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Apr. 9, 2010

Diversinet says it is expanding its mobile security solutions to address the mobile healthcare business, as the industry evolves and wireless technology becomes more integrated into the healthcare system.

Diversinet's new broad-reaching medical application is designed to connect people with their healthcare information, as well as doctors and insurance companies, said Jay Couse, Diversinet's senior vice president in charge of the healthcare initiative.

Diversinet's solution acts as a gateway between these end points that allow data to be shared, and just as importantly, tracked to comply with privacy regulations.

Specifically, the company is introducing a service called MobiSecure SMS, which helps healthcare providers exchange private and sensitive medical information instantly with patients via any mobile device in a secure and trusted environment.

The system could be as simple as sending an SMS reminder to an asthma patient to take their daily medication, for example.

Wireless healthcare initiatives are starting to really gain traction in the past six months, and it's easy to imagine how mobile technology could help improve the healthcare industry.

But the industry still remains quite fragmented between patients, hospitals and insurance companies.

The medical and healthcare industry is governed by HIPAA laws that make privacy issues a top concern. Diversinet is targeting health insurance companies, large hospitals and many employee groups as well as healthcare infrastructure providers.

The really big issue today is interoperability from the medical provider to the payer or the third-party case management company.

Beyond that, Diversinet has introduced MobiSecure Wallet and Vault R 4.0, which features over the air branding and software development kits that let healthcare providers launch their own branded m-health services.

Diversinet teamed up with Blue Sky Family Health Team in North Bay, Ontario, for a three-month pilot program that was expanded until June 2009 on what it is calling a Mihealth initiative.

The test project enables one-hundred patients to access their medical records 24/7 securely on their wireless devices.

The solution not only empowers patients but also is a way for the healthcare provider to cut costs.

People can use the service to get reminders of healthcare appointments, grab immunization records for children who may need the information to be able to participate in school sports or summer camp, for example, or to access information quickly during an emergency or when something happens while the person is out of town.

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Source: Diversinet Inc.