Authentidate and EncounterCare Form ExpressMD Solutions Joint Venture to Provide Telehealth Vital Signs Monitoring Systems Designed to Improve Chronic Illness Care fo...( BERKELEY HEIGHTS N.J. PALM BEACH ...),Health

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Authentidate Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: ADAT), a worldwide provider of secure workflow management software and web-based services, announced that it has formed a joint venture with EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: ECSL), a provider of technology and services for the home healthcare marketplace. The joint venture called ExpressMD(TM) Solutions will provide in- home patient vital signs monitoring systems and services to improve care for patients with chronic illnesses and reduce cost of care by delivering results to their health care providers via the Internet.

ExpressMD Solutions will combine EncounterCare's Electronic House Call(TM) patient vital signs monitoring appliances with a specially designed web-based management and monitoring software module based on Authentidate's Inscrybe(TM) Healthcare platform. ExpressMD Solutions will enable unattended measurement of patients' vital signs and related health information. Patients' data will then be securely sent electronically to each patient's health care provider for review. ExpressMD Solutions will be designed to aid wellness and preventative care, and deliver better continuity of care to specific patient segments such as the elderly, special needs or pediatric patients with chronic illnesses who require regular monitoring of serious medical conditions.

According to a January 2008 research study conducted at the State University of New York at Fredonia, the demand for patient monitoring systems in the primary healthcare sector in the United States is forecast to increase 5.9 percent per year to an estimated $12 billion market by 2012 based on expected contributions to positive therapeutic out
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