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New ThermAlert Machines Installed In Jersey City Hospitals

Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital and Hoboken University Medical Center add ThermalAlert system for additional safety measure.

Press release from CarePoint Health:

August 18, 2020

Bayonne, N.J., July 30, 2020 – CarePoint Health announces today the installation of Zyter
ThermalAlert™, a smart thermal scanning and imaging system for automated, accurate, mass
temperature screening, at its three New Jersey hospitals; Bayonne Medical Center, Christ
Hospital in Jersey City, and Hoboken University Medical Center.

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The system has a detection time of less than one second and accuracy of plus/minus 0.5 degrees
Fahrenheit. Smart alerts from thermal imaging cameras are sent instantly to medical staff or
security personnel monitors, computers or mobile devices. Those individuals with abnormal
temperature readings can then be redirected to a different location for additional testing or
care.

“At CarePoint Health hospitals we are going the extra mile to provide additional safety for our
patients, employees and visitors. Along with COVID free zones, these cameras will decrease the
exposure to COVID as well as speed up the process of entering the hospital as we continue
scheduling elective surgeries,” said Dr. Achintya Moulick, CEO of CarePoint Health. “The twelve
cameras will be divided across the three facilities and placed in strategic locations to mitigate
the risk for everyone coming to the hospitals. Leveraging technology at the time of the
pandemic is an additional method to protect against the infection, and one of many ways
CarePoint will continue to move forward in innovative ways.”

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“We are honored to partner with CarePoint to increase workplace safety in these
unprecedented times,” said Sanjay Govil, founder and chairman of Zyter, Inc, a leading
connectivity, communication and collaboration platform. “ThermalAlert can be deployed in less
than 48 hours and provides an efficient and unobtrusive solution for screening thousands of
people while minimizing staff resources and risk.”

Zyter ThermalAlert™ is a dual spectrum, thermal imaging solution that delivers continuous, real-
time, non-contact temperature monitoring. It can measure the body temperature (between 86
o F to 113 o F) of up to 6 people simultaneously within the temperature detection zone from a
distance of up to 20 feet, much farther than the 1-6 feet industry average. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention noted that 83 to 99 percent of people with a coronavirus
infection will have a fever.

Temperature scanning systems provide fast and reliable results on easy-to-read digital screens
and allow us to triage every visitor and employee who enters one of our three facilities, creating another layer of safety for our patients and staff,” said Vijay Singh, Chief Hospital Executive at Bayonne Medical Center.

Dr. Tucker Woods, Christ Hospital Chief Medical Officer added, “This technology is an
innovative tool that will help us ensure safety in the face of COVID-19. It is unique because it
has a large area of detection and allows non-contact quick body temperature screening of
patients, visitors and employees.”

The Zyter core platform is HIPAA, FedRAMP, FISMA, GDPR, PHIPA, and PIPEDA compliant. Zyter
ThermalAlert is currently deployed at a military treatment facility (MTF), retail, commercial
healthcare, and transportation facilities nationwide, as has been used at live events and
entertainment facilities.

About CarePoint Health
CarePoint Health brings quality, patient-focused health care to Hudson County. Combining the
resources of three area hospitals, Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City, and
Hoboken University Medical Center, CarePoint Health provides a new approach to deliver health
care that puts the patient front and center. CarePoint leverages a network of top doctors, nurses
and other medical professionals whose expertise and attentiveness work together to provide
complete coordination of care, from the doctor’s office to the hospital to the home. Patients
benefit from the expertise and capabilities of a broad network of leading specialists and specialized technology. At CarePoint Health, all medical professionals emphasize preventive medicine and focus on educating patients to make healthy life choices. For more information on its facilities, partners and services, visit www.carepointhealth.org.

About Zyter, Inc.
Zyter, founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur Sanjay Govil, enables Global 2000 companies to
better connect, communicate and collaborate so they can apply analytics to improve
efficiencies and end-user experiences. The Zyter platform is HIPAA, FedRAMP, FISMA, GDPR,
PHIPA, and PIPEDA compliant and boasts military-grade security and features including
analytics, secure enterprise messaging, real-time location service, integrated video and audio,
and open application integration. The privately-held company is based in Rockville, Md. For
more information, please visit www.zyter.com.


This press release was produced by CarePoint Health. The views expressed here are the author's own.

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