Wave Medical Strengthens Support in the Middle East with Local Drug Names, World’s Leading Drug Database Now Supports UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

Chicago, IL, May 04, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Wave Medical, the leading provider of developer drug data and clinical decision support information and technology for healthcare systems and professionals, today announced the support of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain trades and nomenclatures.

“I have been very pleased by the response and adoption of our drug database and clinical decision support modules in the Middle East,” says John Wagner, Wave Medical chairman. “The decision to add additional local drug names continues our commitment and investment to support the electronic health records strategy in the Middle East.”

The Wave Medical drug database now supports the Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Bahrain drug names and nomenclatures for easy integration into existing EMR and pharmacy systems. This is in addition to the 35,000 drug names and 38 countries already supported by Wave Medical’s drug database — securing the company’s position as the largest and most authoritative drug database on the market.

“This is a major breakthrough for healthcare providers in the Middle East. Wave Medical and Health Matrix continue to work hard to ensure that we deliver state-of-art, drug decision support tools which covers ME drugs in order to fill in the existing gaps and to improve quality of care,” says Abdul Rahman Qasim, CEO of Health Matrix.

System developers can use Wave Medical software development kit and APIs to programmatically receive critical drug information monographs, dosing calculators, drug interaction, drug-allergy or duplicate therapy information.

Wave Medical’s reputable clinical and pharmacological content is designed to support clinicians through every stage of the decision support process, increasing safety and accuracy through better-informed patient care, and this latest module adds to the robust content and tools available, and helps to support the rapid growth of electronic health records in the GCC.

Learn more at wavemedical.com or healthmatrixcorp.com.

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About Wave Medical
Wave Medical provides clinical decision support solutions to general practitioners, nurses, emergency doctors and medical students in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Wave Medical’s comprehensive database of medical and clinical content and tools is available for integration within any healthcare system, or via a PC Browser or any mobile device. The Wave Knowledge Base improves clinical performance, easily adapts to any existing healthcare information system and offers the framework for building new systems – providing solutions that span the continuum of the healthcare industry. Learn more at www.wavemedical.com

About Health Matrix
Health matrix is a specialized organization in providing business and service in health informatics era for the Middle East region. Health Matrix’s portfolio has been built around introducing, “First Point of Care” for the healthcare providers and consumers which covers, but is not limited to, primary healthcare, chronic diseases and health contents solutions. Health Matrix has offices in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and has wide channel partners across ME countries.

Learn more at www.healthmatrixcorp.com

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