CareView Communications, Inc. Announces Execution of a Pilot Agreement with Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, South Carolina

LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareView Communications, Inc. (“CareView” or the “Company”) (OTCBB: CRVW), an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, announced today the execution of a pilot agreement with Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, South Carolina ("Palmetto Health Richland"), one of the largest hospitals in the southeast. Palmetto Health Richland is a regional community teaching medical center affiliated with the University of South Carolina. It has 649 beds, 4,200 employees and a staff of more than 900 medical and dental staff providing a wide range of primary and specialty healthcare services. Palmetto Health Richland is part of Palmetto Health, the region's largest, most comprehensive, locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare resource which includes six hospitals. Under the terms of the pilot agreement, CareView will install its CareView System™ for a six-month trial basis in approximately 82 beds.

“We are confident that the CareView System™ will exceed expectations in this pilot program and that Palmetto Health will welcome the further deployment of our superior product throughout their facilities.”

“We welcome Palmetto Health Richland to the CareView family. We are eager to continue to develop our working relationship with them to help them fulfill their daily commitment to high quality service in the safest environment possible,” stated Samuel A. Greco, CareView’s Chief Executive Officer. "We are confident that the CareView System™ will exceed expectations in this pilot program and that Palmetto Health will welcome the further deployment of our superior product throughout their facilities."

The CareView System™ is a suite of products that brings the information technology of the 21^st century directly to patients, families and healthcare providers by connecting them through one easy-to-install and simple-to-use system. This collaboration will allow Palmetto Health Richland to provide:

• The ability to implement audit tools to ensure that quality standards are being met and safety measures are being complied with while both are used to further educate caregivers at Palmetto Health Richland to continually enhance quality and safety for their patients.
• Doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers with the ability to efficiently and cost-effectively monitor, treat and visit their patients.
• Family members and friends with the ability to use the Internet to monitor, visit, and correspond with their loved ones who are patients at Palmetto Health Richland.
• Patients and their visitors with direct access to on-demand high-speed Internet and first run movies in their rooms.

About CareView Communications, Inc.

CareView has created a proprietary high-speed data network system that can be deployed throughout a healthcare facility using the existing cable television infrastructure. This network supports CareView’s Room Control Platform and complementary suite of software applications designed to streamline workflow and improve value-added services offered to customers. Real-time bedside monitoring and point-of-care video monitoring and recording improve efficiency while limiting liability, and entertainment packages and education enhance quality of stay. This technology may also act as an interface gateway for other software systems and medical devices moving forward. CareView is dedicated to working with all types of hospitals, nursing homes, adult living centers and selected outpatient care facilities domestically and internationally. Corporate offices are located at 405 State Highway 121 Bypass, Suite B-240, Lewisville, TX 75067. Questions may be directed to Steven Johnson, President and Chief Operating Officer at [phone]. More information about the Company is available on the Company’s website at www.care-view.com.

About Palmetto Health

Palmetto Health is the region's largest, most comprehensive, locally owned, not-for-profit health care resource. It leads the region in the number and volume of inpatient and outpatient services provided because of the depth and breadth of available services including general, acute and critical care; the number and diversity of specialty physicians providing the full array of treatment from primary to emergency care and beyond; care that is delivered with compassion by a staff that records high levels of satisfaction in their work and achieves the highest level of patient satisfaction in the nation; and because of its emphasis on leadership development, patient safety and quality outcomes. All patients are provided needed care regardless of ability to pay. The 1,138-bed system in Columbia, a JCAHO-accredited institution, has more than 8,400 employees and 1,000 physicians. The hospitals of Palmetto Health provide care for 70 percent of the residents of Richland County and more than 55 percent of the healthcare for the combined Richland/Lexington county area. The latest technology and treatment protocols go hand-in-hand with quality patient care.

Facilities owned by Palmetto health include Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital, Baptist Easley Hospital, Palmetto Health Parkridge, Palmetto Health Children's Hospital and Palmetto Health Heart Hospital. Information about Palmetto Health can be found at www.palmettohealth.org.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities of CareView Communications, Inc. Certain statements in this release and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of the Company are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and our future performance, as well as management’s expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties including market acceptance of the Company’s services and projects and the Company’s continued access to capital and other risks and uncertainties. The actual results the Company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on our current expectations and speak only as of the date of such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.