MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Oct. 13, 2011) - ZoomMed inc. (TSX VENTURE:ZMD) is pleasedd to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, ZoomMed USA, has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Touch Medix LLC a California-based Healthcare service provider, which develops and offers innovative medical software products to more than 5,000 physicians, nurses and other practitioners.
The agreement provides that ZoomMed's web-based e-Prescribing platform "ZRx Prescriber" will be interfaced with this new partner's solutions, allowing Touch Medix and ZoomMed to communicate and exchange information between their respective platforms, in order to generate aggregate and transmit electronic prescriptions to pharmacies, via Surescripts® Nation's E-Prescription Network. By interfacing their respective solutions, Touch Medix will complement its portfolio of solutions and ZoomMed will gain a privileged access to another important network of healthcare providers and institutions.
Yves Marmet, President and CEO of ZoomMed inc. commented: "I am very proud of this new strategic alliance, which once again, undeniably confirms the introduction of our ZRx Prescriber into the huge American healthcare provider''s community. This new partnership is another attestation of the quality of our web based solution".
"For ZoomMed, its business model will continue to leverage the strategic value of the ZRx Prescriber's user community for a series of potential partners and sponsors, such as pharmaceutical companies and others, wishing to offer their services, content or information to this community", added M. Marmet.
About ZoomMed
ZoomMed developed the ZRx Prescriber, a technological innovative Web application that enables physicians to use a wireless device, such as the IPod Touch™, IPhone™, IPad™, Google Android™, other PDA's or computers, to write and rapidly deliver scripts. The ZRx Prescriber is quick, efficient and intuitive. Since it is a stand-alone product, it can easily be integrated to any Electronic Medical Record application (EMR). Furthermore, ZoomMed also offers "PraxisLab" a new application that enhances all aspects of the prescription filling process and the complete pharmacists patient file management. PraxisLab uses state-of-the-art protocols and up-to-date software standards, allowing high compatibility with existing software, as well as new generation software.
About Touch Medix
Touch Medix is a physician-led company which develops innovative medical software products and documentation "Touch ED®" that are the most intuitive, fast, efficient, easy-to-learn and solutions for physicians, nurses and other practitioners. Touch ED® provides practitioners and nurses with state of the art tools, enabling them to complete charts in a fraction of the current time seen in comparable products. It was designed with "touch screen & voice" in mind, but works equally well with just a keyboard and mouse.
For further information on Touch Medix, visit the following Web Site; www.touchmedix.com.
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Contact Information:
Mr. Yves Marmet
President and Chief Executive Officer
(450) 678-5457, ext 228
info@zoommed.com
www.zoommed.com