Epocrates, HealthRamp & PatientKeeper certified for use on Cingular's network

- Gary Thayer, News Editor

Atlanta, GA, Feb. 15, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Healthcare
professionals who use Epocrates, HealthRamp, or PatientKeeper mobile software can now access and update data over the Cingular Wireless GSM/GPRS network, rather than relying on their sync cradles.

Cingular Wireless is the first national wireless provider to certify Epocrates Essentials for wireless wide area network use. Cingular is PatientKeeper's second wireless carrier partnership; the company also teamed with Sprint last summer.

HealthRamp's CarePoint provides HIPAA-compliant eprescribing from a physician's wireless handheld, including prescription drug interaction information, drug reference guide, patient medication history, and formulary referencing. The software is integrated with most popular practice management systems.

The Epocrates Essentials suite includes the Epocrates Dx disease guide; the Epocrates Rx Pro drug reference that includes an infectious disease guide, an alternative medicine guide, and access to drug cost and health plan coverage and co-pay information; and the Epocrates Lab diagnostic reference with information on hundreds of tests.

PatientKeeper integrated applications available for Cingular subscribers include PatientKeeper Clinical Results, PatientKeeper Charge Capture, PatientKeeper Mobile Dictation, PatientKeeper ePrescription (Powered by DrFirst), and PatientKeeper Reference Library.

Epocrates and PatientKeeper last summer announced an alliance that allows PatientKeeper Reference Library users to access Epocrates drug reference applications while viewing a specific patient's information. The PatientKeeper Reference Library links patient information – such as medication lists, diagnosis code, lab panels, etc. – to clinical decision support tools through third parties.

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