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Polka Launches iPhone Emergency Card on Apple App Store

Posted on: Thursday, 10 July 2008, 12:01 CDT

Polka(R), the first and only secure aggregation and collaboration service for managing health, today announced its new iPhone(TM) Emergency Card application is available on the Apple(R) App Store today. Polka's iPhone Emergency Card provides essential life-saving information on the extremely popular iPhone and iPod(R) touch devices.

"Polka's iPhone Emergency Card is as vital as your ID and iPhone because it provides the opportunity to convey important personal health information instantly when you need it most," said Mike Kirkwood, founder and CEO, Polka. "We're delighted with the opportunity to leverage the most powerful communication device the world has ever seen and the revolutionary Apple App Store to deliver an application that has life-saving capabilities."

Polka's iPhone Emergency Card stores users' important health and contact information securely and makes it accessible anytime, anywhere, and when they need it most during the critical moments of an emergency. Too often, hospital and doctors' IT systems are diverse and unconnected, creating a scenario where a patient's basic information must be collected from scratch. A simple, yet possibly life-saving, solution like the iPhone Emergency Card provides vital information at users' and emergency technicians' fingertips.

iPhone and iPod touch users can create the iPhone Emergency Card in a matter of minutes, and detail important personal information, including emergency contacts, blood type, allergies to food or medications, and more. Users can access maps to nearest hospitals and medical centers seamlessly within the application. In addition, iPhone users can print a wallet-sized version of their card as a back-up and hard copy.

Polka's iPhone Emergency Card for the iPhone and iPod touch is available worldwide for $2.99 today.

About Polka

Polka is the first and only secure aggregation and collaboration service to help users manage their health, backed by our core My Health, My Team portal and the belief that data portability begins with "me." Polka keeps users' health information up-to-date and available anytime, anywhere -- whether it's for routine check-ups, daily prescription and supplement tracking, during the critical moments of emergencies, or seamless sharing and communication within users' core team of family, friends, and health professionals.

Polka creates every service with the user at the center and data portability top of mind. Polka currently provides several modes of individual go-to-market applications for consumers to simply and securely manage their health across platforms. For more information, please visit: www.polka.com.

All rights reserved. Polka and the Polka logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Polka in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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