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
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by permission. PEPID™, product names, and logotypes are trademarks of PEPID
LLC. All images are copyright PEPID LLC © 2006. Other product, corporate,
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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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