SoloHealth Partners with Metro Atlanta Chamber at HIMSS12

    ATLANTA, GA, February 21, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SoloHealth, a consumer-driven healthcare technology company, will partner with the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) and the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) at the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition taking place this week in Las Vegas. SoloHealth joins other Georgia-based companies and organizations, including the GDEcD, HealthNovation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Greenway Medical Technologies and Vensai Technologies, as the MAC showcases the region's rapidly growing healthcare technology industry, helping to establish Atlanta as the nation's health IT capital. SoloHealth will be demoing its next generation, award-winning consumer healthcare kiosk, the SoloHealth Station, in the Georgia Pavilion booth, #3869.

"Thanks to innovative companies like SoloHealth, metro Atlanta is now a major player in the healthcare technology space and is continuing to attract both companies and individual talent from all around the world," said David Hartnett, vice president, bioscience - health IT industry development for the Metro Atlanta Chamber. "With industry leaders like Greenway Medical Technologies, Transcend Services and McKesson Technology Solutions joining hundreds of innovative startups and businesses, we are proud that Atlanta is increasingly being recognized as the health IT capital of the nation."

"Atlanta's strong technology culture and environment, as well as support from organizations like MAC and ATDC, has enabled SoloHealth to thrive and innovate to get us where we are today - readying for what will be a watershed year for the company," said Bart Foster, CEO & Founder of SoloHealth. "We are thrilled to partner with MAC at HIMSS; and we look forward to attracting more businesses and talent to the metro Atlanta area to help the healthcare industry grow, innovate and prosper."

SoloHealth specializes in developing and deploying interactive health screening kiosks to empower consumers about their health through awareness and education, which leads to prevention and lower healthcare costs. Anchored by its award-winning SoloHealth Station, the kiosk offers free vision, blood pressure, weight, and body mass index screenings, as well as an overall health assessment and access to a database of local doctors. The SoloHealth Station, currently in select U.S. test markets and retail locations, is launching a nationwide rollout this year with thousands of kiosks estimated to be in retail locations by end of 2012.

A cloud-based platform, the SoloHealth Station offers highly personalized, targeted and interactive healthcare opportunities for consumers, advertisers and retailers by placing kiosks in high-traffic retail locations and offering access across a multi-platform ecosystem including Internet, mobile, social and emerging platforms, as well as a digital signage network. The multiple-platform approach gives advertisers, consumers and medical professionals the ease of interaction from many touch points allowing for greater effectiveness and efficiencies.

SoloHealth: Based in Atlanta, Ga., SoloHealth is the leader in self-service healthcare, utilizing technology to develop and deploy interactive health screening kiosks, as well as other interactive platforms, in an effort to empower consumers about their health through awareness, education and action. The award-winning company's first offering was the EyeSite Vision kiosk, currently located in retail outlets in select national markets. In summer 2010, the company received a $1.2 M grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to help enable innovation for self-service healthcare and prevention. In 2011, SoloHealth announced its next-generation kiosk, the SoloHealth Station, offering vision, blood pressure, weight, and body mass index; receive an overall health assessment; and access a database of local doctors. The company's bilingual kiosks provide free health screenings and recommendations for follow-up care, which leads to prevention and lower health care costs. For more information, visit www.solohealth.com.

Metro Atlanta Chamber: Everything we do at the Metro Atlanta Chamber - from recruiting businesses to Atlanta from all over the world, to tackling policy issues - is about creating jobs and prosperity to help Atlanta thrive. Our board is made up of Atlanta's top business leaders. Our professional staff serves 4,000 member companies that employ nearly 1 million workers. We focus on recruiting headquarters and global business -- and companies in the supply chain and advanced manufacturing, bioscience, technology and business services sectors. In public policy, we tackle critical issues such as transportation, water and education. For members, we offer 150+ events and activities each year. In sports, MAC's Atlanta Sports Council has helped drive almost $2 billion in economic impact through sporting events over the last 10 years.

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