We are pleased to announce  today, we have been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 North America award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.

Red Herring has been selecting the most exciting and promising start-ups and “scale ups” since 1995. Finalists are still evaluated individually from a large pool of hundreds of candidates based across North America. Twenty major criteria underlie the scoring and process. They include, among others: the candidate company’s addressable market size, its IP and patents, its financing, the proof of concept, trailing revenues and management’s expertise. Each company goes through an individual interview after filling out a thorough submission, complemented by a due diligence. The list of finalists often includes the best performing and prominent companies of that year.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the company’s actual track record and standing, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

2013 will be remembered as a special vintage. “The finalists list confirms the excellent choices made by entrepreneurs and VCs and the start-ups’ solid roots in corporate America, embracing their innovations. By all metrics, it emphasizes the United States’ entrepreneurial excellence,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring.

Finalists elections for the 2013 edition of the Red Herring 100 North America award are based upon technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the fields of security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, life sciences, cloud, mobile and others completed their submissions to qualify for the award.

Finalists are asked to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring North America Forum in Monterey, California, May 21 to 23, 2013. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony the evening of May 23 at the event.

Our co-founders – Rajesh Padinjaremadam (CEO) and Sirish Kosaraju (COO) will speak at the event.

“We are excited that we have been shortlisted as the finalist and we are pleased to get this opportunity to speak at this prestigious event. We will present on our company’s winning strategy at the event on May 22, 2013” says Rajesh Padinjaremadam, CEO, RapidValue Solutions.

Click Here to view the list of 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award Finalists.

We were one of the sponsors at the Startup Job Fair in Bangalore, India on 27, April’13. A event hosted by Yourstory.in. The event was attended by 4000+ eligible candidates and 26 promising Startups in the country.

Sirish (COO & Co-Founder) introducing RapidValue Solutions

RapidValue Team

L-to-R:  Anila Jose (Asst. HR Manager), Kavyanidhi Narayan (Marketing Manager), Anush Kumar (Business Development Manager), Sirish Kosaraju (COO &  Co-Founder)

Mobilize Oracle Applications – A Scalable Approach for extending Oracle Modules to Smartphone Applications – presented by Rajesh Padinjaremadam (CEO) and Kiran (Director-Business Development) on 11th April’13 at Denver, Colorado, USA.

 
At the Collaborate- 13 OAUG Event.

We will be participating in The Mobile Show Middle East event to be held on 14 – 15 May 2013, Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, U.A.E.

We will be glad to meet you and advice you on ‘how to maximize your investments’ from mobility.

Paul Joseph, Sr. Business Development Manager, RapidValue Solutions will be present at the 2 days conference. Please feel free to contact Paul: +1.408.744.6828 or email: paulj@rapidvaluesolutions.com to find out more about ‘enterprise mobility solutions’.

About RapidValue 

RapidValue is the leading provider of end-to-end mobility solutions to enterprises worldwide.  We offer a range of services in mobility across industry verticals. RapidValue delivers its services to the world’s top brands and fortune 1000 companies. We have 175+ strong mobility consulting experts and experience delivering over 200 mobility projects with offices located in the United States and India.

To more about us, visit our website.

About ‘The Mobile Show Middle East’

The Mobile Show is Middle East’s largest mobile solutions and technology show. This event is to give you innovative ideas in mobile to reshape and transform your business in 2013. The event includes six conferences covering the entire mobile ecosystem – Planet of the Apps, Mobile Advertising World, M-commerce, M-Enterprise, M-Entertainment and M-Health. The event is sponsored and attended by large enterprises and mobile ecosystem players– Telcos, Device manufacturers, NFC technology providers, Payment solutions providers, App developers, Augmented reality technology provider, Publishers, Healthcare operators, Media owners, Adverting agencies and more.

We are pleased to announce, we are one of the sponsors of the Startup Job Fair, to be held on 27th April’13 in Bangalore, India.

We will be glad to meet you at the event and to advice you on ‘why work for a start-up? And ‘how RapidValue can help you grow your career’.

About Startup Job Fair
This event is hosted by YourStory.in – India’s leading comprehensive online portal for entrepreneurs. The Startup Job Fair event is envisioned as a day-long gala with workshops and attended by 25 startups that are looking to recruit for 125 jobs with over 2500 job-seekers exploring opportunities with startups.
For more details, visit – http://www.startupjobsfair.com/

We are glad to announce that RapidValue Solutions has been selected for one of the speaking sessions by Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG – a technology and application forum for Oracle Community) at their annual event held on 7th – 11th April 2013 at COLLABORATE 13 – OAUG Forum in Denver, Colorado, USA.


The COLLABORATE 13 conference is hosted by three of Oracle’s biggest and most influential users groups – Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG), Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG), Quest International Users Group (Quest).

The conference consists of educational and interactive sessions:-

• Customizable curriculum to select from 1200 sessions in 23 tracks
• In-depth training workshops to continue elevating your Oracle knowledge
• Keynote sessions by Aron Ralston, Adventure & Author;  Sean D. Tucker, Aviator – Team Oracle; Martin Wildberger, Vice President, worldwide Information Management Development, IBM and Katherine Ridenhour, Retired Battalion Chief, Aurora Fire Department, CO
• Exhibitor Area  packed with products and solution providers who can help you solve your specific technology challenges and supercharge your Oracle performance
• Networking Events including dozens of Geographic User Group (Geo) meetings, Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings, Women in Technology events, special receptions
• Oracle Roadmap Sessions to understand the up-coming strategy and technology enhancements around Oracle Products

We will be participating in GITEX Technology Week Conference, to be held on 14-18th Oct 2012 at World Trade Center, Dubai, U.A.E.

We will be glad to meet you and advice on ‘how you can maximize your investments’ from mobility.

Paul Joseph, Sr. Business Development Manager, RapidValue Solutions will be present at the event for the 5 day conference. Do reach out to Paul: +1- 408.744.6828 or email: paulj [at] rapidvaluesolutions [dot] com and to learn about ‘enterprise mobility solutions’.

About RapidValue

RapidValue is a leading provider of mobility solutions to enterprises worldwide.  Armed with a team of 150+ experts in mobility consulting and application development, along with experience delivering over 200+ projects in mobility, we offer a range of services in mobility across industry verticals. RapidValue delivers its services to the world’s top brands and fortune 1000 companies and has offices located in the United States and India.

To know more about us, visit: www.rapidvaluesolutions.com

About GITEX

GITEX 2012 is #1 conference in MEASA region attended by 138,000+ ICT professionals; 3,500+ ICT brands worldwide; 18,000+ C-level executives from various industry verticals and with over 80% of the top ICT brands across the globe.

Starting today, we are heading out for a hectic week at HIMSS 12. At the conference we will showcase our industry leading capabilities and proven mobile health solutions at booth 13939 of the Venetian Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

We hope to catch up with the latest trends and participate in discussions and knowledge forums to evolve sustainable and cost effective mobile health solutions in order to tackle challenges such as security, scalability and interoperability.

Below are a number of the key trends we expect to see at the conference:

mHealth trends: The single most important topic that will be discussed at HIMSS 12 will  be the transformational developments in mobile health technology. Acknowledging the rapid development in mobile health, HIMSS had created mHIMSS as a platform for all stakeholders within the global mobile community to drive positive, transformational change in health and healthcare through the best use of IT a few months back.  Mobile Health will be the largest topic that will be discussed in the conference this year. We expect to see an increasing number of global stakeholders from all facets of global mobile community who will be seeking an opportunity to demonstrate their innovative solutions for health care industry and practitioners.

Big data analytics: There will be a large focus on Big Data Analytics trends and their impact on health care industry. Mobile Health is adding to healthcare’s Big Data by capturing different types of data across departments and by multiplying ways it can be accessed and reused to improve health care delivery and efficiency. This will be of great significance as a growing majority is now depending on more than one service providers for their health care needs. There will be a lot of discussion on standardisation to ensure consistency in the collection, analysis and use of data which will require a lot of brainstorming on supportive infrastructure and technologies.

 Enterprise mobile applications: Until recently, a key focus of the health care industry was on mobile health consumer applications such as wearable devices and remote monitoring systems. At HIMSS this year, we anticipate a shift of interest from consumer apps to enterprise apps with thrust on security, scalability and integration. One of the key areas that would be discussed widely would be on how to effectively integrate and connect multitude of devices and applications to decision support tools and electronic medical records.

Standards and protocol in  mHealth: Standardisation will be a key area that will gain a lot of attention and pace at HIMSS this season. We are already hearing a lot of buzz around industry-led initiatives like ICD-10 and HiPAA 5010 codes which is poised to have a big impact on the efficiency of mobile health care applications.

Mobile solutions for remote health monitoring: According to a report from Berg Insight, 2.2 million patients worldwide were using remote medical monitoring services at the end of 2011 and this will reach a total of 4.9 million patient connections globally by the end of 2016. Remote Monitoring will be discussed widely as it will  be a topic of high interest for both physicians and patients.

Our featured Case Studies at the Conference will highlight how we have successfully partnered with various organizations in improving the operational efficiency and significantly reducing the costs.

A number of the Case Studies that we believe will be of interest to you include:

• RapidValue solutions which have helped EMR software vendors extend their current web / desktop based software on mobile devices like iPad / iPhone / Android etc.
• Practice management solutions deployed by RapidValue that have helped hospitals optimize physician scheduling and improve communication.
• Solutions from RapidValue which have helped organizations tablet-enable their legacy software in order for users to access them from their tablets.
• Mobile device management solutions which have helped organizations secure their data using mobile devices and help them remotely manage and control these devices from a central admin station.
• How RapidValue has partnered with leading hospitals and software companies in building point of care applications (mHMC) to cover a wide range of hospital administration and management processes

We will also be launching our latest White Paper on “Regulations and compliance for enterprise mHealth applications” at the Conference.

Please feel free to request for a meeting if you would like to collaborate in launching innovative mobile solutions to tackle health care challenges.

For further queries, contact us.

Over the last few weeks, we attended two important mobile heath events – mHealthcon and mHealth Summit. Each event highlighted the growing impact of smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices on the delivery and administration of healthcare and the collaboration between the patient and caregiver.

mHealthcon

mHealthcon which was held in New Brunswick, New Jersey on December 1st saw the confluence of key medical and pharmaceutical stakeholders, technology enthusiasts and mhealth start-ups. The event showcased key trends in next generation mHealth apps and the impact of mobile technology and wearable devices in the healthcare delivery and process efficiency.  RapidValue participated in the event as part of the Top Innovator Showcase.

 The inaugural keynote address was delivered by Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the mHealth Alliance Partnership who laid out the roadmap of adoption, proliferation and global opportunity. Tom highlighted the role of mHealth apps for collecting data, digitalizing, transmitting and analyzing the information to improve the quality and speed of health care delivery. According to Tom, “marrying the collection of health data with wireless connectivity can mean new health care options for people who aren’t able to get to a doctor.”

Various speakers highlighted the impact of mobile health technology in collecting, documenting, distributing and managing medical information, managing patient care and streamlining scheduling and payments. Some of the popular tools, according to many of the participants, are text messaging tools which make communication easier and faster between doctors and patients, mobile video which makes remote health care a reality, and wearable devices used for real-time monitoring of a range of health conditions and parameters and transmiting data to handsets using ultra – low power.

The industry specialists also expressed their concerns over security and regulatory issues. Another challenge that was highlighted was the difficulty in demonstrating a measurable value proposition as very often the key benefit of most mobile products is prevention or healthcare cost reduction.

mHealth Summit

mHealth Summit, organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in partnership with the mHealth Alliance, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and NIH – saw the participation of 3,600 delegates from across the globe. The conference discussed the dramatic changes happening today in the health sector due to adoption of mobile technology.

RapidValue marked its presence at the Event as an exhibitor.

 While the conference highlighted the potential of mobile health technology to improve health care quality, enhanced patient support and cost savings, speakers also acknowledged that health sector is far behind other industries when it comes to the adoption of mobile technology.

One key highlight of the Event was the release of the first-ever mHIMSS Mobile Technology Survey, which revealed that 38 percent of healthcare organizations had a formal strategy or policy regarding the use of mobile devices. And another 51 percent said they were developing a policy, according to the new mHIMSS, a subgroup of HIMSS that officially launched on the first of December, 2011.

The event reflected dramatic progress in the mHealth sector. While last year’s event discussed the potential of mobile healthcare to  improve access and quality, this year’s discussions were mostly on how to get doctors, patients and other health care associates to use hundreds of mobile health apps already reaching the market.

Various presenters demonstrated and talked about mHealth apps for care diagnosis, simplifying healthy eating improving public health and engaging consumers. mHealth is not just used for maintaining fitness, but also addressing chronic diseases. There were some very interesting presentations which demonstrated the impact of mHealth applications especially in under developed countries. For instance, one presenter showcased how mHealth project has been successfully implemented to address serious health threats like AIDS. According to the presenter, text messaging significantly improved adherence to antiretroviral drug regimens (62% compliance versus 50% in the control group) and suppress the viral load (57% versus 48% in the control group). The project is estimated to generate $10 million in net savings over 3 years and break-even in year 2.

Other transformational developments which seemed promising were in the area of biometric remote monitoring which will dramatically  transform remote monitoring and distant health care services. There was a lot of interest in wearable mobile devices which has generated significant interest amongst enterprises and consumers in sports and fitness segment. Another hot area is cloud based mobile technology that is poised to improve patient care, clinical services, pharmaceutical management and billing and administration. There was even the promise of a “$100 mobile-to-cloud DNA sequencer”. This was shown where a swab was taken from a subject, and then dabbed to a device connected to a mobile phone, and uploaded via an app, to a cloud based computing engine for complete sequencing.

The event also discussed various challenges limiting the growth of the mobile health sector. Though we see increasing interest from investors and entrepreneurs, there are challenges in pricing and business models. As one speaker pointed out, “the challenge is to make mobile health tools relevant, affordable and culturally sensitive to the patients who stand to benefit the most from the technology.” Continuous innovation and cost effectiveness will help win the trust and confidence of doctors and patients in adopting mHealth. Many speakers were of the opinion that governments and hospitals should introduce incentives and tax benefits to encourage the adoption of mobile technology by physicians. Usability and security will also be key drivers that will define the future market for mHealth apps.

Ron Guida
Director – Business Development
Email:  rguida@rapidvaluesolutions.com

“Cell phones are amazing tools. For some of us, they’re about staying in touch. For millions of people, it could be about staying alive,” this is how Bill Gates had summarized the impact of mobile technology on healthcare industry in one of his blog posts last year. Mobile computing is finding rapid traction among doctors, health workers, clinical specialists, pharmacists, hospital administrators, patients, sports persons and fitness enthusiasts.

The growing impact of mHealth technology is evident in the recent survey findings by ABI Research which predicts that the mHealth market will grow to over $400 million by 2016 – up from $120 million in 2010. According to ABI Research, the growth will be primarily driven by sports and fitness applications. The ability for mobile handsets to easily connect to wearable devices that in turn deliver new functionality and accuracy to sports and fitness apps will be a driving factor, observes the New York based analyst firm. The key to popularity of sports and fitness apps will be the presence of Bluetooth Smart on smartphones. These devices help to monitor a range of health conditions and parameters in real-time and transmit data to handsets using ultralow power. Heart rate monitors, watches, foot pods, GPS locators and pedometers are just a few of the sensor-type devices that can help sports personnel and fitness enthusiasts to improve their results.

According to Jonathan Collins, principal analyst, “Downloadable apps are moving the sports tracking device market from proprietary devices to mobile phones, but adoption has been limited by the data they can collect. However, with the connectivity that Bluetooth Smart will embed in mobile handsets, wearable devices will bring greater detail to mobile handsets.”

Embedded wireless technologies such as WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee and mobile body area network (MBAN) connectivity are also generating a lot of excitement in the health care industry. With the integration of these technologies, doctors and nurses will be able to remotely monitor patient’s vital signs like heart rate, blood pressure and blood glucose levels. MBAN uses short-length radio waves to send health data over short distances. For patients, this could mean having a portable hospital and any time doctor services at their home.

While ABI Research expects sports and fitness apps to dominate mobile health application market, the research firm says that other areas such as home monitoring systems for aging users, personal emergency response services, and remote healthcare monitoring applications will also have a significant impact on the health care sector.

The latest findings on mHealth Apps published in CompTIA’s 3rd Annual Healthcare IT Insights and Opportunities Study also reflect the growing prevalence and importance of mobile applications in the health sector. The findings are based on a recent survey which covered 350 doctors, dentists and other healthcare practitioners and 400 It firms with healthcare IT practices. As per their findings, 38% of the healthcare providers use a mobile device to run a medical related app on a daily basis and this is expected to grow over to 50% in the immediate future. Three key areas where we will see significant benefits of mobile health technology, according to the CompTIA are continuing medical education (cited by 61%), specialist referral services (44%), and patient consultations (37%).

While the overall trend looks very promising, there are several issues that need to be addressed. For example, health care is an industry where even a minor mistake could result in a life or death situation, so, it’s important to have accurate data collection and real-time feedback at the point of data entry. Also, mobile health is a relatively new technology, and therefore integrating it with legacy systems and processes pose a challenge. Security and usability are some of top priorities that the developer must keep in mind while creating mobile health apps, as the applications need to be used across many departments and hierarchy of professionals.

We at RapidValue strongly believe that mHealth will unveil new dimension in the health care industry. On one side, it will transform the experience of patients by enhancing the quality and speed of health care delivery. It will also help hospitals and health care enterprises reap benefits by optimizing processes, reducing manual errors and helping to better monitor and administer different departments.
There is a huge potential if enterprises and medical practitioners in the health care industry can connect with patients, vendors and other stakeholders via diverse mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, push-to-talk devices and machine to machine remote monitoring.

Explore all of the new mobile initiatives with RapidValue at mHealthcon on December 1st and at the mHealthSummit from December 4th through the 7th.

Ron Guida
Director – Business Development
Email:  rguida@rapidvaluesolutions.com