Carilion Health System Selects InnerWireless To Install Its Medical-grade Wireless Utility In Three Facilities In Virginia's Western Region

Carilion Health System joins more than 25 of the nation's leading hospitals with its installation of InnerWireless

RICHARDSON, Texas – April 3, 2006 –Carilion Health System today announced that it will install InnerWireless' Medical-grade Wireless Utility in three of its 10 non-profit healthcare facilities, including its largest facility, the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va. Carilion will first utilize the Wireless Utility to enhance 802.11 coverage for existing clinical applications, handheld devices and PDAs (such as BlackBerry®), and to improve cellular applications used by the hospital staff. Carilion also plans to use the system to improve two-way radio communication for its security personnel, implement the use of VoIP phones and pursue RF location solution options for asset tracking.

"We needed a system that will not only meet our immediate wireless needs, but also will allow us to deploy additional applications in the future, with low cost and ease," said Kendall White, director of IT at Carilion Health System. "The quick turnaround of information, answers to our questions and willingness to work with us really helped push InnerWireless ahead of the other vendors. Planning, expertise and understanding is a major part of this type of implementation and it was clear to us that InnerWireless had the experts. They were able to provide us technical feedback to make sure that we had the proper design and took the necessary precautions so our utilization of the system will be as successful as possible. Most importantly, InnerWireless' Medical-grade Wireless Utility can handle all of our needs, including 802.11, cellular coverage, two-way radios, VoIP and RF location solutions."

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital was named one of the nation's "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" by Hospitals & Health Networks' Most Wired Magazine, a publication of the American Hospital Association. Carilion is a best-of-breed integrated healthcare system, which means they secure the best application for a service or specialty and integrate it with their existing applications, thus providing the best healthcare possible to their patients.

The InnerWireless Medical-grade Wireless Utility can support the use of multiple wireless services, applications and devices, including WiFi and PCS/cellular. Wireless tablet devices that allow healthcare providers to receive real-time patient information without being tethered to a desktop computer are rapidly being deployed in hospitals. This mobility will not only improve the workflow of the hospital staff, but by being able to receive alerts and information, as well as communicate real-time at the point-of decision, it also will help reduce the possibility of patient treatment errors. Ubiquitous whole-house wireless patient monitoring and a more mobile staff are just two of the many objectives Carilion plans to address with the InnerWireless system in place.

It also was important for Carilion to choose a solution that would leverage their investment in the hospital's existing Cisco network. In addition, to enhance cellular coverage, Carilion will integrate service from national cellular carriers into the Wireless Utility. "InnerWireless is excited to work with a prestigious health system such as Carilion, whose main focus is on the patient," said Rick Gentry, healthcare vice president of InnerWireless. "Our main goal is to provide a customized future-adaptable solution that supports Carilion Health System's goals of improving patient safety and delivering more efficient patient care. InnerWireless is proud to partner with healthcare providers that share our vision of improving the quality of healthcare by leveraging the best technologies."

Two other Carilion facilities will install InnerWireless' Medical-grade Wireless Utility, beginning with the Carilion New River Valley Medical Center this fall and the Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital in early 2007.

Carilion Health System joins a distinguished group of over 25 leading hospitals - including Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago, The University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System's Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital and Comer Children's Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health's Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center - in using InnerWireless to create a 21st century wireless ecosystem in their facilities.

About InnerWireless
InnerWireless, Inc. deploys its Medical-grade Wireless Utility in hospitals and healthcare-related facilities to support a full range of wireless services and applications. InnerWireless, which guarantees wireless coverage inside buildings ranging in size up to 10 million square feet, is properly engineered to accommodate wireless systems essential for interpersonal communications, clinical operations, and building operations. In addition, InnerWireless has launched, Spot, to provide wireless, high-assurance location accuracy for hospital assets, clinical staff and patients. For more information about InnerWireless, visit www.InnerWireless.com.

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Jetstream PR for InnerWireless
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