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HAIFA, Israel, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Rambam Healthcare Campus ("Rambam") in Haifa, Israel starts operating

EX-TEAMS, a cellular based management and control system that was jointly

developed with Elbit Systems. EX-TEAMS is based on an Elbit Systems' Command &

Control (C2) technology that was repurposed in recent weeks for management and

control of medical workforce and patients. The development effort was led by

Doctor Oren Caspi from Rambam and a team from Elbit Systems.

The EX-TEAMS system has been already installed on the personal cellular

handsets to 100 medical professionals who directly provide care to coronavirus

patients providing the teams with enhanced capabilities 24/7. Rambam intends to

soon extend the deployment to more than 1,000 of its employees. "Defeating the

Coronavirus requires a joint effort and multi-disciplinal cooperation,

high-tech, defense and medical," noted Dr. Caspi, adding: "The challenge is the

sharp increase of the number of patients and beds, which is compounded by a

deficient workforce that operates under protective cloth in a noisy

environment. Coping with such an accumulative challenge clarifies the

insufficiency of the traditional methods for management, communication and

coordination (PA system, Pagers, Walkie Talkies). An effective answer to such a

management and control challenge is a critical calling for the implementation

of an advanced and proven military-like command and control technology."

EX-TEAMS is a cellular cloud-based application that is installed on the

personal mobile phones of teams that operate in the healthcare campus, enabling

to manage missions performed by a large and diverse workforce operating in a

range of locations reflecting a comprehensive real-time picture of all

operations and needs across the healthcare campus. EX-TEAMS provides

location-based personal and group voice data and video communications that are

seamlessly operated also under protective suites. It also enables a typing-less

medical paperwork processing. The system prioritizes response efforts,

efficient mission-focused allocation of workforce and assets, and rapid

assignment and deployment of emergency teams. All the transmitted information

is encrypted maintaining security and medical confidentiality. The EX-TEAMS can

be deployed within a few days requiring neither investment in new equipment nor

changes to existing communication and IT networks.

Michael (Mickey) Halbertal, General Director of Rambam Health Care Campus,

said: "The coronavirus situation is a war the like of which we have never

fought before. We are encouraged to receive great help from allies in the

Israeli high-tech that will allow us to cope and prevail. In the next phase

during which we will have to provide care for patients in large numbers,

management and control of medical and logistical teams will make the difference

between failure and success. The amazing capability of Elbit to provide us with

a winning technological solution is an example of the unique capacity of the

Israeli high-tech to enlist, adapt and win."

Haim Delmar, the General Manager of Elbit Systems C4I & Cyber, commented: "We

are proud to be in a position to apply advanced and proven battlefield

technological capabilities in order to improve the operations of medical

centers and additional organizations that stand in the frontlines of the fight

against the coronavirus. I thank Rambam's team for the cooperation."

About Rambam

Rambam Health Care Campus is a 1000-bed world-class teaching hospital. The

patient population is diverse, as Rambam is the major tertiary (referral)

medical center for all of Northern Israel, including12 district hospitals and

defense and peacekeeping forces stationed in the region. Serving more than two

million residents and others referred from all over Israel, the Mediterranean

region, and around the world, Rambam is strategically located in Haifa on the

Mediterranean coast and plays a critical role in the healthcare of the region's

residents, in addition to making a major contribution to the economy of the

north.

About Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international high technology company engaged in a

wide range of defense, homeland security and commercial programs throughout the

world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates

in the areas of aerospace, land, and naval systems, command, control,

communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance

("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic

space systems, EW suites, signal intelligence systems, data links and

communications systems, radios and cyber-based systems and munitions. The

Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing platforms, developing new

technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial applications and

providing a range of support services, including training and simulation

systems.

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Contacts:

David Ratner

Director of External Relations and Spokesman

Rambam Healthcare Campus

Tel: +972-4-7772718

Cell: +972-502062600

d_ratner@rmc.gov.il

Dana Tal-Noyman

Manager, International Corporate Communications

Elbit Systems

Tel: +972-77-2948809

Cell: +972-54-9998809

dana.tal@elbitsystems.com

SOURCE: Elbit Systems and The Rambam Healthcare Campus