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Language Access Network to Provide Telephonic Interpretation Service to OSU Medical Center

Posted on: Thursday, 17 August 2006, 12:00 CDT

Language Access Network (PINKSHEETS: LANW) announced today that the company will provide telephonic interpretation to all departments at OSU Medical Center as the hospital updates its infrastructure to accommodate video interpreting. Telephonic interpretation will be available in 57 departments, at the customer service desk, and in any other areas where interpretation services are needed.

Currently, Language Access Network video interpretation services are available in the Emergency Department at University Hospital, University Hospital East and in the Labor and Delivery Department at University Hospital. Language Access Network video interpretation services will be expanded to Thomas E. Rardin Family Practice, OSU Harding Hospital, and Pre and Post Operation in the Surgery Department at University Hospital September 1, 2006.

"We are proud to support OSU Medical Center in providing culturally competent health care and equal access to health care services to limited English proficient and deaf patients," stated Andrew Panos, President.

The Ohio State University Medical Center includes the College of Medicine, OSU Physicians and the OSU Health System, comprising University Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, University Hospital East, OSU Harding Hospital, Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Hospital, Ross Heart Hospital and a network of community care sites. OSU Physicians, the practice plan of the OSU Medical Center, is composed of more than 700 regular faculty in the College of Medicine who provide high-quality and coordinated healthcare to Medical Center patients.

Ohio State's academic medical center has consistently been named one of America's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report magazine http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm with 13 specialty programs being listed as among the country's best in the most recent edition. Also, 173 faculty members are included in the most recent edition of the nationally acclaimed directory, "Best Doctors in America."

More information is available at http://medicalcenter.osu.edu.

Language Access Network Inc. (PINKSHEETS: LANW), based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a pioneer in video language interpretation services with operations in Columbus, Ohio. The company provides healthcare outlets, medical facilities and pharmacies with professionally trained interpreters 24 hours a day, seven days a week through its centralized video language center, interpreting more than 150 different languages through real-time, interactive video technology. Language Access Network Inc. is the only company on a national basis that offers this type of groundbreaking video language interpretation service, allowing health care providers and medical facilities to provide better, more efficient overall health care.

More information is available at www.languageaccessnetwork.com

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 Contact Edward Panos Investor Relations (614) 355-0903 epanos@t-lan.net

SOURCE: Language Access Network

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