New iPhone Application from Buck Consultants, A Xerox Company, Puts
Health Benefit Information at Your Fingertips
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Can?t remember what your health insurance co-pay is or what medical
services are covered? Unsure if your tetanus shot is up to date?
?This application not only puts benefit
information at an individual?s fingertips. In an emergency, it can even
save a life.?
Buck
Consultants, A Xerox
Company (NYSE: XRX), has launched two first-of-a-kind iPhone
applications that let users keep track of health insurance benefits and
store key health information that can be accessed on-the-go ? often when
they need it most ?from their iPhone.
With the Benefits GenieTM Lite application, users can enter
their health and insurance benefit information for themselves and family
members right into their phone. The application makes it easy to keep
track of known allergies, prescribed medications, current vaccinations,
health screenings, past and future doctor appointments, appointment
reminders, physician contact information, and benefit co-payments and
deductibles.
A more extensive version of the application, Benefits Genie, includes a
networking feature that helps users share and receive information with
those they trust, such as family, friends, and caretakers. In addition
to the networking feature, Benefits Genie also includes a benefits
dictionary, questions to ask your doctor, health quizzes, healthy
recipes, and more. To ensure and protect privacy, both applications
require users to enter a personal identification number (PIN).
?Individuals walk into medical facilities everyday without knowing basic
information about their insurance coverage,? said Donald Sanford,
principal at Buck Consultants. ?This application not only puts benefit
information at an individual?s fingertips. In an emergency, it can even
save a life.?
To view a video about Benefit Genie?s capabilities, click here.
Benefits Genie and Benefits Genie Lite are available for purchase on the
iPhone App Store. Benefits
Genie Lite may be purchased for $0.99, and Benefits
Genie may be purchased for $4.99. The applications are also being
developed for other major smartphone platforms.
About Buck Consultants
Buck Consultants is a leader in human
resource and benefits
consulting with more than 1,500 professionals worldwide. Founded in
1916 to advise clients in establishing and funding some of the nation?s
first public and private retirement programs, Buck is an innovator in
the areas of retirement benefits, health and welfare programs, human
capital management, compensation, and employee communication. News and
other information about Buck Consultants are available at http://www.buckconsultants.com.
Buck is a wholly owned subsidiary of ACS,
A Xerox Company.
About Xerox
Xerox Corporation is a $22 billion leading global enterprise for
business process and document
management. Through its broad portfolio of technology and services,
Xerox provides the essential back-office support that clears the way for
clients to focus on what they do best: their real
business. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Xerox provides
leading-edge document
technology, services, software and genuine
Xerox supplies for graphic
communication and office
printing environments of any size. Through ACS, A Xerox Company,
which Xerox acquired in February 2010, Xerox also offers extensive business
process outsourcing and IT
outsourcing services, including data processing, HR benefits
management, finance support, and customer relationship management
services for commercial and government organizations worldwide. The
133,000 people of Xerox serve clients in more than 160 countries. For
more information, visit http://www.xerox.com,
http://news.xerox.com
or http://www.acs-inc.com.
For investor information, visit http://www.xerox.com/investor.
Note: For open commentary, industry perspectives and views from
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http://twitter.com/xeroxoffice,
http://twitter.com/xeroxproduction,
http://twitter.com/servicesatxerox,
http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp,
http://twitter.com/xeroxevents,
http://twitter.com/xeroxdocushare,
http://www.xerox.com/blogs
or http://www.xerox.com/podcasts.
XEROX® and XEROX and Design® are trademarks of
Xerox Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Benefits
GenieTM is a trademark of Buck Consultants, LLC, A Xerox
Company. Prices, features, specifications, capabilities, appearance and
availability of Xerox products and services are subject to change
without notice.
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Source: via Business Wire
Updated
02/09/2010
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