The company has pioneered the use of "Remote Presence" in
health care with its RP-6 robotic system. Behind-the-scenes products such as those developed by
iNTERFACEWARE are an essential tool that will allow health
professionals to access a patient's medical information at critical
times regardless of location while also allowing consumers greater
access and choice when selecting a health provider.

Additional findings of the survey include:

* Three-quarters (74 percent) of emergency physicians are concerned that
the measures may not reflect the practice environment of emergency
medicine.

* 92 percent of emergency physicians said aspirin within four hours of
arrival for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) is an appropriate
measure for emergency medicine .

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More information on InTouch
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More than 340 employees and physicians will work at the site. Suter, DO, president of ACEP.

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Such standards, termed "HL-7," have
started to revolutionize healthcare by allowing hospitals, doctors and
healthcare centers around the world the ability to send and receive
such healthcare data, patient information, lab results and medical
images. Features include:

-- Second floor -- A 14,000-square-foot outpatient endoscopy center
offering a full range of gastroenterology procedures and services. ACEP members were
asked about their concerns regarding both the existing and future indicators. But
over half (56 percent) cited a concern that an emphasis on cost reduction
could harm the quality of patient care.

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Nelson noted that Gillette has been located within the
Regions campus since 1977. Headquartered
in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chapters in each state, as well as Puerto Rico
and the District of Columbia, and a Government Services Chapter representing
emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government
agencies.

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The facility also helps alleviate congestion at Regions
Hospital, where many of the services are currently provided. The two
organizations will lease space from Frauenshuh Companies and the St. In addition, they indicated
concern that the measures may increase the burden on emergency departments,
many of which are already at or over capacity.
* 74 percent said providing antibiotics within 4 hours of arrival for
pneumonia is appropriate.

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-- Adult assistive technology.

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The Innovation Awards are announced annually by ATA and recognize
cutting-edge applications that help to advance the remote delivery of
health care.

Similar in size and design to the neighboring HealthPartners Specialty
Center 401, the four-story building allows the two health care
organizations to centralize outpatient services at a convenient location
for patients. The next major effort will include development and
implementation of performance measures for physicians.
* 81 percent said oxygen assessment for pneumonia is appropriate. ACEP is committed to improving the quality of emergency care
through continuing education , research, and public education.

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Director.
* 65 percent said the measures may increase the burden on emergency
departments already at or over capacity.

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As part of an effort to improve patient care while containing costs, the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been implementing a
series of pay-for-performance projects. The measures were initially
voluntary, but are now required, and CMS has recently made the data public for
more than 4,000 hospitals. "Many emergency departments are
crowded, with patients being treated in hallways waiting for inpatient beds in
the hospital.
* Seven in 10 (71 percent) are concerned that measures may not be
realistic due to the overcrowding in emergency departments.

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The
124,000-square-foot building being developed by Frauenshuh Companies is
located across the street from the HealthPartners Specialty Center 401,
which opened in October . The building is scheduled to open early in
2007.
* 65 percent said a beta blocker upon arrival is appropriate for patients
with acute myocardial infarction.

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A panel of distinguished experts in the field of medicine
and technology select the recipients each year. Paul
Port Authority, which own the building as part of a joint venture.

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ATA 2005 will attract over 2,000 people from around the world
to discuss the latest technology and practice reports related to
telemedicine and telehealth.
While emergency physicians expressed support for hospital quality measures
to improve patient care, they also indicated concerns that any proposed
physician measures for emergency medicine may not reflect the realities of
their practice environment, such as overcrowding.

Of the current 10 quality measures in place for hospitals, four apply to
emergency medicine.

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The 2005 awards will go to InTouch
Health for the development of mobile robots used in healthcare
delivery and iNTERFACEWARE for software tools that allow new medical
devices and systems to easily communicate with each other.
-- Fourth Floor -- A 31,000-square-foot same-day surgery center with 10
operating rooms and advanced surgical equipment.

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Their services
will include:

-- Adult specialty clinic.
-- Adult rehabilitation. Because of these unique challenges, emergency physicians must
be involved in the development and testing of any measures that could affect
practice in the emergency department.

ACEP is a national emergency medicine specialty society with more than
23 ,000 members.

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InTouch Health is a privately held company based in Santa Barbara,
California. Sometimes called "robodocs,"
the system allows medical professionals to literally walk the halls of
remote health facilities to provide care, coach and train staff, or
monitor healthcare services.
Established in 1993, ATA is an internationally acclaimed organization
that provides education, information and advocacy on behalf of its
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"Not only can this
save time but it can create significant cost savings in the delivery
of healthcare," according to Jonathan D."

HealthPartners and Regions will occupy part of the second floor and the
entire third and fourth floors.

Gillette will occupy the first and part of the second floor.

Future Quality Measures Must Consider Realities of Emergency Departments Emergency Physicians Say

Current Hospital Quality Measures are Improving Patient Care

WASHINGTON, Current hospital quality measures,
such as providing aspirin within four hours of arrival for heart attack
patients, are improving patient care, according to three-fourths of more than
1,000 emergency physicians who responded to a new survey released today by the
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) during its Leadership and
Advocacy Conference being held here.

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The awards
will be presented on April 19th at "ATA 2005" in Denver, Colorado.com
iNTERFACEWARE, based in Toronto, Canada, develops and markets
software tools that simplify the use of technical standards into
components of healthcare systems.

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Virtually all emergency physicians (99 percent) said it was important (88
percent) or critical (11 percent) for emergency physicians to help determine
the measures.

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The American Telemedicine is a Washington, DC based organization
representing the interests of healthcare professionals, hospitals,
clinics and vendors who are involved in the remote delivery of care.
Construction is now underway on a second
health care facility in the St. HealthPartners and Gillette Children's Specialty
Healthcare will share space in the new building, providing a variety of
outpatient specialty services. "We continue to value our ongoing relationship with Regions.
"Emergency medicine has its unique challenges that make it unlike any
other specialty -- our patients often arrive in critical need of care, without
medical records, and in many cases we are not able to ensure follow up care,"
said Robert E.

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Ninety-six percent (96 percent) said it is essential that the
measures be applicable to the specific practice of emergency medicine.

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-- Third floor -- Specialty clinics for orthopaedics, sports medicine,
podiatry , urology and gastroenterology.

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For more information on ATA, its annual
meeting or to register for a press pass visit www.

"Gillette and Regions have a long history of working together to better
serve the needs of our patients and our community," said Brock Nelson, CEO
and president of Regions Hospital, which is part of the HealthPartners
family of care.

The online survey of 1,076 members of ACEP was conducted March 28 2005 to
April 8, 2005.

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WASHINGTON----The American
Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced today the winners of the 2004
Innovation Awards For Telemedicine. "This is an another example of how
telemedicine increase efficiency while also improving patient care and
allowing consumers greater access to health care services" according
to Joseph Kvedar, MD, President of ATA.

"We see this as a natural expansion as a result of the increased growth of
our hospital over the last few years and as our focus of care has grown to
include adult patients," said Margaret Perryman, CEO and president of
Gillette.

Four of the 10 hospital measures apply in the
emergency department.

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