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Parkland Health & Hospital System Signs With Language Access Network, Inc.

Posted on: Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 12:01 CDT

Language Access Network (OTC:LANW), the leader in video interpretation services, announced today that Parkland Health & Hospital System, a primary teaching hospital for the University of Texas located in Dallas, Texas, has signed a service agreement for MARTTI™ (My Accessible Real Time Trusted Interpreter) the Company's live video interpretation service. Service will begin in Parkland's new Simmons Ambulatory Surgery Center.

Language Access Network, Inc. will now provide Parkland with live video/audio interpretation services in American Sign Language (ASL) for the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing, Spanish, Vietnamese, and 150 other languages, to its patient contacts.

Offering the video interpretation service to its patients for free, Parkland Health & Hospital System will be charged a per-minute fee based upon the interpretation time they use.

Language Access Network estimates an average of 20% of all patients in the U.S. are Limited English Proficient, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, or do not speak English well. LAN estimates that each patient encounter in a hospital environment, ER, Labor and Delivery, Clinic, etc. lasts between 7-12 minutes of time on the MARTTI™ unit, with a cost range of $1.75 - $2.95 per minute.

About Parkland Health & Hospital System and Simmons Ambulatory Surgery Center Parkland.

Founded in 1894

Current hospital opened in 1954

Primary teaching hospital for The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

10 Centers of Excellence

First Level I Trauma Center in North Texas

Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Second largest regional Burn Center in U.S.

Busiest maternity hospital in the US and second busiest in the world

Provided $409 million in uncompensated care in FY 2006

968 Licensed beds

42,682 Patients admitted in FY 2006

16,489 Babies delivered in FY 2006

870,005 Clinic/health center visits in FY 2006

139,578 Emergency patient visits in FY 2006

The Simmons Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) is the first new facility in 20 years on Parkland's main campus. The two-story center houses six surgical and four endoscopic suites, as well as a pain center, physician offices and preparatory and recovery rooms.

About Language Access Network, Inc.

Language Access Network Inc. (OTC:LANW), is a pioneer and the leader in video language interpretation services for 150 foreign languages and American Sign Language. A publicly traded company, Language Access Network provides pharmacies and medical facilities with professionally trained interpreters 24 hours a day, seven days a week through our centralized video language center, interpreting more than 150 different languages including American Sign Language (ASL) via real-time, interactive video technology.

More information is available at www.languageaccessnetwork.com

Safe Harbor Statement

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Source: Business Wire

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