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American Medical Alert Expands Its Management Team; Cynthia L. Scollins RN, MPH to Lead Disease Management Monitoring Initiative

Posted on: Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 09:01 CDT

American Medical Alert Corporation (NASDAQ: AMAC), a provider of healthcare communication services and advanced home health monitoring technologies, announced today that Cynthia L. Scollins has joined the Company as Managing Director, Health Management and Monitoring Division. In this pivotal role, Ms. Scollins will provide strategic direction and management to enhance AMAC's telehealth monitoring capabilities with clinical support services to create a specialized health care management organization for high-risk populations.

Jack Rhian, President and Chief Operating Officer, speaking on behalf of AMAC, commented, "Ms. Scollins' proven track record and operational expertise in the development of disease management programs for health plans, employers and provider groups makes her uniquely qualified to assist AMAC in creating new services that integrate telehealth monitoring technology with comprehensive care management activities."

Cynthia Scollins possesses over 15 years experience developing and implementing proactive health management programs. In addition to her tenure at Americhoice, a division of United Healthcare, Sunrise Fl, Scollins held the position of Vice President Health Services for WellPoint Health Networks and Director of Disease Management, Case Management and Utilization Management for Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare in Quincy, MA. She holds a Master of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health, a Bachelor of Science Management from Lesley University MA and received her Diploma in Nursing from Brigham and Women's Hospital School of Nursing.

About American Medical Alert Corp.

AMAC is a healthcare communications company dedicated to the provision of support services to the healthcare community. AMAC's product and service portfolio includes Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and emergency response monitoring, electronic medication reminder devices, disease management monitoring appliances and healthcare communication and solutions services. AMAC operates several 24/7 Emergency Response and Telephone Answering Service (TAS) Communication Centers to support the delivery of high quality, healthcare communications.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may,""will,""expect,""believe,""estimate,""anticipate,""continue," or similar terms, variations of those terms or the negative of those terms. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-QSB, and other filings and releases. These include uncertainties relating to government regulation, technological changes, our expansion plans and product liability risks.

Source: Business Wire

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