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ELECTRIC MAIL CO INC - Continues Wireless Leadership by Providing Messaging Services - to RxRite.com
Vancouver, BC, Sep. 13, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- The Electric Mail Company Inc. ("The Electric Mail Company") announced it is providing outsourced messaging services to RxRite.com Inc. ("RxRite"), a leading Internet-based electronic prescription service (www.rxrite.com). The Electric Mail Company's messaging services will enable RxRite clients to use the BlackBerry(TM) for business and personal email communication, in addition to the RxRite Wireless(TM) prescription application.
RxRite has developed a "thin application" that resides on a wireless device. The Company recently announced an agreement with Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM chart, msgs; TSE: RIM chart, msgs), that will enable physicians to use RxRite's proprietary wireless technology - RxRite Wireless(TM), built on the BlackBerry(TM) Wireless Handheld - to create and transmit electronic prescriptions anytime, anywhere. Capitalizing on its experience in wireless messaging, The Electric Mail Company's award-winning Webmail services, in combination with the Blackberry(TM) Wireless Handheld, will provide additional email services to and provide single mailbox integration for RxRite clients.
"An increasing number of high-growth industries such as pharmaceutical and health service companies are embracing Internet technologies and applications to deliver new services and more value to customers," said Iain Black, President and CEO, The Electric Mail Company. "The Electric Mail Company is pleased to add significant value to RxRite's unique wireless solution."
"As a medical application service provider, our intention is to continually add application functionality and content alongside our core electronic prescription service," said Rod Dobson, President and CEO, RxRite. "In selecting a partner for the value-added email component, we chose The Electric Mail Company because of their extensive experience in wireless devices and mailbox integration."
About RxRite.com Inc. Founded in 1999, RxRite is a private company poised to launch the first out-of-the-box Internet-based solution for the secure creation and transmission of electronic prescriptions. RxRite enables physician's, pharmacies, patients and third-party payers (health insurers) to communicate through a secure Internet gateway for the safe electronic creation, transmittal and processing of prescriptions. RxRite has developed a "thin application" that resides on the Blackberry(TM) Wireless Handheld from Research in Motion (RIM), enabling physicians to use RxRite's proprietary wireless technology. This breakthrough technology allows RxRite to put its e-prescription service directly into the hands of physicians, without requiring computers and Internet connectivity. With more than 3.2 billion prescriptions dispensed annually in Canada and the US, RxRite is uniquely positioned to enter the emerging electronic prescription marketplace.
About The Electric Mail Company Inc. As an Application Services Provider ("ASP"), The Electric Mail Company Inc. (www.electricmail.com) (CDNX:ELE) is an aggregator of "outsource-able" messaging, email and complementary Internet communication services and support. In addition to providing robust and feature-rich solutions directly to business since 1994, The Electric Mail Company has evolved its award-winning offerings into a comprehensive portfolio of services to be sold in partnership with wireless companies, telco's, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), consulting firms and web-hosting and management companies. The Electric Mail Company's industry partners include AT&T Corp. (NYSE: T chart, msgs), Lotus, and Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL chart, msgs). |
