In Washington, Linda Foley, president of The Newspaper Guild-CWA, said
much more must be done to ensure the safety of reporters because "their
ability to report fully is the ultimate guarantee of press freedom for all of
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Media Contact:
Thea Lavin 510-520-7732

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Disease management applications top the doctors' "want" list, with
60% expressing interest in software and systems focused on managing
patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. "Telecare needs to put their money where the clients
are. However, staff turnover is high due
to wages that are far below the industry standard and lack of pension
benefits. Telecare kept $1,107,904 in
net income from Villa Fairmont and Gladman as profit in 2004, rather than
reinvesting it into caregivers on the front line.

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Where: Villa Fairmont Mental Health Rehabilitation Center
15200 Foothill Blvd.
Mental healthcare caregivers believe Telecare should use public funding
responsibly to support consistently staffed patient care, pension benefits ,
and a living wage for workers.

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"The Pri-Med tracking survey points to not only a growing interest
among primary care practitioners in technology solutions, but a clear
trend toward increasing use of these technologies in medical
practice," Annalisa Tammaro, Pri-Med Research Manager said.

By region, the IFJ report lists the name, profession and circumstances
under which media workers were killed last year.
Mental health caregivers have worked with out a contract since September
2004, when management refused to negotiate a living wage.

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Currently, 27% report employing some disease management software
application, a ratio little changed from the previous year. Pri-Med is committed to researching the needs, attitudes and
behaviors of the nation's clinicians as a crucial step toward
providing superior quality continuing education that is
evidence-based, and clinical management strategies that are innovative
in design and that motivate physicians to adopt appropriate ,
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More than half
reported attending at least one medical conference session devoted to
technology solutions at a Pri-Med Conference + Exhibition in 2004, and
70% visited a technology product exhibit. "Physicians will continue to
increase their exposure to technology -focused education in the future
in order to remain informed and current on the latest advances. In 1994, 115 deaths were
recorded by the IFJ, a number later updated to 157. In Latin America, a
continent where no country is at war, it is hard to conceive of the fact that
26 journalists were killed during the year, the IFJ report said, citing
attacks on reporters and writers by assassins under the control of drug-
traffickers and others who seek to "stifle independent voices and punish
journalists who tell the truth.

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ifj. Telecare receives
Contra Costa, Alameda, Marin , and San Mateo county dollars to provide
inpatient mental health services for Medicare and Medicaid eligible clients at
the two facilities.

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More than one
in five physicians reported using e-prescribing systems, and another
42% said they were planning to do so in 2005.
The IFJ report cited several examples of the failure of the United States
and other nations to fully investigate media killings , particularly in Iraq,
and announced plans for a second worldwide protest on April 8, the second
anniversary of the Palestine Hotel attack in Baghdad where two journalists
were killed in 2003 . When you get tax dollars they should go directly into client care, not
our CEO's bank account.

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IFJ released the report today at news conferences in Brussels, London and
Sydney, Australia, and renewed its call for the United States and other
governments to better investigate media deaths.

Too often, so-called
investigations into the killings of our colleagues are merely a whitewashing
exercise," said Aidan White, IFJ general secretary. Community
leaders and mental health advocates will join caregivers on the picket line to
tell Telecare to put taxpayer dollars back where they belong: in quality
patient care.

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Healthcare Editors/High-Tech Editors

BOSTON----Enhancing patient care and
personal productivity are principal decision factors in primary care
practitioners ' adoption of information and communication technology
solutions, according to the 2004 National Healthcare Solutions survey
by the Pri-Med Research Group released today."
Africa remains a serious danger zone, with three gruesome killings in
2004, one journalist still missing and presumed dead and other attacks
providing "grim reminders of the constant dangers facing media workers across
the continent ," the report found."
In 2004, Telecare corporation received $32,253,017 in Alameda county
contract dollars, an increase of 20% since 2002.

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The full report is available at http://www.Workers Say Telecare Corporation Diverts County Funding Out of Direct Services
and Into Corporate Accounts; Strike for Consistent Patient Care, a Pension,
and a Living Wage

SAN LEANDRO, Calif.

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Nearly half of respondents
now use a handheld device or Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), and a
further 25% plan to do so over the next twelve months."

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The second annual Pri-Med Healthcare Solutions Survey found
relatively low levels of familiarity with technology providers outside
of Microsoft, ePocrates and WebMD. It is Pri-Med's goal to
advance the practice of medicine and the outcomes of care for
patients." TNG-CWA represents 35,000 journalists and media workers in the United
States and Canada and works with the IFJ and the International Safety
Institute to better prepare journalists and media workers for the dangers they
face around the world. "I am worried about
what is going to happen to me after I retire from years of caring for the
clients.

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Caregivers believe
their patients deserve the best care possible, but cannot maintain high
quality care standards while staff turnover continues to escalate. Our mission is to achieve high quality
healthcare for all.

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Enhanced Patient Care Leads Physicians' Choices of Technology Tools: Pri-Med Institute Survey

San Leandro, CA 94578

Beginning Monday, June 20, over a hundred employees of the for-profit
Telecare Corporation will embark on a four-day strike for better patient care
at Telecare 's Gladman Mental Health Rehabilitation Center in Oakland and Villa
Fairmont Mental Health Rehabilitation Center in San Leandro.

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21% said they planned to adopt Tablet PCs in the
coming year and over half (57%) are interested in learning more about
EMR software in the future. More information is
available at http://www.

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Grim Report Urges Government Action to Limit Death Toll of Media Workers

However, Telecare's under-investment in direct patient
services allowed them to reap $6,335,000 in profits between 2001 and 2004.

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At the same time, there is evidence
of mounting interest among primary care practitioners in technology
solutions that promise to enhance patient care and personal
productivity .
Nearly two out of three respondents cite tradeshows and
conferences and exhibitions as the primary source of product and
service information when making IT purchase decisions.

"It is inexcusable
in an age when the world relies more than ever on media to tell the story that
many governments fail to bring the killers of journalists to justice, or
excuse themselves when their own people are involved," White said.

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WASHINGTON, A Dark and Deadly Year for Media," the IFJ recorded at least
129 killings, murders, assassinations, crossfire victims, accidents and
unexplained deaths among media workers. That's the worst death toll ever
recorded by the IFJ in a 12-month period, and that number likely will increase
as more information becomes available, the IFJ said.
In the Middle East, the Iraq war boosted the death toll of media workers
to 54, IFJ said, stressing that so many unexplained deaths proved the need for
international rules to force independent investigations of these killings.,

When: Monday, June 20, 2005, 11 a. We
represent every type of healthcare worker, including nursing, professional,
technical and service classifications .

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"As physicians report a need and desire to learn more about
technology options, the challenge is learning which technology will
work best for them," said Tammaro.
"Too often, governments display a heartless and cruel indifference to the
suffering endured by the victims and their families ."
The Gladman and Villa Fairmont facilities serve clients with severe mental
illness, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities who require intensive
care from consistent and seasoned staff . In the past 15 years, wages for Mental Health Workers at Telecare
have risen a meager three dollars to the current starting pay of $9.

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Two-thirds
continue to report using online and database clinical reference tools
and office automation and billing software.
Growing interest in new technologies including EMR and Tablet PCs
was also reported.
"It is a very stressful job and the units are always dangerously chaotic
because of the constant staff turnover resulting from our poverty wages," said
Edgar Roach, a Mental Health Worker who has been employed at the Gladman
facility for 3 years.

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"Physicians want to invest in technology tools that they see as means
of improving patient care, increasing productivity and making their
medical practice more cost effective.

Mental Health Caregivers Strike for Better Patient Care at Telecare Facilities in San Leandro and Oakland

SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West, with more than 140,000 members, is
the largest and most powerful healthcare union in the Western U.

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Use and incorporation of technology solutions in the medical field
is steadily rising with a notable interest by physicians."

Information provided by the Pri-Med.
The report examines media workers' deaths in 34 countries and is highly
critical of the response of governments to those deaths.
"I have worked here for 15 years and have no pension or retirement
security," said Mental Health Technician, Richard Dean.