PEPID™ Signs Alliance Agreement with BlackBerry®
To deliver vital medical and drug information to healthcare professionals
Chicago, IL, April 5, 2006 – Privately held PEPID LLC – the world's
leading developer of mobile clinical information and decision-support
software for doctors and nurses – announces today the signing of an
agreement with Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) of Ontario, Canada, makers of BlackBerry® wireless devices and enterprise platform solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, the firms will share development, engineering, marketing and sales expertise to deliver vital medical and drug information to healthcare professionals.
"PEPID offers a fully-integrated medical/drug database, so doctors and nurses using a BlackBerry Wireless Handheld™ can more quickly access critical information about diagnosis, dosing, and drug interactions,” says John Wagner, president of PEPID. “We believe that this agreement will help healthcare professionals deliver better care, more often…in an industry that is growing increasingly mobile."
"We are excited to bring the power, innovation and convenience of
BlackBerry to our existing subscribers and to clinicians worldwide,” adds Wagner. “As a Blackberry ISV Alliance Member, we will be able to develop the capabilities of our product line more closely with RIM products and services. PEPID for BlackBerry will allow doctors to make better informed decisions; and nurses to be 100 percent sure a 100 percent of the time."
The agreement will facilitate the wireless delivery of PEPID clinical
content as a knowledge-based solution for enterprise-wide information systems, as well as to individual subscribers.
About PEPID
For over a decade, PEPID PDA software resources have been proven under fire in combat zones, natural disasters, clinics, hospitals, universities and schools around the world. PEPID products for BlackBerry give healthcare professionals true mobile access to fully-integrated medical, clinical, and pharmacological data; medical calculators, dosing calculators, drug interactions generator and illustrations. PEPID offers specialty programs for physicians, nurses, students, paramedics, pharmacists and consumers.
All healthcare professionals benefit from faster access to critical data,
better clinical performance, higher career satisfaction and greater
mobility. Schools use PEPID for better learning in classroom, clinical and study settings. For institutions, PEPID means easy implementation, better risk management; higher productivity, greater staff and patient satisfaction. Patients benefit from better service, education, and care.
PEPID partners with The National Association of Emergency Medical Services Educators, the Family Physicians Inquiries Network, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, the Oncology Nursing Society, and the American Society of Health System Pharmacists to ensure that PEPID provides the highest quality content and commendable peer review.
For more information, contact press@pepid.com and visit www.pepid.com
The RIM and BlackBerry family of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties of and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited – used by permission. PEPID™, product names, and logotypes are trademarks of PEPID LLC. All images are copyright PEPID LLC © 2006. Other product, corporate, and organization names are or may be registered trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2006. All rights reserved.
About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with
wireless connectivity to data. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry® wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
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