Medical Portals Ltd is an privately owned company managing information services related to health care and aimed primarily at medical professionals.Run by practicing medical professionals for medical professionals, the company owns and manages TheSYNAPSE suite of products and services.TheSYNAPSE was launched in 1996 as an Internet based information service for Maltese Medical Professionals. Since then a range of services has been developed to cater for the growing needs of medical professionals. These services also include TheSYNAPSE Direct - a secure service for the delivery of investigation results from diagnostic facilities to the doctor's desktop as well as TheSYNAPSE Magazine, a bimonthly magazine for medical professionals.Today TheSYNAPSE offers a comprehensive range of services both for the local and international market.