Visually Integrated Operating Room Enhances Patient Safety,

Improves Workflow at ‘Top 100’ Community Hospital

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 26, 2007 --LiveData, Inc. today announced that St. Joseph Mercy Hospital has chosen LiveData OR-Dashboard for 17 operating rooms at the Ann Arbor, Michigan facility.

LiveData OR-Dashboard captures, synchronizes, and integrates all relevant information data from any medical device or system, transforms and presents it as meaningful information on easy-to-read graphic displays, in step with the perioperative workflow. LiveData’s Visually Integrated OR (VIOR) builds upon OR-Dashboard and other visual information – surgical video, PACS images, and instant audio-visual access to Pathology, Central Supply, or other external resources – to deliver a complete, fully integrated view of the surgical case as it progresses.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital is a 529-bed teaching hospital located on a 341-acre campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sponsored by the Religious Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital has been named as a Top 100 Hospital and is at the forefront of many clinical specialty areas including cancer, cardiovascular, orthopedics, neurosciences, emergency medicine, women’s and children’s health, senior health, and a full range of surgical services.

"Our new surgical pavilion was designed around a number of principles. One of the most important is patient safety,” said Dr. Walter M. Whitehouse, Jr., chairman of the department of surgery at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. “We view LiveData as the linchpin in our aggressive approach toward patient safety."

Operating room teams are under increasing pressure to ensure patient safety as well as improve productivity, in an increasingly complex environment. Sophisticated medical devices and hospital information systems produce a staggering amount of data; yet systems to organize, synchronize, and display the information have been notably absent. LiveData has stepped in to fill the gap, bringing an entirely new category of technology to the operating room: real-time visual integration, with systems that are designed to facilitate the flow of information between devices and departments and among caregivers. They equip OR teams to see all relevant information about the patient and operation, precisely when needed.  

Implementation of LiveData OR-Dashboard in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital’s new Surgery Pavilion is expected to be complete by late 2007.

“The adoption of OR-Dashboard at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital shows the broad reach of the VIOR concept,” said Jeffrey Robbins, CEO of LiveData. “Hospitals like St. Joseph Mercy are the heart of their communities, and patients have a right to expect the highest level of care that excellent clinicians and technology can provide. We are honored to be helping St. Joseph Mercy achieve that goal.”

About LiveData

Specializing in real-time data integration and display, LiveData builds state-of-the-art systems for healthcare, utility, manufacturing, and government organizations. LiveData technology brings together data from any number of sources and presents it as meaningful information on easy-to-read graphic displays. Leading medical institutions, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,  NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, have selected LiveData OR-Dashboard™ to enhance patient safety, improve team communication and streamline perioperative workflow. Founded in 1991, LiveData is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.livedata.com.

About Saint Joseph Mercy Health System

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System is a health care network serving Washtenaw, Livingston, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, western Wayne and southwestern Oakland counties. It includes St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Saint Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital and Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital in Howell. Combined, the three hospitals are licensed for 747 beds, employ more than 6,500 individuals and have a medical staff of more than 1,000 physicians. Saint Joseph Mercy Health System offers a wide array of services including cardiology, cancer care, women’s health, senior health, orthopedics and behavioral health. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital provides medical residency training programs in internal medicine, transitional, surgery, OB/GYN and emergency medicine for 130 residents.  www.sjmercyhealth.org

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