NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ramp Corporation today announced that its HealthRamp subsidiary has signed an agreement with 3Com Corporation to provide mobile point-of-care order entry, resident management and electronic medical records (EMR) mobile solutions to the long term care industry. 3Com is a tier-one provider of innovative, practical and high-value voice and data networking products, services and solutions for enterprises of all sizes and public sector organizations. Ramp Corporation, through its wholly-owned HealthRamp subsidiary, markets the CareGiver technology suite. CareGiver lets long term care facility staff place orders for drugs, treatments and supplies from a wireless handheld PDA or desktop Internet web browser.
Under terms of the agreement, 3Com and HealthRamp are committed to collaborate on the implementation of the CareGiver solution in long term care facilities nationwide. HealthRamp has integrated its CareGiver software with 3Com’s wireless infrastructure technologies enabling long term care facilities to collect and manage data for electronic resident charts, prescriptions, treatment orders and logistics in a HIPAA compliant manner from anywhere within a facility. This integrated solution can help enable long term care facilities to increase quality of care and decrease prescription errors, while reducing administrative and purchasing costs. The CareGiver solution, supported by a complete 3Com wireless infrastructure, will be installed in the first series of nursing homes before the end of the third quarter.
3Com offers a broad portfolio of wireless LAN products, ranging from various 802.11 a/b/g access points, wireless bridges, wireless PC cards and USB wireless adapters. 3Com recently announced plans to deliver a wireless switch that will provide simplified management, convergence capabilities and enhanced security for integrated wireless/wired infrastructures in enterprise-sized organizations. 3Com continues to invest in and expand its wireless solutions in order to provide scalable, future-proofing wireless solutions to support mobile user applications, such as point-of-care order entry and medical records applications. Because of the intuitive design, setup and maintenance of its wireless products, 3Com excels at making wireless beneficial to both the user and the centralized IT manager who is managing the network.
“HealthRamp is a pioneer in the long term care industry and is well positioned to be a leader in mobile point-of-care solutions by providing healthcare professionals with technology that delivers information at the point of decision and allows them to better service residents and patients. We are delighted that HealthRamp selected 3Com as its strategic enterprise mobility partner,” said Nick Ganio, 3Com Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Sales, 3Com. “HealthRamp is relying upon our mobile computing technology to set new standards in the delivery of highly available and critical wireless solutions. We look forward to a long-term successful relationship with HealthRamp,” concluded Ganio.
“The use of wireless technology in nursing homes and other long term care situations eliminates paper orders for drugs and treatments, significantly increases quality of care and facilitates the reconciliation of orders and vendor billing. HealthRamp is pleased to share in 3Com’s superior enterprise mobility vision and product strategy,” stated Andrew Brown, Ramp CEO and President. “3Com is committed to working closely with us to ensure our success with our CareGiver offering and keep us in a technology leadership position,” concluded Brown.
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Ramp Corporation, through its wholly owned HealthRamp subsidiary, markets the CareGiver and CarePoint technology suites. CareGiver allows long term care facility staff to easily place orders for drugs, treatments and supplies from a wireless handheld PDA or desktop Internet web browser. CarePoint enables electronic prescribing, lab orders and results, Internet-based communication, data integration, and transaction processing over a handheld device or browser, at the point-of-care. HealthRamp’s products enable communication of high value-added healthcare information among physician offices, pharmacies, hospitals, pharmacy benefit managers, health management organizations, pharmaceutical companies and health insurance companies. Ramp’s Frontline division provides a state of the art telecommunications center that enables 24/7 communication between a medical practice and its patients. Additional information about Ramp, and its products and services, can be found at http://www.ramp.com/.
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