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Initiate Systems and dbMotion Partner to Transform Patient Health Information Management

Posted on: Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 09:00 CDT

Initiate Systems, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise master person index (EMPI) solutions, and dbMotion Ltd., a premier provider of healthcare information integration software that facilitates interoperability and Health Information Exchange (HIE), today announced they have partnered to create a unique solution that transforms the way patient health information is retrieved, integrated and managed. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the leading nonprofit medical centers in the country and a recognized technology leader in healthcare, and the Bronx RHIO, a multi-stakeholder, not-for-profit corporation serving the 1.4 million people in the Bronx, NY, are among the first organizations to benefit from the joint offering.

By combining dbMotion's interoperability offering with Initiate Identity Hub™ software for master data management (MDM), the joint solution provides healthcare organizations with secure access to a comprehensive, real-time view of accurate patient information. This offering not only helps providers deliver superior patient service, but also plays an integral role in interoperability efforts by:

Creating an integrated, accurate and comprehensive view of patient information across facilities.

Responding to ever-changing data reporting requirements, including pay for performance (P4P), Core Measures and JCAHO.

Reducing duplication and overlap of patient data within and across hospital information systems through operational master data management.

Empowering physicians with patient information from office visits and hospital stays across cooperating organizations such as, doctors' offices, hospitals, imaging centers and laboratories.

Providing referral doctors with easy, secure access to patient information.

Performing effective clinical analysis by combining insight across all research facilities.

"This unique partnership of industry leaders creates a solution that will meet our need for deep integration among systems and processes to support excellent patient care," said Duane Falk, director of enterprise integration at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "UPMC and many other healthcare organizations need an interoperability solution to effectively tie together records from multiple sources. Interoperability, in turn, requires solid patient identification to ensure presentation of the correct and complete patient record. The two go hand-in-hand, so this joint offering will provide value to the growing number of integrated delivery networks seeking to enhance quality, safety and efficiency."

"Accuracy, security and interoperability are crucial for the healthcare industry and the patients it serves," said Bill Conroy, president and CEO of Initiate Systems, Inc. "We believe that the quality of medical care and services will be improved by combining these solutions from Initiate and dbMotion."

"In order to achieve the most successful degree of interoperability, it is imperative to correctly identify the patient," said Yuval Ofek, dbMotion's CEO. "Initiate's proven track record and strong technology offering makes them the ideal partner for us going forward."

About Initiate Systems

Initiate Systems provides software and services for healthcare organizations that want to create complete views of patient information from data dispersed across multiple facilities, application systems and databases, and deliver a comprehensive picture of each patient in real time to all points of service. Initiate Identity Hub™ software is the most accurate, scalable and rapidly implemented EMPI (enterprise master person index) for master data management available to healthcare providers, integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and regional health information organizations (RHIOs), that want to improve patient identification and customer satisfaction, protect data privacy and security, enable interoperability and provide a critical foundation for electronic health record (EHR) implementations. Initiate Systems' proven experience makes it uniquely qualified to enable strategic initiatives that allow organizations to increase revenue and efficiency and reduce operating costs and risks. Initiate Systems operates globally through its subsidiaries, with corporate headquarters in Chicago and offices across the U.S., a Canadian office in Toronto, an EMEA office in London and a Pacific Rim office in Sydney. For more information visit www.initiatesystems.com

About dbMotion

dbMotion is a premier provider of healthcare information integration software that facilitates interoperability and Health Information Exchange (HIE) for health information networks and integrated healthcare delivery systems. The dbMotion™ Solution gives caregivers and information systems secure access to an integrated patient record composed from the patient's medical data maintained at facilities that are otherwise unconnected or have no common technology through which to share data. The solution is field-proven having been implemented in demanding environments for the past six years -- serving millions of patients and integrating billions of individual records of clinical information. The company's investors include Vertex Venture Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, Gemini Israel Funds and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. For more information on dbMotion visit www.dbmotion.com or write to: info@dbmotion.com.

Source: Business Wire

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