ALR Technologies, Inc.: ALR Technologies Receives FCC License for Their Patient Health Management Compliance System, the Constant Health Companion
ALR Technologies Receives FCC License for Their Patient Health Management Compliance System, the Constant Health Companion
WINSTON-SALEM, NC — (MARKET
WIRE) — January 11, 2007 — ALR Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: ALRT)announces that they have received their FCC license for the data communicationsmodem for their patient healthmanagement compliance system, one of the crucial final steps prior tofull commercial availability. The communications modem allows for remotemonitoring of a patient’scompliance with disease management treatments, medications and otheractivities. The communications modem also allows for remote reprogrammingof the reminder times and other essential information as well as messagingto the patient about upcoming appointments, precautionary reminders andmore.
According to Stan Cruitt, President of ALR Technologies, the benefitsprovided by the Constant Health Companion™ can improve health outcomesas well as reduce cost of care. “Our compliance system has proven togenerate improved health outcome and the long term contributions tohealthier and a better quality of life as well as a significant reductionin the cost of healthcare, all of which are serious milestones in healthmanagement in the US. Current disease management practice inthe US has a significant gap in care that our compliance system fills.”
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The Constant Health Companion is a compliance reminder and monitoringsystem that alerts the patient when it’s time to take a medication ortreatment and displays the exact actions to take on a screen; the patient’scompliance can be remotely monitored by a health care provider or familymember. The Constant Health Companion has been used in numerous pilotswith positive results since February of 2006. Missed medications andtreatments or even lateness of administration can result in adverse affectsand complications often leading to unnecessary and preventablehospitalization and additional health care expense.
About ALR Technologies Inc:
ALR Technologies, Inc. (ALRT)specializes in health and disease management products and services, anddesigns and manufactures health management compliance products and compliance monitoring andintervention systems to meet the needs for several targeted user groups.ALRT’s system, branded Constant HealthCompanion, fills a serious gap in standard disease management practicesin the US. It provides for continued compliance oversight to help keeppeople healthy, whether they suffer from diabetes, heart disease, asthma,have had an organ transplant or other serious conditions. More informationon ALR Technologies and its products can be found at http://www.alrt.com.More information about the Constant Health Companion can be found at:http://www.alrt.com/products/alrt500.html.
This release contains certain “forward-looking statements” relating to ALRTechnologies’ business, and these statements reflect the current views ofALR Technologies with respect to future events and are subject to certainrisks, uncertainties and assumptions. When used, the words “estimate,”"expect,” “anticipate,” “believe” and similar expressions are intended toidentify such forward-looking statements. There are many factors thatcould cause the actual results, performance or achievements of ALRTechnologies and its products to be materially different from any futureresults, performances or achievements that may be expressed or implied bysuch forward-looking statements. Further management discussions of risksand uncertainties can be found in the company’s quarterly filings with theSecurities Exchange Commission.
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