CompuMed Expands Product Lines by Offering Echocardiogram Interpretation Services to Hospitals

LOS ANGELES, March 18, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CompuMed, Inc. (OTCQB:CMPD) (http://www.compumed.net), a telemedicine and medical informatics company providing ECG products and services for the clinical sector, now offers readings of echocardiograms, including 2D and 3D Doppler echocardiograms and transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE). Echocardiography is a procedure used throughout cardiovascular care, but the complexities of reading echograms, especially the latest generation Doppler echocardiograms, demand a high degree of specialized skills not always available on a routine basis. The new service is designed to provide critical support to rural hospitals as well as after-hour and over capacity help to general hospitals by having qualified specialists available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.