LUND, Sweden, May 25, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- In order to streamline the country's prescription handling, along with several other services supporting the activity of physicians, Portuguese company NetSaude has developed an integrated solution, Netmedico, to which the Anoto functionality is being incorporated. The Anoto functionality based system will help reducing state costs for subsidised drugs while at the same time increasing the speed and control of prescription handling. The first services are expected to be commercially available in the fourth quarter of 2004. The initial order to Anoto, comprising the licenses for several thousand digital pens, service development, application development tools and pattern licenses, is valued at Euro 260.000 in 2004.
The global objective of the Netmedico solution is to help physicians in their daily activities, through the support of breakthrough technology and services. Among other services, physicians will have the possibility to issue digital prescriptions, through digital pens and digital prescription pads enabling Anoto functionality.
When physicians issue prescriptions on digital prescription pads, that information will be sent wirelessly to a central server where intelligent recognition of the content will occur. Whenever the prescribing physician allows it, a choice of generic equivalent - and cheaper - medicines may take place at the pharmacy, enabling patients and the Government to spend less money. Prescriptions are sent from the paper to a mobile phone by using the Nokia Digital Pen.
"One reason for having chosen to integrate Anoto functionality in the system is that digital pens are simple and intuitive to use, implying that the technology is ready to be used without having to change the medical profession's user behaviour. Anoto functionality will also result in increased control, safe archives, faster information management and more effective administration", says Nuno Delerue, CEO at NetSaude.
The project is financed at 75% by the EU funded Saude XXI Program and at 25% by NetSaude.
For more information Orjan Johansson Charlotte Laveson CEO Director PR Anoto Group AB Anoto Group AB +46 733 451208 +46 733 478620
Anoto Group AB is a Swedish hi-tech company with unique solutions for transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media and scanning of printed text. All products are based on digital camera technology and image processing in real time. The Anoto Group today has two brand names: Anoto(R) -- a comprehensive solution entailing paper, pen and server technologies, allowing us to connect all types of writing paper with the digital world and C-Pen(R) -- a scanning pen that can store, interpret and transfer printed text. The Anoto Group has around 110 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Stockholm, Boston, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Major shareholders are Ericsson, Capital Group and Logitech International S/A. The Anoto share is traded on the O-list, Attract 40 of Stockholmsborsen (Stockholm Stock Exchange) under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anotogroup.com
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