Diversinet Introduces mobiHealth Wallet with New Patient-Centered
Health Information
Showcasing Integrated Blue Button Data in a Personalized
Virtual Wallet at mHealth Summit
TORONTO, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Diversinet Corp. (TSX
Venture: DIV, OTCQB: DVNTF), a leader in secure mobile health that
"Powers Care Coordination through Mobility," today announced
mobiHealth Wallet™, a secure, personalized virtual container for
downloading, entering, managing and sharing personal health
information.
The mobiHealth Wallet is compatible with the U.S. federal
government's Blue Button Initiative and supports more effective
healthcare coordination, personalization and mass customization of
care. With the mobiHealth Wallet and the ability to configure or
build a set of unlimited interoperable mHealth applications, the
industry now has an effective mobile solution for provider-patient
engagement.
The company is showcasing its mobiHealth Wallet at the fourth
annual mHealth Summit, being held today through Dec. 5 at the Gaylord National Resort and
Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., near Washington, D.C. Diversinet is demonstrating
mobiHealth Wallet with Blue Button capabilities in Booth # 716.
"Mobile healthcare is evolving and bringing forth innovation at
an unprecedented pace," said Diversinet CEO Dr. Hon Pak. "However, most mobile solutions offered
today will not be sustainable or effective without a common
framework for interoperability and patient- or consumer-centered
engagement. mobiHealth Wallet makes it easy for patients to
download and manage their data from various sources and to enter
profile and survey information to be shared with providers and
other caregivers."
An important feature of mobiHealth Wallet is that it allows
patients to use the Web or mobile devices to create and update
unique health profiles, including preferences, lifestyle
characteristics and social determinants of health over time. A
patient can choose a primary language and preferred methods of
communication with providers or caregivers, including voice calls,
e-mail or text messages. Patient profiles, along with data sent
from interoperable mobile applications - such as medication
adherence and mood trackers - allow providers to understand a
patient's adherence and behavior patterns and to customize health
interventions. For example, providers can match services to
attributes and to behavioral and psychosocial characteristics, such
as exercise, sleep and dietary habits.
"The reality is that patients see multiple providers in diverse
settings over a lifetime," Pak said. "While U.S. federal government
initiatives are under way to achieve interoperability, the
healthcare industry still has too much fragmentation of healthcare
data, resulting in suboptimal care coordination. mobiHealth Wallet
allows the patient to be the driver and gatekeeper by managing
personal health information and sharing it with multiple providers
and payers in ways that have not been available to date."
In October, Diversinet's mHealth platform became the first to
have its encryption technology awarded Federal Information
Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation. Diversinet is the
only mobile health solution that can store, parse and share Blue
Button data on a mobile device with FIPS 140-2 certification.
The Blue Button Initiative is being embraced widely by federal
agencies, healthcare providers, payers and pharmacy chains.
Diversinet is among more than 400 members of the Blue Button pledge
ecosystem - a group expected to grow under a requirement of Stage 2
of the HITECH Act's meaningful use incentive program for physicians
to provide patients with information on visits.
Diversinet intends to market mobiHealth Wallet on an enterprise
basis to application developers and to healthcare organizations,
including providers, payers, population-health companies and
medical device makers. The company plans to further develop
mobiHealth Wallet's engagement model, including expanding
patient-generated preferences and social determinants of health
using an open framework.
At the mHealth Summit, Pak will participate in panel discussions
on "Point of Care Delivery Transformed" on Dec. 3 from 2:45-4 p.m.
EST and "Innovating the Way: mHealth, Military and Veterans
Care" on Dec. 4 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. EST. In addition, Susan Hull, Chief Health Informatics Officer at
Diversinet, will moderate a panel discussion on "Can you Understand
Me? Operability & Standards," on Dec.
3 from 2:45-4 p.m. EST.
About Diversinet
Diversinet Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCQB: DVNTF) is answering the
challenges of today's healthcare landscape with a secure enterprise
mobile healthcare platform and integrated solutions. This
technology can be leveraged and customized quickly to meet the
ever-changing needs of healthcare organizations and patients -
driving patient, provider and payer communications and improved
outcomes while lowering costs. Learn more about Diversinet at
www.diversinet.com.
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