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California Transplant Donor Network recognized for implementing PEPID RN Critical Care


Evanston, Illinois – May 15, 2007 – PEPID, a leading developer of mobile medical information resources for healthcare, today announced that the California Transplant Donor Network (CTDN) of Oakland, California, is a recipient of the 2007 Wireless Leadership Awards. The Award recognizes the donor network for "innovation and outstanding results in wireless application." Transplant Coordinators from the Network’s Clinical Services Department refer to PEPID™ RN Critical Care Nursing Suite to help evaluate donors, check drug dosing and avoid adverse drug interactions in the field. The Award was presented to the CTDN in a ceremony at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium on May 9th in Orlando, Florida.

PEPID President John Wagner congratulates Ben Chau, Information Technology Supervisor of the California Transplant Donors Network. Mr.Chau accepted the RIM 2007 Wireless Leadership Award for Innovation Public Sector on behalf of the CTDN. The Network received the award at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium on May 9th in Orlando for its implementation of PEPID™ for BlackBerry® RN Critical Care Nursing medical information resources.
"We are thrilled that the California Transplant Donor Network has received this prestigious honor for implementing our critical care nursing product," says PEPID President John Wagner. "We are especially gratified because the CTDN is such a richly deserving and worthwhile organization. Congratulations to everyone at the California Transplant Donor Network."

One of the largest organ procurement organizations in the United States, the Network coordinates organ recovery and distribution for 160 hospitals in Northern California, Central California, and Nevada. When a potential donor is identified in the Transplant Network's service area, a transplant coordinator is sent to the hospital to evaluate medical suitability and to work with the hospital staff to provide appropriate care for the donor. Founded in 1987, the CTDN now serves over 11 million people in 40 counties with an organ donation rate that is typically higher than the national average.

The Network is a federally designated organ recovery organization and has four departments dedicated to clinical, hospital, family and community services. About ninety percent of its clinical staff is equipped with BlackBerry devices. PEPID for BlackBerry is implemented as a back-end solution that is delivered to the field by Verizon Wireless.

Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In Motion, reacts to the acceptance speech by Ben Chau of the CTDN. The Network’s headquarters are located in Oakland.
The 2007 Wireless Leadership Awards recognize innovation and outstanding results in wireless deployments. These awards acknowledge those BlackBerry users who have set the standard for business excellence, unique solutions, ingenuity, and customer satisfaction with wireless solutions in the public sector, private sector and with valuable business impact.

More than 90 percent of Americans believe that organ, eye and tissue donation is the right thing to do. Yet only 30 percent of those same individuals have legally and properly recorded their decision to donate. To learn more about organ donation in your state, go to www.donatelife.net for more information.