Press Release – September 24, 2008
VOCEL Honored at Qualcomm and CONNECT's Tribute to San Diego Innovators
— Company Recognized Among Leading San Diego Enterprises
Driving the Regional Growth of Wireless Innovation —
San Diego — September 24, 2008 — VOCEL, a wireless technology innovator, today announced that it will be honored at the Qualcomm and CONNECT Tribute to San Diego Innovators event celebrating wireless innovation in the San Diego area. Qualcomm and CONNECT, one of the nation's most successful regional economic development programs for high technology and life science innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs, recognized businesses that take advantage of wireless devices, applications and services to transform the way people do business and redefine the ways people interact with their world. The tribute event will take place on September 23, 2008 in San Diego, Calif.
As part of the Qualcomm Ambassador Program, which acknowledges those who play a leadership role in the dramatic and ongoing evolution of the wireless world, Qualcomm and CONNECT will honor VOCEL and other select San Diego companies that further contribute to San Diego's legacy as the center of wireless innovation.
"It gives us great pleasure to pay tribute to VOCEL, an organization here in the San Diego region that is aiding in redefining the wireless world of tomorrow," said Jeff Jacobs, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Qualcomm. "The innovative thinking of companies such as VOCEL are extending the benefits of advanced wireless connectivity to people across their work, home and leisure lives."
"For today's mobile users, advanced wireless products and services are increasingly demonstrating the exciting convergence among consumer electronics, computing, the Internet and wireless communications," noted CONNECT CEO Duane J. Roth. "CONNECT is pleased to join Qualcomm in recognizing VOCEL for its creative efforts to bring breakthrough mobile technologies to life."
VOCEL's Pill Phone application is the first interactive mobile application to receive a 510K clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. The Pill Phone provides content from the Pill Book to educate subscribers about more than 1,800 prescription drugs and allows users to schedule alerts to remind them to take their medications. Single click responses to dosing reminders are recorded in a Medication Administration Record that can be viewed online by subscribers or designated care-givers to monitor compliance with dosing regimens.
"We are extremely pleased to be recognized by Qualcomm and CONNECT for the Pill Phone medication education and dosing reminder system. We believe that the Pill Phone application will improve health literacy and medication compliance by educating people about their prescription medications and reminding them when it's time to take a dose," said Tom Evangelisti, President of VOCEL's MEDCEL business unit. "We believe that this technology will have an impact on reducing health care costs."
More information about the Qualcomm Ambassador Program and VOCEL’s wireless solution can be found at: www.qualcomm.com/news/partners/index.html.
About VOCEL
VOCEL has developed the next generation interactive messaging platform that engages users by delivering compelling mobile experiences that are actionable and immediately measurable.
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