Diversinet formally launched its MobiSecure Wallet and Vault products in June. Company officials said the products work together to create a secure encrypted platform that gives end-users secure access to their data and documents.

The Wallet turns a mobile phone into a kind of remote control device that consumers can use to display, fax or e-mail data stored in the MobiSecure Vault server or from other data sources, said Jay Couse, senior vice president of Diversinet. The phone serves as a token-like device, and the consumer has a password, thus providing two-factor authentication.

The current version of AllOne Mobile requires users to input their health information, but Stuart Segal, AllOne’s vice president, said the company expects to offer a version that will pre-populate a user’s record with a payer’s claims data or pharmaceutical prescription information.

“From a personal health record perspective, it’s designed to be agnostic and certain elements are pretty standard,” he said. “As far as pulling claims information, it isn’t that far of a reach to get (a payer) system to download to our platform and then push that out over the phone.”

Healthcare IT vendors say cell phone applications will likely dominate the market for some time.

“I think we’re at the very early stages of where this is going,” said Greg Juhn, vice president of product strategy for A.D.A.M., Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of health information and benefits technology solutions. “There are a lot of times when you need health information and you’re not anywhere near your computer.”

“A.D.A.M. has always been interested in what we can do with cell phones,” Juhn said. “The iPhone kind of upped the game for everyone.”

“Of course, there’ll be lots of crap developed, too,” he added.

Editor Fred Bazzoli contributed to this story.