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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Unbound
Medicine Announces New Wireless Resource
For Medical Professionals
MerckMedicus
Now Available for Wireless PDA, Blackberry,
and Smartphone
Charlottesville,
VA, March
22, 2005— Unbound Medicine, a leader
in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, today introduced
a wireless medical resource for physicians and other healthcare
professionals. In partnership with Merck & Co., Inc.,
Unbound Medicine now gives clinicians 24-hour access to select
medical information from the MerckMedicus internet site using
their wireless Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Blackberry,
or smartphone.
“We are pleased to extend our
partnership with Merck to deliver trusted medical information
to the point of need,” said William Detmer, MD,
president and CEO of Unbound Medicine. “As physicians
are constantly on the go during the average day, the
new wireless MerckMedicus will help them find answers
when questions arise and stay abreast of the latest
advances in medicine.”
Using Unbound Medicine’s powerful mobile
platform, current medical resources can be accessed using a wireless
internet connection to www.merckmedicus.com, including: The
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, MEDLINE Journal abstracts, Pocket
Guide to Diagnostic Tests, and Reuters Medical News. The Personal
Search Assistant allows clinicians to query more than 11 million
medical articles in the MEDLINE database from their handheld or
wireless device in real-time without access fees or advertising
content.
The wireless option is compatible with cellular
phones with web-browsing capabilities, smartphones, and other wireless
devices that use Pocket PC, Blackberry, or Palm OS operating systems.
It follows the launch of Mobile MerckMedicus, which was designed
for non-wireless PDAs and introduced by Unbound Medicine and Merck
in 2004. For more information on wireless MerckMedicus, or to register,
visit www.merckmedicus.com.
About MerckMedicus
MerckMedicus is a no-cost, comprehensive online
medical information portal specifically designed for physicians
and other healthcare providers. It provides unbiased, credible
resources that offer a wide variety of scientific learning resources
and cutting-edge diagnostic tools, including textbooks, journal
abstracts and clinical tools such as DXplain® and TheraDoc™.
MerckMedicus was recently awarded “Best Overall” and “Outstanding
Content” for Healthcare Professionals Portals by Medicine
on the Net in the 2005 annual Medicine
on the Net Web Excellence Awards.
The site contains no advertisements or product endorsements
and has a strict privacy policy, which is detailed on the
site.
About
Merck
Merck & Co., Inc., is a global research-driven pharmaceutical
company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891,
Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and
medicines in over 20 therapeutic categories. The company also devotes
extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching
programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them
to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health
information as a not-for-profit service. For more information, visit
www.merck.com.
About Unbound Medicine
Unbound Medicine, Inc. develops
next-generation knowledge management systems for healthcare. The
company’s handheld, wireless and Web-based technology platform
and its information architecture services help partners provide
healthcare professionals with advanced systems for acquiring, managing
and sharing knowledge. Additional information is available at www.unboundmedicine.com.
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Contact:
Unbound Medicine
Paul Stadter
1-610-627-9090
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