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NaviNet Acquires Prematics, Expanding Suite of Clinical Solutions for Unified Patient Information Management

Largest Real-time Healthcare Communications Network Enables Mobile Care Management Through Integrated Clinical Messaging and Electronic Prescribing for Handheld Devices

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–NaviNet, America’s largest real-time healthcare communications network, today announced that is has acquired Prematics, Inc., a leading provider of mobile care management solutions, expanding NaviNet’s clinical product suite for unified patient information management (UPIM). With the acquisition, NaviNet extends its value to physicians using handheld devices. Prematics’ mobile clinical messaging and e-prescribing solutions will be integrated with NaviNet Insurer Connect, the industry-leading multi-payer portal, and NaviNet EMR and NaviNet PM, both recently announced at the MGMA Annual Conference. NaviNet’s broad and deep integration of mobile healthcare messaging with key health plan and provider office solutions and business processes will give physicians unparalleled single-source access to real-time patient data at the point of care. The integrated solutions for UPIM will create efficiencies, improve quality of care, and enhance patient service and satisfaction. Continue >>

Report Uncovers Significant Growth Opportunities for mHealth Apps in the Healthcare Enterprise Market

Cambridge, MA – November 22, 2010 – In its most recent report, mHealth in the Enterprise: Trends, Opportunities & Challenges, industry analyst firm Chilmark Research finds a market on the verge of explosive growth. While today the mHealth market opportunity in healthcare enterprises is less than $100M, the rapid evolution in mobile devices coupled with physician demand and the healthcare enterprise’s need to improve quality and efficiencies will drive the market to $1.7 billion by end of 2014. The report is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on current and future adoption trends for mHealth Apps by healthcare enterprises including forecasted growth for several application areas through 2014.

“Currently, 63% of physicians are using an mHealth App in the enterprise,” says Cora Sharma, lead analyst at Chilmark Research. “However, the majority of these are clinical reference Apps with no tie-in to an enterprise’s healthcare information systems (HIS).” Sharma goes on to state that “Physician adoption of mobile devices, including extremely rapid adoption of touchscreen tablets such as Apple’s iPad, will lead to equally rapid adoption and deployment of mHealth App solutions by these enterprises – not just to help them comply with meaningful use or to satisfy physician demands, but also in an effort to improve operational efficiencies and quality of care delivered.” Continue >>

DALLAS AND BALTIMORE, Md. – October 13, 2010 — AT&T and WellDoc, a healthcare company that develops technology solutions to improve the lives of people with chronic diseases, today announced a strategic alliance to market and sell WellDoc’s mobile health (mHealth) solution in the United States to facilitate improved patient outcomes and reduce the spiraling costs of managing chronic diseases.

AT&T plans to deploy the WellDoc technology through an internal initiative with a select number of employees, using WellDoc DiabetesManager® System in 2011. AT&T will potentially expand to other disease areas (upon U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance), including: heart disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and oncology. AT&T has a vested interest to help improve our employees’ health and quality of life and reduce healthcare expenditures. In 2009, AT&T offered medical, dental, life insurance, vision or disability benefits to some 1.2 million individuals – employees, retirees and their dependents. That includes approximately 686,000 employees and dependents and approximately 495,000 retirees and dependents. Continue >>

PRESS RELEASE: St. Jude Medical, Inc. a global medical device company, and privately-held CardioMEMS today announced that they have reached an agreement under which St. Jude Medical will make a $60 million equity investment in CardioMEMS, a medical device company that has developed a wireless sensing and communication technology to assess cardiac performance. The agreement provides St. Jude Medical an immediate 19 percent ownership in CardioMEMS and the exclusive option to acquire the company for an additional payment of $375 million during the period that extends through the completion of certain commercialization milestones. Continue >>

East Brunswick, NJ (August 27, 2010) — The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital is working with CareSpeak Communications to bring mHealth (mobile health) to its teenage heart transplant patients and their families. The CareSpeak system uses 2-way text messaging to ensure patients take their medications on time and as prescribed, significantly decreasing the likelihood of organ rejection due to medication non-adherence. Continue >>

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – August 17, 2010) – Healthcare is a niche market with growth potential for Smartphones, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. The firm cites high rates of physician use of Smartphones and PDAs and available applications among many factors making healthcare ideal for Smartphone sales. In 2009, PDAs and Smartphones for healthcare applications were worth about $2.6 billion combined — according to Kalorama’s recently released report, “Handhelds in Healthcare: The World Market for PDAs, Tablet PCs, Handheld Monitors & Scanners.”

Kalorama notes that the industry is no stranger to portability. Healthcare professionals have been key consumers of beeper and pager devices, and many portable patient record and reference book products have been aimed at physicians. While healthcare is just a fraction of total Smartphone and PDA sales, just about five percent of the total market, Kalorama predicts that healthcare is one of the growth areas — particularly for Smartphones, because of their ability to combine communication with alerts, references and records. Continue >>