NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER DEPLOYS AND TRACKS MEDICAL TRANSPORT FLEET WITH OuterLink SATELLITE MOBILE ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
Tampa. FL, Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) – September 17, 2007
Regional trauma center centralizes real-time tracking of ambulances and aircraft
OuterLink Corporation, a mobile asset management solutions provider, today announced that North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) is deploying its solution to more effectively manage, track and communicate with its fleet of 15 ambulances and single medical transport helicopter throughout its 150-mile rural coverage area. NMMC is a Regional Level II Trauma Center based in Tupelo, MS.
“The OuterLink solution provides us with a very important tool for managing our medical vehicle fleet throughout our extensive coverage area,” said NMMC Pre-hospital Director Josh Wenzel. “With OuterLink on board, we have established continuous visibility with our crews and we can communicate patient status prior to arrival at NMMC. This improves overall patient care and outcomes.”
OuterLink’s satellite mobile asset management solutions improve the safety and visibility of air medical transport flights, and enables the rapid deployment of aircraft to support medical crisis response missions. The OuterLink solution provides secure, real-time location tracking and two-way communications capabilities that enable voice and data exchange between the aircraft, dispatch and medical facility to improve response time and critical patient care. OuterLink’s flexible solutions offer operators the option to conduct simple flight location reporting or to deploy a centralized solution that allows complete visibility of all mobile assets.
“Hurricane Katrina had a devastating effect on the Mississippi coast,” continued Wenzel. “NMMC played an integral role in the medical support delivered to the area. Through its ability to help us immediately locate and deploy available aircraft, the OuterLink solution removes geographic boundaries and allows us to work with other medical facilities and government agencies to deliver critical patient care during a crisis.”
“NMMC’s deployment of a multi-vehicle type mobile asset management strategy demonstrates OuterLink’s ability to integrate both air and ground platforms in to a single command and control console,” said Jeff Warner, OuterLink director of sales. “Centralizing mobile asset tracking and communications in to a unified interface optimizes the ability to deliver care to a critical patient in the shortest time possible. This is a goal that OuterLink shares with the medical community and we are committed to providing reliable mobile asset management solutions to this industry.”
About NMMC
North Mississippi Medical Center, a 650-bed regional referral center in Tupelo, holds the distinction of being the largest hospital in Mississippi and the largest non-metropolitan hospital in America. The medical center serves more than 650,000 people in 22 counties in north Mississippi, northwest Alabama and portions of Tennessee. NMMC-Tupelo is designated as a Level II trauma center by the Mississippi State Department of Health. To receive this designation, facilities must offer a full range of trauma capabilities, including an Emergency Department, a full service surgical suite, intensive care unit and diagnostic imaging, as well as make a commitment to consistently meet national guidelines or standards in caring for trauma patients.
About OuterLink
OuterLink Corporation’s satellite-based mobile asset management solutions provide secure, real-time location tracking and satellite communications capabilities including two-way messaging to strategically manage the operations of air, land and marine vehicles. OuterLink solutions provide real-time control and connectivity between all assets providing enhanced safety and visibility of routine operations. The system also provides the capability required to rapidly deploy mobile units to immediately support crisis response and recovery missions. Since 1991, OuterLink has deployed units in government, air taxi and aero medical aircraft and vehicles, accumulating over one million flight hours experience. Based in Lowell, MA, OuterLink is a privately held company. For more information visit OuterLink at www.outerlink.com.
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