RigNet Gets A Handle On Offshore Health

RigNet, Inc. now has a partnership with NuPhysicia LLC. The companies are launching RigNet Medical, a service developed to enhance the overall health of those whose work takes them offshore or to remote locations. This distance-medicine service gives the oil and gas industry the opportunity to better control health-care costs, reduce unnecessary transits off the jobsite, expand uptime, reduce medical-care risk, and enhance offshore medical services. With RigNet Medical, employees will benefit from unprecedented access to medical expertise, employee health and disease management programs for such chronic-care illnesses as diabetes and high blood pressure, no matter where the employee is located.




RigNet Medical uses a portable telemedicine system that holds all the necessary equipment to conduct real-time, fully diagnostic telemedicine. There’s a medical-quality, videoconferencing system for real-time, face-to-face patient to physician connections; diagnostic clarity using digital stethoscope for heart and lung exams and additional scopes for examining ears, nose, wounds or skin lesion and/or for looking down throats; and connectivity to electronic medical record technology using highly-secure standard or wireless computer networks. All of these features are packed into a Zero Halliburton suitcase that stows easily, or can be quickly set up in the rig infirmary or other location. For added convenience, the system size also conforms to airline carry-on luggage requirements. RigNet uses the leading satellite and networking technologies to provide high-quality solutions for broadband data, voice and video communications—Houston, Texas