ActaMed Announces Technology Licensing Deal With IBM.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1997--ActaMed Corporation today announced a technology licensing agreement with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . ActaMed and IBM have had a marketing relationship for almost two years, in which IBM's Global Healthcare Industry has marketed ActaMed's ActaLink health information network product as part of its health networking solution. ActaLink provides a distributed database A database physically stored in two or more computer systems. Although geographically dispersed, a distributed database system manages and controls the entire database as a single collection of data. architecture controlled by ActaMed's patented Object Broker Technology. As part of the new agreement, IBM will license ActaMed's current Object Broker patent and related concepts. Each company will market their own separate line of products for the health information network industry. Commenting on the announcement ActaMed's Chairman P.E. Sadler Sadler may refer to:
as·sort·ment n. of products to the different market segments of the health care industry." "IBM's health networking solutions allow customers to compete in today's universally connected world, and allow for healthcare organizations to share information instantly in a secure environment," said Russell Russell, English noble family. It first appeared prominently in the reign of Henry VIII when John Russell, 1st earl of Bedford, 1486?–1555, rose to military and diplomatic importance. J. Ricci, M.D., general manager, IBM Global Healthcare Industry. "ActaMed's technology provides unique shared distribution information capabilities that help make this connected vision possible." ActaMed has developed and markets an integrated healthcare network, known as ActaLink, which enables network participants to share patient information on a real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. basis, while preserving participants' investments in legacy information systems. Independent network participants, such as physicians, hospitals and payers, retain ownership and control of their own data, but may share it real-time with other participants. Network information is linked through ActaMed's patented, object-oriented Global Master Person Index ("GMPI GMPI Generalized Music Plugin Interface "), which enables a virtual longitudinal lon·gi·tu·di·nal adj. Running in the direction of the long axis of the body or any of its parts. patient record. ActaLink networks are payer and provider neutral. For more information on ActaMed, please visit our Web site at http:\\www.actamed.com. CONTACT: ActaMed Corporation Lewis R. Belote, 770/352-1600 Chief Financial Officer lbelote@actamed.com or IBM Gregory T. Golden, 914/642-5467 ggolden@vnet.ibm.com 914/642-5467 |
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