Archive for July, 2010

  • smartnumbers

    Orange launches smartnumbers for healthcare

    One of the UK’s largest operators, Orange became the country’s first mobile operator to launch a healthcare specific service this month. Orange smartnumbers provides patients and healthcare workers instant access to the person person available to answer their call, improving patient care and increasing internal...

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  • Diversinet Blackberry

    MobiSecure platform licensed to HealthPartners by Diversinet

    HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, non-profit healthcare organisation in the US, has licensed Diversinet’s MobiSecure platform in an effort to enhance mobile communications with its 1.3 million subscribers. The two companies have signed on to a multi-year renewable agreement under which HealthPartners will utilise the MobiSecure...

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  • telstra

    Telstra signs agreement with RACGP

    Australian telecoms giant Telstra has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to deliver a suite of national e-health solutions and services. The agreement comes in the wake of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill being passed through the Federal...

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  • meridian health

    Meridian Health and Cypak announce joint mHealth venture

    New Jersey based Meridian Health and Swedish company Cypak have launched a joint mobile health venture called iMPak Health. The intention is for the two companies to collaborate in the development of smart, easy to use wireless devices and services to monitor health and overall...

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    US broadband investments to benefit 900 healthcare facilities

    US President, Barack Obama, announced last Friday plans for a $795 million government programme to develop broadband acces in rural areas. The investment will benefit over 900 healthcare facilities, 2400 schools, 685,000 businesses over all 50 states. The funding, which comes from the 2009 economic...

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  • Diversinet

    Diversinet Appoints Healthcare IT Veteran Mark Trigsted as Executive Vice President, Healthcare

    TORONTO, July 6, 2010 – Diversinet Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCBB: DVNTF) has appointed veteran healthcare IT executive Mark Trigsted to the new position of executive vice president, healthcare, with responsibilities for global business development and sales. Trigsted will lead expansion of Diversinet’s partner network...

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