EMS Agencies to Benefit from Accelerated Development of Integrated
Billing, Charting, and HIE Cloud Solutions

CHELMSFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/EMS?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#EMSlt;/agt;–ZOLL^® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that
manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, today
announced it has acquired Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. of San Diego, a
privately held company that delivers leading solutions for patient
charting and revenue cycle management (RCM) to the EMS market.

“ZOLL and Golden Hour Data Systems have been delivering complementary
solutions to the EMS market for the better part of two decades,” said
Alex Moghadam, President of ZOLL Data Systems. “With this acquisition,
we’ll leverage the best of both development organizations to bring the
next generation of cloud-based EMS solutions to our customers.”

“Now both high- and low-volume EMS agencies will be able to field the
right blend of integrated patient charting, RCM, fire records
management, and healthcare information exchange solutions,” Moghadam
added. “The Golden Hour acquisition, coming on the heels of our
acquisition of Payor Logic, testifies to our commitment to continually
optimize operational and financial efficiencies in healthcare.”

“Joining forces with ZOLL will have an immediate positive impact on our
combined customer bases,” said Kevin Hutton, Chairman and CEO of Golden
Hour. “Golden Hour’s offerings are a natural fit with ZOLL’s SaaS
platform and will accelerate the goal of driving data interoperability
in healthcare.”

With this acquisition, EMS agencies of all sizes will be able to
optimize their operations with the complete suite of business solutions
from dispatch, and clinical care, through billing and collections. The
shared efforts to enable a deeper integration between EMS agencies and
hospital systems will be strengthened considerably by these
organizations coming together.

About Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc.

Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. has been delivering RCM services to the
market since 1997, with a focus on air transport agencies. Their
proprietary RCM platform enables customers to quickly and efficiently
collect on claims and maximize revenue in this complex segment of the
EMS market. Golden Hour is also the developer of emsCharts™ electronic
patient care record (ePCR) software, the leading cloud-based offering in
the market. For more information, visit www.GoldenHour.com.

About ZOLL Medical Corporation

ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group company, develops and
markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance
emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational
efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and monitoring,
circulation and CPR feedback, data management, fluid resuscitation,
therapeutic temperature management, and ventilation, ZOLL provides a
comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire
professionals, and lay rescuers treat victims needing resuscitation and
acute critical care. For more information, visit www.zoll.com.

About Asahi Kasei

The Asahi Kasei Group is a diversified group of companies led by holding
company Asahi Kasei Corp., with operations in the material, homes, and
health care business sectors. Its health care operations include devices
and systems for acute critical care, dialysis, therapeutic apheresis,
transfusion, and manufacture of biotherapeutics, as well as
pharmaceuticals and diagnostic reagents. With more than 30,000 employees
around the world, the Asahi Kasei Group serves customers in more than
100 countries. For more information, visit www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/asahi/en/.

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Contacts

Diane Egan
ZOLL Medical Corporation
+1 (978) 421-9637
[email protected]