News Story

April 5, 2006 | Augusta, GA

Global Emergency Resources LLC, Augusta, GA USA, the developer of "HC Standard^®", the leading Medical Crisis Information ManagementSystem (M-CIMS) application, and Baystate Health Geographics (www.baystatehealth.com/gis), Springfield, MA USA, internationally recognized for its use of Geographic Information System technology in the hospital/healthcare arena, today announced they are teaming up to create a dynamic GIS Extension for GER's "HC Standard^®".

"This will be the first M-CIMS™ to integrate the powerful and robust database integration capabilities of "HC Standard^®" with the world’s leading GIS software developed by ESRI™, Inc. (www.esri.com)." says Stan Kuzia, GER's President & CEO. "The roles for Public Health and Hospital leaders are expanding beyond the ESF 8 position within an Emergency Operation Center. The daily gathering of accurate surge capacity information within their healthcare spheres become ever more critical to both individual and regional healthcare managers. Issues involving Syndromic Surveillance and Situational Awareness in a real-time environment are of paramount importance in mitigating the impact of a natural or man-made mass casualty event. Dynamic, affordable, locally hosted systems that integrate disparate databases are critical to providing key information to support decision makers at all levels. These officials are entrusted with protecting the public by responding to medical threats and occurrences accurately and decisively. A GIS enabled HC Standard^® provides an unbeatable tool."

"By truly integrating M-CIMS™ with dynamic GIS functionality healthcare disaster response decision makers will have access to the right information, in the right format and at the right time," says Dr. Richard Wait, Director of Baystate Health Geographics and Chairman of the Surgery Dept. at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA USA. "We are excited about the opportunity to work with GER in this venture which will provide those responsible for protection of healthcare critical assets an "infosphere of healthcare preparedness," whether at the national, regional, state, local, or institutional level."

About Global Emergency Resources

About Global Emergency Resources™ is a provider of innovative, affordable, and easy to use solutions for today's rapidly changing world. Our products and services are designed to improve the readiness and availability of critical business resources and key personnel. We help communities, government agencies, and independent companies succeed in protecting, deploying, and recovering their most vital assets during any threat or disaster scenario. Our staff has proven expertise in Health Care, Information Technology, Aviation, Emergency Operations, Security, Safety, Public Health, and Business Continuity. Our focus is to provide leaders at all levels and locations with the tools they need to effectively plan for, control, and recover from any and all emergency events. More information about Global Emergency Resources™, "HC Standard^®", and other GER™ products and services is available at www.ger911.com.

About Baystate Health Geographics

Baystate Health Geographics is a for-profit off-shoot of Baystate Medical Center's Health Geographics Program and is internationally recognized for "pushing the GIS envelope" in the areas of hospital healthcare and "hospital-land" security. The Health Geographics Program was initiated in 1998 and is the only one of its kind in the U.S. The staff has over 70 combined years GIS experience in health, environment, spatial statistics, spatial epidemiology, and hospital GIS. Staff experience includes extensive use of GIS in demographics, cancer, cardiovascular disease & injury epidemiology, hospital facilities, non-hospital facility siting, healthcare marketing, bioterrorism, and emergency preparedness, planning & support. More information about Baystate's Health Geographics Program is available at www.baystatehealth.com/gis.