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08/31/09
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SAN DIEGO, CA, August 31, 2009 - Two consumer healthcare technology companies today announced a
strategic alliance to create the first personal health information tool with an embedded cost savings application to
help employees, employers and the general public save money on their personal health spending. The tool will
include a guaranteed return-on-investment (ROI).
Nashville, TN-based change:healthcare, a technology firm focused on healthcare cost transparency, and San
Diego, CA-based MediKeeper, a provider of customized technology systems for the health and wellness industry,
have joined forces to embed change:healthcare's cost savings application in MediKeeper's personal health
information platform. The application will enable organizations and consumers to save money and make more
informed personal health spending decisions. The companies will introduce the enhanced Medikeeper personal
health information tool to large employer groups and health plans in the next few weeks with a direct-to-consumer
version to be launched later this year.
"As people continue to focus greater attention on their healthcare through the programs offered by employers and
health plans, they become increasingly concerned with the ever-escalating costs of healthcare in America. More
and more of the cost is coming directly out of consumers' wallets and we are now able to lessen that," said Jason
Peoples, vice president of Sales for MediKeeper. "By partnering with change:healthcare, we're offering all types
of consumers an enhancement to our web-based personal health application that will help users understand how
easy it is to reduce their healthcare costs by up to 30%."
Medikeeper (www.medikeeper.com) specializes in building and delivering online personal health management
tools to help users become more informed and effective healthcare consumers. Its tools include a patient-centered
personal health record, an enhanced health risk assessment and a consumer health information portal. Mostly
offered in the workplace, these applications have proven to enhance the effectiveness of a company's health and
wellness programs. In 2008, the company was selected by the Dossia consortium, consisting of Fortune 100
employers such as Wal-Mart, Intel and AT&T, as one of the first personal health application vendors to be built
on the Dossia platform.
A technology company focused on helping people save money and make more informed healthcare consumer
decisions, change:healthcare (www.changehealthcare.com) provides its users access to personalized and
actionable cost savings information. By analyzing claims data, change:healthcare works 24/7 to make saving
money virtually effortless for users, as well as providing a way for users to more easily share healthcare
experiences about medical provider quality, cost, access and performance to help them make the best healthcare
decisions.
"We're pleased that Medikeeper has recognized the change:healthcare platform as a critical tool that can help
consumers better see where they can make changes in their purchase habits and increase the value of wellness
programs," said Christopher Parks, co-Founder and CEO of change:healthcare. "With Medikeeper's leadership in
the personal health application space, we hope to continue helping consumers navigate the American healthcare
system."
About MediKeeper
MediKeeper is a private company delivering we-based Personal Health Applications (PHAs) and technologies
for patient-centered health information management. In 2008, the Company was selected by the Dossia
consortium, consisting of Fortune 100 employers such as Wal-Mart, Intel and AT&T, as the second PHA vendor
to be built on the Dossia platform. MediKeeper offers employers and healthcare providers a robust and
consumer-friendly package of customizable we-based tools and content to assist with their health and wellness
programs, enhancing ROI while improve the health and quality of life for employees and patients. The
applications are built on top of MediKeeper's one-of-a-kind platform, which enables industry leading data
integration, reporting and user-interface customization. For more information, visit www.medikeeper.com.
About change:healthcare
change:healthcare, inc. (www.changehealthcare.com) is a technology company dedicated to helping people save
money and make better healthcare consumer decisions. Their information and internet-based solutions are
available to: third party administrators, self-insured employers and health plans interested in controlling
healthcare costs and engaging their employees and members in making more informed healthcare decisions.
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08/20/09
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Dossia Consortia Member Employees Can Now Seamlessly Access Healthcare Data Within Personal Health Record, Benefit From Full Value of MediKeeper Solution
SAN DIEGO, CA, August 20, 2009 - MediKeeper, a leading provider of personal health applications and consumer engagement technologies for patient, member, and employee wellness and adherence, today announced it has successfully completed its integration with the Dossia Consortia's application programming interface (API). MediKeeper is the first Dossia partner to complete integration with the newly created Dossia API and is now ready for implementation at Dossia Consortia members. The Dossia Consortia provides an independent, secure nonprofit infrastructure for gathering and securely storing information for lifelong health records.
With the completion of MediKeeper's integration with the Dossia Consortia's API, employees of consortia members can automatically populate all of the clinical data, claims data and prescription data fed into the Dossia repository into their own personal health record. The integration negates the need for employees to manually input all of the information into their health record themselves. Member employees will be able to view their own relevant health information within the MediKeeper solution, enabling the system's full value to be realized as the data is used to track information such as history, drug interactions, gaps in care and alerts. Employees will receive personalized alerts and information based on the data populated in the record, which increases engagement and value to both the employee and employer.
"This is another important step in MediKeeper's relationship with Dossia. We are proud of how quickly our engineering team was able to complete this project and that we are the first to complete the API integration. It is a testament to the quality of our team and the integrative power of the MediKeeper platform. We look forward to moving on to implementation," stated Ryan Tarzy, MediKeeper President.
MediKeeper was formally announced as a Dossia certified vendor in December 2008. Recently, the MediKeeper and Dossia engineering teams have worked closely to complete the integration of MediKeeper's Personal Health Information Management platform with the Dossia API. The integration leveraged the open source standards OAuth and OpenID.
"Dossia has been working closely with MediKeeper, and we are very pleased that we have been able to achieve integration so quickly," said Steve Munini, Dossia COO. "We are excited by the success we have attained thus far, and look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship."
Dossia's infrastructure is open-source, and made available to personal health application developers, such as MediKeeper, who share a commitment to maintaining a consumer's personal access to and control of health information. The infrastructure is designed to encourage vendor innovation for the benefit of patients and providers nationwide.
About MediKeeper MediKeeper is a private company delivering web-based Personal Health Applications (PHAs) and technologies for patient-centered health information management. MediKeeper offers employers, health plans, and health care providers a robust and consumer-friendly package of customizable web-based tools and content to assist with their health and wellness programs, enhancing ROI while improve the health and quality of life for employees, members, and patients. The applications are built on top of MediKeeper's unique Personal Health Information Management platform, which enables industry-leading data integration, reporting, and user-interface customization. For more information, visit www.medikeeper.com.
About Dossia
Dossia is a non-profit organization consisting of several large U.S. employers who have united under a common vision: to empower their employees to make smarter more informed decisions about their healthcare. Through Dossia, they will leverage their combined influence to break down barriers to health information, which will help drive consumer-initiated change. The Dossia Founders group includes AT&T, Applied Materials, BP America, Cardinal Health, Intel, Pitney Bowes, sanofi-aventis, Abraxis Bioscience and Wal-Mart. For more information, visit www.dossia.org.
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01/22/09
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SAN DIEGO, CA, January 22, 2009 – MediKeeper, a leading provider of software and technologies for individual and employee health, wellness and adherence announces the appointment of David Ashworth as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ashworth, 47, is the former CEO and President of Memec, Inc. While at Memec, he transitioned the company to a global enterprise, establishing it as the world’s largest specialty electronics distributor, and drove revenues to levels in excess of $3.2 billion. Subsequently, Mr. Ashworth led the team that executed a sale of Memec to Avnet in December 2005.
Mr. Ashworth is widely recognized for his ability to manage change and drive growth, while grooming talent and championing organizational development. MediKeeper Board member and Co-founder Bruce Tarzy stated “We are excited to have David Ashworth join our management team. He brings the perfect skill set our company needs during a period of internal and industry growth.”
Expanding on Dr. Tarzy’s comments, Mr. Ashworth continued, “I share MediKeeper’s commitment to patient-centered, customizable health care technology. Our industry is positioned to be an important part of the Nation’s health care solution.”
With Mr. Ashworth’s arrival, former CEO Dr. Bruce Tarzy, will continue to serve as Chief Medical Officer and focus his efforts on leading the company’s medical infomatics team and on overseas expansion opportunities. The other members of the management team will continue in their present roles.
About MediKeeper
MediKeeper is a private company delivering web-based Personal Health Applications (PHAs) and technologies for patient-centered health information management. In 2008, the Company was selected by the Dossia consortium, consisting of Fortune 100 employers such as Wal-Mart, Intel, and AT&T, as the second PHA vendor to be built on the Dossia platform. MediKeeper offers employers and health care providers a robust and consumer-friendly package of customizable web-based tools and content to assist with their health and wellness programs, enhancing ROI while improve the health and quality of life for employees and patients. The applications are built on top of the MediKeeper’s one-of-a-kind platform, which enables industry leading data integration, reporting, and user-interface customization. For more information, visit www.medikeeper.com.
CONTACT: David Ashworth, MediKeeper (858) 202-5555 david.ashworth@medikeeper.com
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