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EXHIBIT 99.1
Thursday November 30, 8:45 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Data Critical Corporation
Data Critical Signs Agreement With Agilent Healthcare Solutions to Integrate
Alarm Notification Into Agilent's Patient Monitoring System
BOTHELL, Wash., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Critical Corporation (Nasdaq: DCCA-
news), a leader in wireless communication in healthcare today announced a three-
year agreement with Agilent Technologies, Healthcare Solutions Group (NYSE: A -
news), to integrate Data Critical's StatView(TM) wireless alarm notification
system into the Agilent Information Center, a "decentralized" monitoring network
and decision support system for hospitals. Financial details of the agreement
were not disclosed.
StatView, a leading wireless alarm notification system, uses wireless technology
to allow caregivers to remain directly connected to their patients. Caregivers
receive critical patient information within seconds of the system's event
notification alarm, allowing the caregiver to determine and administer the
appropriate level of care faster. Currently, more than 430 StatView systems have
been sold in the U.S. The agreement with Agilent will allow Agilent to include
the StatView technology as part of its networking solution for patient
monitoring systems, planned for launch in 2001.
"Now that we have reached the threshold where our wireless systems are an
acknowledged standard of care, we believe the groundwork has been laid for
significant increases in volumes across all of our sales channels," said Jeff
Brown, president and CEO of Data Critical. "This integration of market-leading
wired and wireless monitoring systems such as Agilent's Information Center is a
watershed event in creating state-of-the-art patient monitoring systems."
"Wireless capabilities are becoming an accepted component of patient monitoring
systems, with their ability to provide caregivers timely access to critical
data," said Tony Ecock, Vice President and General Manager of Agilent Patient
Monitoring. "Agilent's Information Center is a revolutionary concept in central
monitoring with an ability to provide information anywhere the care team needs
it, not just at the nursing station. With integrated alarm notification, we are
taking a best-in-class solution even further by offering what we consider to be
one of the most comprehensive, flexible and accurate patient monitoring systems
available."
About Data Critical Corporation
Data Critical Corporation develops and distributes wireless and Internet systems
for communicating critical healthcare data. The company offers StatView(TM),
AlarmView(TM) and FlexView(TM), a line of wireless alarm notification products
for hospitals. It also provides MobileView(TM) and ECGStat(TM), a line of
wireless products for physicians as well as WebChart(TM) and PocketChart(TM).
The company
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has ongoing relationships with twenty-five industry leaders including Aether
Systems, Agilent Technologies, CRITIKON, General Electric, LabCorp, Medtronic,
Siemens, Tyco and Welch Allyn. Additional information about Data Critical is
available at www.datacritical.com.
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About Agilent's Healthcare Solutions Group
Agilent's Healthcare Solutions Group is a worldwide leader in clinical
measurement and diagnostic solutions for the healthcare industry. The group has
approximately 5,000 employees and had revenues of more than $1.4 billion in its
2000 fiscal year. Recently, Agilent announced that Philips signed an agreement
to acquire Agilent's Healthcare Solutions Group for $1.7 billion. That
transaction is currently under regulatory review. Additional information about
Agilent's Healthcare Solutions Group can be at
http://www.agilent.com/healthcare/.
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Except for the historical information presented, the matters discussed in this
press release include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include those described in Data
Critical's periodic filings with the SEC including its 10K, 10Q and registration
statement on Form S-1 that was declared effective on November 8, 1999. Copies of
Data Critical's public disclosure filings with the SEC are available from its
investor relations department.
SOURCE: Data Critical Corporation
