SupportNet Announces New Healthcare IT Web Site

SupportNet launches SupportMed site to assist healthcare entities in the procurement of their IT related hardware, software and worflow technologies.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – November 15, 2007 – SupportNet, Inc. today announced a new step in its Healthcare IT solutions that allows hospitals, health systems, independent physician groups, hospital-based physicians and other healthcare entities the ability to procure technology hardware and software through a self-service web portal at www.supportmed.net.

"SupportMed.net provides immediate access and flexibility for independent physician practices and healthcare IT professionals in their procurement of necessary software and hardware devices. Offering online availability to healthcare related products helps our customers quickly add to their network infrastructure and mobile healthcare environment with as much or as little interaction as needed." said John Goff, SupportNet CEO. "Our partners - such as HP, Cisco, Microsoft, Lenovo, Palm, Ergotron, EMC, Planar, APC and many more represent over 300,000 products of which we offer complete, real-time access."

The SupportMed.net site is designed to assist healthcare IT professionals, purchasing agents, office managers and others with the ability to navigate IT purchasing based upon their needs. For example, if a physician practice is implementing an e-prescription solution they will need mobile devices such as an HP iPAQ or Lenovo Tablet PC and these can easily be found in SupportMed's Mobile Point of Care section.

The overall demand for healthcare IT related products and services are being driven not only by the need for HIPAA compliant secure systems but the increased demand in point of care data access. Solutions such as electronic health record (EHR) systems and e-prescriptions are driving the need for upgrades to current client/server environments or the migration away from terminal-based systems. SupportMed.net allows healthcare professionals the ability to research products, compare product specifications, build quotes, and purchase directly online. SupportNet's certified staff can also assist with any questions during the pre-sales or support phase.

Teamed up with SupportNet's IT Outsourcing, healthcare customers have access to a turnkey approach for purchasing, installation, and continued monitoring and support of their network architecture. SupportNet's network engineers monitor all servers, backup processes, updates and configurations while customer's end-users receive support on applications such as remote access, email, printing, practice management system, and more.