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Article: SIMS Communications Debuts Internet Home Medical Equipment Ordering Service; E-commerce Site to Market 5,000 HME Products.
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- January 12, 1999
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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 1999--SIMS Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMS) announced today that its One Medical Service subsidiary is developing an electronic commerce system whereby consumers will be able to order over 5,000 home medical equipment products on the Internet. Designated HME-Commerce(sm), this system is scheduled to debut the first quarter of 1999 at its web site, onemedicalservice.com.
"We have long recognized the difficulty consumers have in trying to purchase home medical equipment," stated Mark E. Bennett, SIMS' president and CEO. "HME Distribution channels are varying and fragmented. Most retailers carry only partial product lines. ...