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HTH Worldwide Introduces Global Doctor Search and Medical Translation Tools Via Mobile Communication Devices

Posted on: Monday, 12 February 2007, 09:01 CST

HTH Worldwide announced today that it has developed a new suite of global medical assistance tools for mobile communication devices, enabling international travelers to find highly qualified physicians and to translate key medical terminology all around the world. Producing precise results with a few simple clicks, HTH Mobile Health(SM) serves the rapidly increasing ranks of world travelers relying on their mobile devices, such as PDAs and smart phones, to help them achieve their international business, leisure or educational goals.

HTH Mobile Health(SM) is comprised of a global Doctor Search function that returns detailed individual profiles of thousands of carefully selected English-speaking physicians in 178 countries as well as Translation Tools for hundreds of brand name drugs and essential medical terms and phrases in the world's most common languages. HTH will begin the rollout of these new capabilities later this month to the 200,000 members of its international health insurance plans.

"HTH Worldwide continues to set the standard for convenient access to reliable, essential data on international medical providers, creating easy-to-use tools to find the right doctor and to overcome communication barriers to receiving care anywhere in the world," said Angelo Masciantonio, President and CEO of HTH Worldwide. "HTH is working with its members and university and employer customers to make HTH Mobile Health(SM) a vital companion on any international assignment."

"The future is here. With PDA in hand, travelers can confidently go virtually anywhere in the world and get medical care they can trust," said Eliot Heher, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of HTH Worldwide. "Thanks to these developments, scheduling an appointment with trusted physicians far from home will be a standard convenience that contributes mightily to a traveler's peace of mind."

About HTH Worldwide

HTH Worldwide is an innovator and leader in helping world travelers stay safe and gain access to quality healthcare services all around the globe. HTH combines its health and safety research, advanced Internet applications, and extensive experience in designing and delivering international health insurance plans to ensure customers' health, safety and peace of mind. HTH annually serves more than 400,000 world travelers through its own insurance programs and its licensees in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. HTH's web-based multi-tier appointment scheduling technology is patented in Australia and has patents pending in the United States and the European Union. HTH contracts with over 4,000 carefully selected doctors, hospitals and other medical providers in 178 countries and maintains a global database of important health resources in over 500 destinations outside the U.S. www.hthworldwide.com

 Contact: Debby Fireman HTH Worldwide Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=D6B9DBAE4D547AA0 610.254.8710  

SOURCE: HTH Worldwide

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