow."

The Flo 1800 brings caregivers and IT departments together as hospitals move toward EMR implementation. While nurses and physicians prefer the workstation’s aesthetics and ergonomics, such as the height-adjustable, wide keyboard tray, IT departments like the Flo 1800’s reliable, rugged, integrated design. Like all Flo carts, the 1800 arrives ready to roll, right out of the box. Because the PC sits at the workstation’s center of gravity, the cart is remarkably stable, and service is a snap with the PC positioned directly on the cart.

The Flo 1800 benefits:

• Fully customizable – can be configured as needed, providing a total cost of ownership that makes sense and greater choices for hospitals;
• Improved ergonomics – larger workspace, full-sized keyboard, and lightweight;
• Improved aesthetics – taller, modular model with a small footprint that can go anywhere;
• PC mounting system – providing for easy access for service;
• Arrives fully assembled and fully integrated.

Flo Healthcare is demonstrating its Flo 1800 at booth #3921 during the HIMSS ‘07 Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans February 26 – March 1.

About Flo Healthcare
Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, Flo Healthcare designs comprehensive wireless and mobile clinical workstation solutions specifically for the healthcare industry. Flo Healthcare is part of Emerson Storage Solutions’ InterMetro (Metro) division. Like Emerson, which is focused on making people’s lives better through its products, systems and solutions, Flo Healthcare’s top priority is improving patient care and safety. By delivering a better connection to information, clinicians stay better connected with patients. Flo Healthcare works with clinical software, OEM business partners and value added resellers to deliver patented, integrated solutions—infrastructure, devices and services—to medical facilities. With 50,000 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 U.S. and Canada. For more information on Flo Healthcare, visit www.flohealthcare.com or call 877-FLO-4040. For more information about our parent company, Emerson, visit www.GoToEmerson.com.