Single Touch Systems Inc. (OTCBB: SITO), the technology based mobile
media solutions provider that enables businesses, advertisers and brands
to easily connect with customers through its patented technologies,
today announced an agreement with NextGen Management LLC that will allow
doctors in NextGen’s network to deliver wellness-focused mobile
communications and branded content to their patients.
Utilizing Single Touch’s proprietary messaging platform, NextGen’s
newest offering will be marketed to health care professionals under the
brand name, "Doctor’s Communication Services” (DCS). This service
is designed to deliver a comprehensive range of patient-contact
communiqués, including: Patient Scheduling; Appointment Reminders;
e-Vouchers; e-Coupons; Medication Compliance Distribution Notices; and
Manufacturer Product Launches.
The NextGen network consists of over 50,000 doctors who provide care to
over 11 million active patients. The doctors in the network currently
write over 6 million e-Prescriptions each month.
"Single Touch’s partnership with NextGen builds upon our considerable
success in the vibrant health care arena,” says James Orsini, Chief
Executive Officer of Single Touch Systems. "We have chosen to focus on
this sector because the application of our technologies aligns so well
with the communications needs of today’s health care practitioners,
product manufacturers and service providers. In our partnership with
NextGen, our technology is perfectly suited for supporting
physician-driven patient contact. I’m very confident that NextGen’s
latest offering will provide a better and richer patient experience,”
Orsini notes.
"Making Single Touch’s messaging gateway available to NextGen’s network
of doctors and participating pharmaceutical companies will help them
reach patients with the critical information they need, when and where
patients want. For Single Touch, this is a unique and exciting
opportunity to become an integral part of the life-long health and
wellness practices of millions of people.”
According to Ezra Hanz, Marketing Director of NextGen Management, the 23
year old physician-owned company maintains a finger-on-the-pulse of the
day-to-day needs of medical practices throughout the country. Utilizing
our intimate knowledge of this physician community and the company’s
technological expertise, NextGen designs solutions to assist providers
in dispensing the best medical care to their patients in the most cost
efficient manner possible.
"Our new partnership with Single Touch Systems will allow us to help
doctors and their support staff address many of the most challenging
communications in the doctor-patient relationship,” says Hanz. "Through
Single Touch’s efficient mobile media solutions, NextGen Management will
certainly reinforce its brand’s standing as the Physician’s Digital
Trusted Space™.”
About Single Touch Systems Inc.
Single Touch Systems Inc. (SITO) is a technology based mobile solutions
provider serving businesses, advertisers and brands. Through patented
technologies and a modular, adaptable platform, SITO’s multi-channel
messaging gateway enables marketers to reach consumers on all types of
connected devices, with information that engages interest, drives
transactions and strengthens relationships and loyalty.
For more information about Single Touch Systems Inc visit: www.singletouch.net.
For more information about NextGen Management LLC visit: www.dx-web.com.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties and reflect Single Touch’s judgment as of the date of
this release. These statements include those regarding strategy, growth
and future operations. Actual events or results may differ from Single
Touch’s expectations. The risks and uncertainties include reliance on
brand owners and wireless carriers, the possible need for additional
capital, and operational and cultural changes associated with Board and
senior management transitions, as well as other risks identified in
Single Touch’s most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings with the SEC.
Single Touch disclaims any intent or obligation to update these
forward-looking statements beyond the date of this press release, except
as may be required by law.
