Peake to sit on external Board of Advisors at Integrated Medical Systems, Inc., now pushing their suitcase ICU.

NOTE from Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org ... The revolving door in Washington, D.C. just keeps spinning.

Former VA Secretary James Peake has landed himself a cushy little gig with Integrated Medical Systems, Inc., currently hyping their suitcase ICU product.

Want to bet that, in short time, the VA orders a bunch of these?

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Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Joins Integrated Medical Systems' Advisory Board

SIGNAL HILL, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Medical Systems, Inc., a medical technology systems integrator transforming critical care, announced that former Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake, M.D., has joined the Company's external Board of Advisors.

Secretary Peake retired from the Army in 2004, following service as a cardiac surgeon and commander in several medical posts culminating in his appointment as U.S. Army Surgeon General from 2000 to 2004. As Army Surgeon General, Peake commanded 50,000 medical personnel and 187 army medical facilities worldwide. After retiring as a Lieutenant General, Peake served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Project Hope, a non-profit international health foundation operating in more than 30 countries. Just prior to his nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Peake served as a member of the Board of Directors for QTC, one of the largest private providers of government-outsourced occupational health and disability examination services in the nation. Peake joined the Company's Board of Advisors in 2006, helping guide the Company's expansion into multiple nations, but stepped off the Board when nominated to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Peake is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the American College of Cardiology. He has been honored with the Order of Military Merit; the "A" Professional Designator; and the Medallion, Surgeon General of the United States.

"Secretary Peake brings a powerful and unique combination of experience, vision and leadership essential to helping Integrated Medical Systems transform critical care," noted Todd Kneale, president and chief operating officer of Integrated Medical Systems, Inc. "We welcome Secretary Peake's re-joining our august Board of Advisors as we expand our product portfolio into new market segments."

Secretary Peake commented, "It's an honor for me to re-join the Company's Advisory Board as IMS launches the next generation, fully integrated MedEx 1000 'suitcase ICU'. We share a common vision and a common drive to change the face of healthcare for the better."

About the MedEx 1000

The MedEx 1000 is a portable unit intended to supply ICU functionality for adult and pediatric patients. The MedEx 1000 combines the following medical device capabilities into a single platform: Physiological monitoring (electrocardiogram, invasive pressure monitoring, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring, temperature, blood oxygen saturation, and heart rate), low rate and high rate infusion pumps, a fluid warmer, a ventilator with carbon dioxide monitoring capabilities and the ability to deliver oxygen to a patient. The functions of the MedEx 1000 are controlled from a central user interface. The MedEx 1000 may be operated using either hot-swappable battery power or an external source. The unit can accept external high pressure or low pressure sources of oxygen. A USB Port provides connectivity to an external printer, and allows for a connection of a USB flash drive to off-load (download) logged data. An Ethernet Port allows for Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity. The MedEx 1000 is intended to be used in hospitals, aircraft, ambulances, field hospitals, and extended care facilities. A future upgrade will allow additional medical devices to be added using the Auxiliary Device Port and be controlled and displayed through the MedEx 1000.

The purpose of the MedEx 1000 is to help support continuous patient care during transport from outside of the hospital or within the hospital environment. Current practice includes frequently disconnecting and reconnecting a patient from therapy and monitoring when a patient is transported. During transport, caregivers have to juggle multiple medical devices and when they arrive at a destination, connect the devices to a central computer. Use of the MedEx 1000 not only increases patient safety, but caregiver efficiency, as well. Clinical studies with the predicate device, the LSTAT(TM) stretcher-based integrated patient care platform, demonstrated the need for fewer caregivers during transport, faster response time to adverse events, faster 'time to go' between wards, and potential reduction in the hospital length-of-stay ("Life Support for Trauma and Transport: a mobile ICU for safe in-hospital transport of critically injured patients", Velmahos et al, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2004 July; 199 (1):62-8).

About Integrated Medical Systems

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc. (IMS) is the leading innovator in the development of fully integrated products for critical care. Our firm, whose principal shareholders include Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), is committed to the rapid deployment of products that include portable intensive care systems, advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices, telemedicine networks, and related information systems. For more information on IMS and the MedEx 1000 "suitcase ICU", please visit www.medex1000.com

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TOPICS: veterans, veterans' benefits, VA, Department of Veterans' Affairs, James Peake