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- August 1, 2009 - MedsFile to Integrate IGI ORBIT® Platform to Enhance PHR Interoperability Initiative
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Atlanta-based MedsFile.com announced today that it will integrate the IGI ORBIT® platform to power their enhanced Personal Health Record. IGI’s ORBIT® will enhance the ability for MedsFile subscribers to easily and securely exchange their medical information with their health care providers and other key stakeholders within their health care community, such as pharmacies, labs and health insurance plans. By participating in this new service, patients will empowered to: transport their PHR information anywhere and at anytime; control what information is shared and with whom; improve communication with physicians, pharmacists, care givers and loved ones; and make better, more informed health care decisions — before, during, and after the point of care.
MedsFile’s Personal Health Record allows subscribers to enter vital personal health information, such as immunization and allergy information into a HIPAA compliant repository. The new integrated version utilizes the IGI ORBIT® platform to allow for portability and secure data exchange with other industry aggregated sources, such as immunization registries and claims data sources. Data exchange will follow federal guidelines for interoperability among other facilities and care providers. Registration for the online service is quick and easy and can occur in a matter of minutes with subscription costs around $9.99 to $14.99 a month for a typical plan. MedsFile’s PHR can be accessed, added to, or printed from the Web anytime, anywhere.
MedsFile was founded in 2004 by CIO Mark Holland as a way for consumers to begin to take charge of collecting and managing their own personal and family health information as the medical community seeks out an agreement on a common method and platform for tracking and exchanging health information. “With the IGI ORBIT® integration, MedsFile’s PHR can now act as that common platform,” Holland says, “and an engine that powers smarter, better delivery of health care services initiated by both the patient and the practitioner. Consumers will be able to come to our site, grant permission for us to gather their medical data, and subsequently view their medical records online like a credit report. It’s revolutionary.”
“Providing the secure portability and interoperability of Personal Health Records is a top priority in the industry,” said Arthur Kapoor, CEO of IGI Health. “By integrating the power of IGI’s ORBIT® platform, MedsFile will be able to offer premium interoperable service to their client base and IGI is proud to work with a team that is dedicated to improving the lives of patients.”
About MedsFile
MedsFile aims to improve the overall health care community by providing access to and portability of a patient’s electronic medical records; become the pre-eminent global facilitator of a patient’s electronic medical records derived from multiple health care sources easily accessed by patients and patient-approved entities; and strive toward excellence, accuracy and the highest level of customer satisfaction by leveraging discipline, professionalism, integrity and innovative technology.
About IGI Health
IGI leads in developing health care IT solutions focused on connecting trading partners, a critical part of emerging initiatives such as Health Information Exchanges (HIE), Health Information Networks (HIN) and Electronic Health Records (EHR). ORBIT® software provides the foundation for custom and packaged portal solutions that allow health care stakeholders to reduce administrative costs and enhance clinical information exchange.
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- August 1, 2009 - Large State-Owned Enterprise Selects IGI Health to Implement Online Benefits Enrollment System
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IGI announces that one of the largest New York state-owned enterprises has selected IGI Health to implement the ORBIT® Enrollment Program, an online benefits management system. This system allows the provider’s 1800 employees to opt into new benefits programs, track yearly changes to their benefits, communicate with human resources departments, calculate payouts for life, long-term disability, flexible savings, health savings accounts, and transfer their benefits eligibility information directly to providers. Currently, such activities are conducted manually; by adopting an electronic platform, the provider will reduce administrative costs, simplify the enrollment process, and improve the delivery of benefits and services to its employees.
The ORBIT® Online Enrollment application can interface directly with both Human Resources Management Systems and SAP applications, which will eliminate any excess costs related to updating legacy systems. Additionally, the software is implemented in a SaaS model (software as a service), thereby streamlining application management.
About IGI Health
IGI leads in developing health care IT solutions focused on connecting trading partners, a critical part of emerging initiatives such as Health Information Exchanges (HIE), Health Information Networks (HIN) and Electronic Health Records (EHR). ORBIT® software provides the foundation for custom and packaged portal solutions that allow health care stakeholders to reduce administrative costs and enhance clinical information exchange.
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- June 1, 2009 -- Minnesota Health Plans Select IGI to Power First State-Mandated Shift to Electronic Data Exchange.
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Minnesota has become the first state in the nation to require all health care providers to electronically submit insurance claims to health plans, using a single set of data standards. The law, referred to as the E3 Initiative, will also require plans and providers to electronically exchange information about patients' eligibility for insurance coverage and benefits, as well as payment remittance advice. While other states have initiated efforts to streamline healthcare administration by implementing electronic infrastructure to parts of their legacy systems, Minnesota is the first to issue a statewide mandate, a move that could reduce costs by more than $60 million this year A study co-sponsored by health plans, physicians and hospitals showed that a single set of billing codes, for example, could reduce the cost of phone calls alone by $15.6 million to $21.8 million annually.
Minnesota's health plans have selected IGI to offer health care providers MN E-Connect (www.mneconnect.com), a web-based portal solution powered by IGI's ORBIT® software that will allow all health care stakeholders in Minnesota to seamlessly comply with the new provisions of the law. The web service, which opened for provider registration on May 15, 2009, is funded by Minnesota health plans at no cost to providers, and may be used by any provider, regardless of size. Specifically, MN E-Connect allows providers to file three free claims types - medical, hospital and dental - while rigorously maintaining HIPAA standards. Participating health plans include: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, FirstPlan of Minnesota, HealthPartners, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan, PreferredOne, Sanford Health Plan and UCare.
"IGI presented a solution that met our most critical requirements: MN E-Connect is easy to use, even for providers who have limited technical resources - and can also meet the needs of rapidly changing offices, hospitals and payer systems," said Julie Brunner, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans. "The technology is straightforward, cost-effective and interoperable. Interoperability is key - health plans were already conducting electronic billing transactions - ORBIT® provides access to payer systems to all providers."
Minnesota's partnership with IGI compliments the state's other collaborative work in health care IT including e-prescribing, transportable patient health information, credentialing and the Minnesota Health Information Exchange (MN HIE), a statewide secure network that shares clinical and administrative information among health care providers.
"We're excited that Minnesota has chosen ORBIT® as the engine to fuel innovative health care reform," said Arthur Kapoor, CEO of IGI. "This move positions Minnesota health care providers and health plans as leaders in streamlining back office operations, turning their vision for the electronic exchange of health information into reality." More information about the E3 Initiative can be found at http://www.health.state.mn.us/auc.
About IGI
IGI leads in developing health care IT solutions focused on connecting trading partners, a critical part of emerging initiatives such as Health Information Exchanges (HIE), Health Information Networks (HIN) and Electronic Health Records (EHR). ORBIT® software provides the foundation for custom and packaged portal solutions, such as the ORBIT® Affiliated Physicians Portal, that allow health care consumers, providers, payers, pharmacies, labs, application vendors and financial institutions to reduce administrative costs, improve financial transparency, and enhance clinical information exchange. IGI provides a range of IT and BPO services that enable organizations to integrate diverse systems, translate data, enhance workflow, improve overall administrative efficiencies and meet federal and state mandates for administrative simplification and health information exchange.
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- April 7, 2009 – Meridian Health Pilots Electronic transfer form >>
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HIMSS, Chicago, Apr. 7, 2009 – Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI) announced today that after months of planning and training, Meridian Health, a not-for-profit health system in Central New Jersey is piloting the electronic version of the draft Universal Transfer Form (UTF).
The draft UTF was tested with providers in five regions in its hard copy version in 2008. This work was made possible through the cooperative efforts of the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA), the Health Care Association of New Jersey and many other provider representatives, stakeholders, the Department of Health and Senior Services and Rutgers University.
While the paper pilot was occurring IGI, a New Jersey based information technology company, worked to create an electronic version of the tool. The search for a health system that had many provider types where the electronic UTF could be trialed led to Meridian.
NJHA and the other partners in this effort thank the nursing and management teams at Meridian’s Riverview Medical Center and Riverview Rehabilitation Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Ocean Medical Center, Meridian at Home and Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers for the time and energy they dedicated to this project.
As the pilot moves forward, so too does the work with DHSS to develop the regulations that will govern the implementation of the UTF statewide for all providers licensed by DHSS. NJHA is working closely on this important aspect of the project.
In addition, NJHA will continue to work with the Health Care Association of New Jersey and other stakeholders to keep providers informed about the progress of this implementation, including education on how to use the form.
About Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI)
IGI is a Healthcare information technology solutions provider focused on emerging initiatives such as: Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and trading partner connectivity to Health Information Networks. We have developed a niche set of portal solutions and connectors for the Healthcare Industry that allows trading partners to leverage our domain expertise to assist in their implementation of revenue cycle and clinical transaction systems. Our ORBIT® portal, exchange and framework has been adopted by health care entities including: healthcare providers and hospitals, patients, employers, health plans and system vendors.
About Meridian Health:
Meridian Health is a family of not-for-profit health care organizations comprising Jersey Shore University Medical Center and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptune, Ocean Medical Center in Brick, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, and Meridian Partner Companies that include home health services, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, ambulatory care, ambulance services, and occupational health located throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties.
Meridian Health was the first health system in the nation to receive the prestigious Magnet status for nursing excellence, and has repeatedly been named one of the Most Wired and Wireless health systems in the nation and among best places to work in New Jersey. For more information, please visit www.meridianhealth.com
About NJHA:
As the Garden State’s premier statewide healthcare association, NJHA is a leader in advocacy, education and information. It partners with its members to help them provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to their communities. Contact regarding this press release should be directed to Theresa Edelstein, 609-275-4102, tedelstein@njha.com
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- April 6, 2009 – IGI announces portal designed to maximize data sharing between hospitals and their affiliated physicians >>
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HIMSS, Chicago, Apr. 6, 2009 – Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI) today announced the launch of the ORBIT® Affiliated Physician’s portal, a software solution that provides an efficient way to exchange healthcare information inside hospitals and with health information networks. This solution will allow healthcare providers to be more easily connected to one another so that they can provide better care while benefiting from reduced integration costs.
Until now, the sharing of patient information between healthcare network participants has been hindered by the steep costs and complexities of proprietary data and integration services. Integration between IGI ORBIT® and Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare addresses this problem with an efficient, scalable, SOA based solution that connects and translates data as it moves across a healthcare network. IGI ORBIT® utilizes Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare to retrieve data for portal display from a variety of hospital systems including EHR, EMR, database, or HL7 based sources.
The solution has already been successfully piloted with several healthcare providers, including at a hospital system and its trading partners in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Affiliated Physicians portal boasts a return on investment with as little as ten affiliated physician’s connected.
“We are excited about taking this offering to the hospital and IDN market. In this current economy, more than ever, we feel that hospitals must find a way to build closers ties with their affiliated physicians in order to improve the quality of care, while maximizing hospital revenue,” said Arthur Kapoor, CEO of IGI.
“It’s a powerful combination-IGI’s portal framework enables rapid sharing of healthcare information and Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare delivers standards-based SOA integration capabilities from a wide variety of legacy healthcare systems,” said Girish Juneja, director of SOA Products at Intel’s Software and Services Group. “In addition, Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare’s optimization for Intel® multi-core processors as a soft-appliance delivers an outstanding price-for-performance ratio which drives down total deployment costs.”
The IGI ORBIT® portal framework has open capabilities for clinical and revenue cycle transaction sets.
Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare acts as an interface engine and provides for rapid data exchange, workflow management, and translation to enable data exchange to and from any original format. This advance in software is an example of how technology can help improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs by streamlining information flow.
About Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI)
Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI) is a Healthcare information technology solutions provider focused on emerging initiatives such as: Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and trading partner connectivity to Health Information Networks. We have developed a niche set of portal solutions and connectors for the Healthcare Industry that allows trading partners to leverage our domain expertise to assist in their implementation of revenue cycle and clinical transaction systems. Our ORBIT® portal, exchange and framework has been adopted by health care entities including: healthcare providers and hospitals, patients, employers, health plans and system vendors.
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- March 31, 2009 - IGI cettified as an approved HealthVault Consultant >>
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IGI is proud to be an approved Microsoft HealthVault Consultant. IGI's team developed an integration of our client's Wellness solution to Microsoft HealtVault.
The users of the Wellness portal now have the ability to save their pertinent information in HealthVault and access it securely from anywhere-anytime.
IGI is a Certified Microsoft Partner with core competencies in the healthcare vertical. IGI's flagship healthcare product offering, Orbit® is also integrated with HealthVault.
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- March 24, 2009 – IGI successfully obtains Surescripts certification >>
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IGI's Orbit e-prescribing solution enables the electronic exchange of prescriptions between prescribers and pharmacies. This solution eliminates the error-prone manual method by which prescriptions were filled or renewed and ensures that health care professionals are focused on the delivery of care in the most efficient manner. prescription process with a modern, secure, reliable electronic prescription process.
About Surescripts: Surescripts is dedicated to giving healthcare providers secure, electronic access to prescription information that can save their patients’ lives, improve efficiency and reduce the cost of healthcare for all. Surescripts is the result of a 2008 merger between the country’s two leading health information networks: RxHub and Surescripts. RxHub was founded in 2001 by the nation’s three largest PBMs – CVS Caremark Corporation, Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. Surescripts was also formed in 2001 by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA).
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- March 16, 2009 – IGI successfully obtains Skipjack Financial Services certification >>
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IGI’s ORBIT financial transaction connectivity solution was further enriched to enables IGI merchant partners to utilize the Skipjack Transaction Network to ensure complete PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance. Additional features includes: real time processing, support for all major credit cards, recurring payments, and comprehensive reporting,
About Skipjack: Skipjack Financial Services was formed in 1997 to meet the needs of both the financial community and their merchants for a secure, affordable, feature-rich payment gateway. Skipjack grew rapidly based on its reputation for service excellence and its ability to meet the needs of merchants of any size with payment solutions designed to meet their specific needs.
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- January 12, 2009– Octagon Research Solutions selects IGI to provide call center services supporting 12 sites >>
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Octagon Research Solutions has engaged IGI to provide call center services to support its customers by responding to the technical queries. IGI provides 24/7 customer support helpdesk services for various countries across the globe like USA, Canada, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
IGI customer service solutions delivers superior customer service experience through multiple communication channels such as Inbound calls, Outbound calls, Voice mail and E-mail support. Our solution achieves expertise and manages resources efficiently and effectively through:
- Proprietary CRM tool
- Call recording and continuous quality monitoring system
- Industry recognized domain training
- Language and communication e-learning training tool
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- November 17, 2008 – Ms. Sita Kapoor, Chief Information Officer of IGI will moderate the panel “Trends in Information Technology” at the 54th Annual Employee Benefits Conference, November 17 – 19, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. >>
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November 17, 2008 – San Antonio, Texas - Infotech Global Inc. (IGI), a leading IT services and solutions company providing innovative, cutting-edge technologies to Fortune 500 corporations across the country, announced today, Ms. Sita Kapoor, Chief Information Officer of IGI will moderate the panel Trends in Information Technology at the 54th Annual Employee Benefits Conference, November 17 – 19, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. Panel presenters include Ms. Shelley B. Dixon, Associate Dean and Director of Outreach, Center for Distance Learning, Empire State College and Mr. Michael Merrill, Ph.D., Dean, The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies, Empire State College, SUNY. The 54th Annual Employee Benefits Conference is the largest gathering of employee benefits representatives in the nation and brings together more than industry experts from trust funds, corporations, public employee groups and professional advisory firms.
More information about the conference can be found at www.ifebp.org
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- August 27, 2008, Infotech will be participating at the National Plan Automation Group Conference in Lake Placid, NY >>
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The 2008 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference will be held at Lake Placid, New York from September 7 through September 10, 2008. This year's event, co-sponsored by Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) and hosted by Excellus BCBS is themed "Harvest the Reward of EDI" . NPAG is a national event attended by senior executives from various BCBS Plans and their affiliates and partners from across the country. IGI has provided healthcare payers, providers, solution vendors and other trading partners with cost effective solutions for over a decade and our continuous participation in NPAG related events and our leadership in areas of healthcare related reform demonstrates a continued commitment to shaping positive change in the American healthcare industry.
During the conference, IGI will showcase how our portfolio of EDI / e-Commerce solutions has helped our customers keep pace in the marketplace, realize reductions in administrative costs and implemented truly cost effective solutions. We will demonstrate some of our solutions, techniques and customer implementation examples that have made a difference. IGI will also focus on our relationship with INTEL and how we are leveraging Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare, a software solution that provides an efficient way to exchange healthcare information within organizations and Health Information Networks. IGI will also showcase its software engineering and development capabilities including how client's have engaged our agile team to offer cost efficient solutions to their customers.
This event will be attended by key members of IGI's healthcare and software solutions practice.
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- August 14, 2008 - IGI signs Master Services agreement with a leading biopharmaceuticals company. >>
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IGI has been engaged to supply technical expertise in the form of project based IT development solutions. This leading biopharmaceuticals company is focused on the discovery, development and potential commercialization of fully human antibody-based therapeutics for autoimmune and infectious disease. The initial project involves an application in Microsoft Sharepoint and is expected to begin around August 20th
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- July 15, 2008 - IGI ORBIT® healthcare transaction portal is launched into production for Carolina Crescent Health Plan >>
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IGI has completed the custom transaction portal for Carolina Crescent Health Plan, Inc. The provider transaction portal has been launched into production after the pilot user group has been approved. Carolina Crescent Health Plan, Inc., a Nonprofit Medicaid Managed Care Organization, was formed for the sole purpose of effectively coordinating and improving the healthcare of Medicaid enrolled persons in South Carolina. As per the agreement, IGI has deployed its ORBIT® portal to include member eligibility, reporting and panel listing transactions.
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- July 10, 2008 - IGI adds new Clinical Research Life Sciences Client. – Octagon Research Solutions. >>
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Octagon Research Solutions, has engaged IGI to provide outsourced software development services. Octagon Research Solutions is a leading development partnering organization, providing regulatory services to the life sciences industry. Octagon has four strategic lines of business that include Regulatory, Clinical, Process Consulting and Software solutions. Under the initial project, IGI will establish a technical development team to enhance and application used for its clients clinical trials.
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- July 10, 2008 - HealthEdge Partners With IGI to Implement Award-Winning HealthRules Product Suite >>
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Software innovator and market expert join forces to deliver revolutionary new software to healthcare payors
Burlington, MA (PRWEB) July 10, 2008 -- HealthEdge, the leading provider of next-generation claims and benefit administration, business intelligence and portal solutions for healthcare payors, today announced that it has partnered with Infotech Global (IGI) to deliver its patented, award-winning HealthRules product suite to the market. IGI's certified HealthRules deployment engineers will provide a full range of services to HealthEdge clients including system installation, configuration, testing, training, data conversion and project management.
"We are currently experiencing an unprecedented level of demand for the HealthRules product suite," remarked Rob Gillette, CEO of HealthEdge. "We are excited to add the IGI team, with their deep domain expertise and outstanding technical integration experience, to our list of premier partners. We are looking forward to working with IGI to deliver our next-generation products to the market."
"IGI is focused on helping payor organizations realize their technology goals," stated Arthur Kapoor, CEO of IGI. "Our strength is in leveraging the outstanding capabilities of our consulting team and the many years of experience that we have in both healthcare operations and in healthcare technology to help organizations of all types and sizes achieve success. We are excited to partner with HealthEdge, and we are looking forward to helping their customers maximize their investment in the HealthRules technology platform."
About HealthEdge
HealthEdge offers health plans, TPAs, PPOs and insurers of all sizes unique software products that position them for success. Payor organizations are able to pursue innovative, new strategies focused on increasing revenue, decreasing costs and improving the quality of healthcare. HealthEdge provides HealthRules®, a next-generation, patented software platform for core administrative processes, business intelligence, and web self-service. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
About IGI
Infotech Global is a Healthcare information technology solutions provider focused on emerging initiatives. IGI has developed a niche set of solutions and connectors that allow trading partners to leverage IGI's domain expertise to assist in their implementation of systems. IGI's implementation services are packaged to reflect their business philosophy, which is to build their practice around their customers' business, rather than engaging a customer with a prescribed set of solutions. IGI draws upon a wide range of IT skills and industry expertise to tailor an optimal solution that meets their customers' business workflow needs.
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- June 4, 2008 - IGI signs a Independent Contractor Services Agreement with Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. >>
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Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc., is a leader in designing, engineering and manufacturing state-of-the-art hearing aids, in all custom and behind-the-ear models, that enable those with hearing loss to communicate more easily and improve their quality of life. It is the largest manufacturer of hearing aids in the United States. The initial project that IGI will be involved with, is to do a business assessment and analysis of the internal ERP system and the legacy systems that are interfaced. At the conclusion of the project, IGI will document the findings and recommendations to improve the workflow and applications.
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- April 21, 2008 - IGI becomes certified Independent Software Vendor (ISV) with Intel for its SOA Expressway software >>
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See Intel’s official press release below for more details:
INTEL ANNOUNCES SOFTWARE THAT CONNECTS HEALTH NETWORKS, ENABLING KEY DATA SHARING IN CLINICAL SETTINGS
New Software will Help Healthcare Providers Reduce Integration and Interoperability Costs and Improve Care
WORLD HEALTH CARE CONGRESS, Washington, Apr. 21, 2008 – Intel Corporation today announced the Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare, a software solution that provides an efficient way to exchange healthcare information inside hospitals and with health information networks. This new software solution will allow healthcare providers to be more easily connected to one another so that they can provide better care while benefiting from reduced integration costs.
Until now, the sharing of patient information between healthcare network participants has been hindered by the steep costs and complexities of proprietary data and integration services. Based on Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA), the Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare offers a cost-efficient solution to this problem by providing an efficient and scaleable way to translate, process and connect any data format across a healthcare network.
In addition, Intel has created an ecosystem of validated Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) that provides best-of-breed capabilities to deploy a complete health network powered by the Intel® SOA Expressway. Current validated ecosystem vendors include Initiate Systems, Apelon Systems, Infotech Global (IGI), Oracle and Red Hat. The services provided by these vendors include enterprise master-patient index, controlled medical vocabulary translation, clinical patient portal applications, and operating system support. The validated ecosystem helps complete the next-generation SOA architecture for healthcare data interoperability. The new solution has been successfully piloted with several healthcare providers, including at a hospital network in Shanghai, China.
“Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare solved a very difficult hospital integration scenario for us.” said Shen Ping, General Manager of Health Services Division at Wonders Information Co, the systems integrator deploying the Shanghai health network. “We were surprised to see that it was able to meet our performance requirements for daily synchronization of nearly a million hospital records in a short amount of time.”
Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare provides the performance of a hardware appliance in a software form factor that offers native message acceleration for rapid data exchange, workflow management, and translation to enable data exchange to and from any original format. This advance in software is an example of how technology can help improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs by streamlining information flow.
“Intel developed the SOA Expressway for Healthcare as a platform that can be used with a wide variety of existing IT environments in order to provide world-class integration regardless of the specific electronic medical records and other software platforms used at individual healthcare facilities,” said Girish Juneja, Director of SOA Products at Intel. “We also leveraged the SOA architecture to drive down costs, which has enabled Intel to offer our solution at prices comparable or below other solutions in the market.”
In order to make the Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare as versatile as possible, Intel designed it as a flexible product offering that can stand alone as the gateway to and from a community health information network or may be bundled as part of an ISV solution.
About Intel
Intel® Software provides resources, technologies, products and services developers need to create innovative products and industry-leading software solutions designed to run best on Intel platforms.
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom, blogs.intel.com, and www.intel.com/healthcare.
About Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI)
Infotech Global, Inc. (IGI) is a Healthcare information technology solutions provider focused on emerging initiatives such as: Electronic Health Records (EHR), trading partner connectivity to Health Information Networks and Exchanges, and the National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Index. We have developed a niche set of portal solutions and connectors for the Healthcare Industry that allows trading partners to leverage our domain expertise to assist in their implementation of revenue cycle and clinical transaction systems. Our ORBIT® portal, exchange and framework has been adopted by health care entities including: health plans, system vendors, healthcare providers and hospitals.
Our implementation services are packaged to reflect our business philosophy, which is to build our practice around our customers' business, rather than engaging a customer with a prescribed set of solutions, we draw upon a wide range of IT skills and industry expertise to tailor an optimal solution that meets our customers' business workflow needs.
IGI is headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey and can be contacted for more information at 800-444-0278, info@igiusa.com, or visit our website at www.igiusa.com.
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- March 10, 2008 - IGI has signed a Consulting and Software Development Services Agreement with HealthEdge. >>
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HealthEdge, Inc. provides health plans, TPAs, PPOs, reinsurance carriers and insurers of all sizes with unique software products to position them for success. With patented, next-generation technology, HealthEdge enables payor organizations to pursue innovative, new strategies to grow revenue, decrease costs and improve the quality of healthcare. The initial project that IGI will develop is to provide reporting system analysis and development.
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- February 29, 2008 - IGI's ORBIT® portal receives GETI certification for its Medpay module >>
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IGI received Gold/Silver certification from Global E Telecom, Inc. (GETI) for electronic check processing through the Fastcheck Network host specifications on the ORBIT® portal. IGI recently enhanced the ORBIT® portal, Medpay module, to allow automated check payment. IGI programmed a check reading device which connects to the USB port of the desktop. Checks can be swiped through the reader and the data auto populates into the portal entry screen, thus eliminating data entry errors and increasing productivity.
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- February 24, 2008 - Infotech Global Inc. exhibiting its solutions and services at HIMSS08 >>
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Orlando, Florida welcomes the 2008 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition, Feb. 24 – 28, 2008, at the Orange County Convention Center. Some 25,000 healthcare industry professionals and 900 exhibitors are expected to attend and learn more about cutting-edge technology and innovative healthcare solutions designed to improve patient care.
Infotech Global Inc.(IGI) will be on the HIMSS exhibit floor at booth # 3788. IGI has been a participant at HIMSS events over the last couple of years. IGI will demonstrate its specialized services and capabilities in the healthcare domain as well as software engineering expertise.
The annual HIMSS conference in the U.S. ranks as one of the largest healthcare IT and management systems gatherings in the world. IGI will showcase its healthcare IT solutions at the booth (# 3788) to assist customers in identifying the right solution for their individual healthcare setting. IGI Staff will be available to discuss the services with interested customers so that they better understand the IT needs and how IGI can assist them. IGI will also showcase how it has delivered software projects using Agile Development methodologies using an onsite-offshore delivery model.
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- October 1, 2007 - IGI signs a Consulting and Software Development Services Agreement with Voicare >>
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Viocare Technologies, Inc., a leader in developing tools that assess, monitor, and generate personalized feedback for managing patients’ dietary and physical activity habits has contracted with IGI to offer outsourced technology development services. The initial project that IGI will develop involves re-engineering web-based applications to create a tighter workflow and common functionary between the services. The toolsets are used to analyze diet and activities based on questionnaires and nutritional consultation visits. In addition, the two companies will partner to co-market the Viocare Wellness program and the IGI ORBIT® Portal solution to employers and healthcare organizations.
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- September 26, 2007 - The 2007 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference >>
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The 2007 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference being held at Chicago, Illinois from September 23 through September 26, 2007 is co-sponsored by Infotech Global Inc. (IGI). The conference themed "Breezing through EDI in the Windy City" is being hosted by the BCBS of Illinois. NPAG is a national event and is attended by senior executives from various BCBS Plans, their affiliates and partners from across the country. IGI has provided healthcare payer, provider solution vendors and other solution providers cost effect solutions for over a decade now our participation is in continuation to our effort to build and establish a leadership role in this domain.
During the conference, IGI will showcase tools, solutions and case studies of how our teams have reduced cost burdens on healthcare companies by leveraging our expertise and execution capabilities. Some of the solution case studies that will be demonstrated will include leading edge implementations for new and emerging concepts in the healthcare domain. IGI will also showcase its software engineering and development capabilities including how clients have engaged our agile teams to offer cost efficient solutions to their customers.
This event will be attended by key members of IGI's healthcare and software solutions practice.
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- May 14, 2007 - IGI Co-Sponsors 16th Annual WEDI National Conference >>
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Baltimore, MD (May 2007): Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) is a co-sponsor for the 2007 16th Annual WEDI National Conference held from May 14th to May 17th at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. This year, industry experts will provide key information and case studies on current issues in the healthcare industry. Topics will include HIPAA Implementation, including Transactions, NPI, Attachments, Privacy and Security; Interoperability issues; Health ID Card; EHRs; and RHIOs.
The conference will kick off with a pre-conference event entitled "Mastering Healthcare Identifiers: Provider, Patient and Plan Identifiers for HIPAA and Beyond". The conference also includes a special post-conference workshop entitled "How CORE Certification Is Changing Eligibility Transactions".
In keeping with the theme of the conference IGI is featuring its ORBIT® solutions framework aimed at Commercial, National, Regional and State Payers. The ORBIT® framework consists of many customizable modules for Payer-Partner connectivity; these can be retrofitted to meet specific client requirements. IGI will also feature case studies of several projects that it has undertaken and successfully delivered for healthcare companies.
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- February 25, 2007 - New Orleans, (February 2007) : Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) will participate in the HIMMS 07, the Annual Healthcare IT Conference and Exhibition. >>
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of human health.
In keeping with the theme of the conference IGI is showcasing its modular solution - ORBIT® solution aimed at Commercial, National, Regional and State Payers. ORBIT® consists of many customizable modules for Payer-Partner connectivity; these can be retrofitted to meet specific client requirements. IGI will also showcase case studies of projects that it has undertaken and successfully delivered for healthcare companies.
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- Phoenix, AZ (November 2006) >>
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Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) is pleased to particpate in the 2006 WEDI Fall Conference held from November 6-9, 2006 in Phoenix, AZ. The conference held at the Hyatt Regency, addresses front line issues of primary concern to the healthcare industry. Industry experts provide key information and case studies on issues such as: HIPAA Implementation, including Transactions, NPI, Attachments, Privacy and Security; Interoperability issues, EHRs; and RHIOs.
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- September 19-21, 2006 - IGI co-sponsors the Sabrix User conference in Berkley, California >>
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IGI is pleased to announce that it will be one of the corporate co-sponsors of the 2006
Annual Sabrix Users Conference in Berkley, CA.The Claremont Resort & Spa is the site of this year's event. The conference attracts users from across the US to come and understand new developments in the product, Tax implementation, federal and international tax changes. IGI, one of the partner sponsors, is also sponsoring the Wine Tasting event on September 19 as part of the pre-conference activities. Various speakers will cover topics such as, tax, products and services, technical, and strategic business process topics. Sabrix will offer specific customer roundtable sessions and a fun excursion event so attendees can network with others with similar interests.
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IGI will showcase its unique capabilities in this specialized area. IGI will also demonstrate the methodology and engagement models that we have successfully deployed with our customers. |
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- State-of-the-art
technology will enable physicians
and hospitals to process credit card
and ACH transactions via PMS integration
or Portal solutions. This technology
not only addresses the shift to private
pay revenue in the front office but
also post adjudication balances in
the back office -
DALLAS and SOMERSET (July
7, 2006) — TRANSFIRST
Health Services, Inc. a division of
TRANSFIRST HOLDINGS, INC., a leading
provider of credit card processing
services and payment enabling technologies,
and INFOTECH GLOBAL, INC., (“IGI”),
a premier service and solution provider
to the healthcare industry serving
physicians, hospitals, system vendors
and payers, today announced a partnership
that will provide IGI customers with
credit card and ACH processing capabilities.
The partnership will link the TRANSFIRST
payment processing system to IGI’s
vendor, provider and payer applications
improving efficiency and work flow
in provider offices replacing archaic
stand alone POS systems. The partnership
will vastly improve efficiency in
handling co-pay and post-adjudication
payment from patients. Staff in the
physician’s office will benefit
from system wide access so critical
in revenue cycle management in collecting
patient balances in a post adjudication
environment.
The new service combines TRANSFIRST’S
processing capabilities for credit
card and ACH, manual and automatic
recurring payments, and custom reports
with IGI’s custom solutions.
Delivering either full integration
or Portal solutions IGI will add TransFirst
credit card and ACH processing to
its acclaimed product suite. Physician
or Hospital staff will have access
to credit card and ACH payment processing
anywhere within their facility or
wherever access to the internet exists.
“At IGI we recognized the current
shift in healthcare transferring financial
responsibility from payers to patients
has resulted in a need to deliver
sophisticated system wide solutions
to maximize revenue. Providers historically
have focused the majority of their
solutions to collecting third party
payment. With private pay approaching
35% of a provider’s A/R a greater
focus has been placed on collecting
from the patient,” states Arthur
Kapoor, IGI Founder and CEO. “At
IGI market intelligence is our forte
enabling us to deliver solutions which
increase cash flow and reduce costs”.
Christy Corey, President for TRANSFIRST’S
Health Services division explains,
“Our partnership is an example
of two customer centric organizations
listening to the market and delivering
state of the art technology which
addresses the growing trend of private
pay. Stand-alone products although
useful fall short in efficiency in
the complex environment of a healthcare
practice. We envision the same migration
path for credit card as eligibility
has taken in provider offices. The
same inefficiencies that plagued POS
eligibility solutions exist with credit
card. Through the power of the Internet
and IP solutions or full integration
healthcare providers will realize
productivity and work flow gains.
Healthcare has been lagging in certain
segments of technology especially
in the aspect of payment processing.
Business owners in food or home improvement
industries can process payments from
consumers via a fully integrated system
yet the most advanced healthcare system
is the world still utilizes stand
alone systems. We believe our newly
formed partnership with IGI addresses
this situation.”
About InfoTech Global, Inc.
Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) brings
several years of experience managing
large, complex IT projects for Fortune
1000 companies, as well as State and
Federal entities. We have established
a large repertoire of proven project
management practices for effective
and efficient solutions in a number
of verticals. IGI works with, and
not for, our Clients – the relationships
we build today will have a greater
impact to end-users who use technology
on a day-to-day basis. We provide
a broad range of services that reflect
a widespread demand in the IT marketplace.
Our services are packaged to reflect
our business philosophy, "We
build our practice around our customers'
business.” Rather than engaging
a customer with a prescribed set of
solutions, we draw upon a wide range
of IT skills and expertise to tailor
an optimal solution that meets our
customers' strict requirements. Established
in 1995, we have been handling on-site;
off-site and offshore software development
projects providing complete post development
system support and service. IGI has
its wholly owned offshore development
center in the second Silicon Valley
-- Bangalore, India. Our core competency
comprises of design, development,
and maintenance of software applications,
all within the guidelines of ISO 9001
standards. Transaction sets include
claim translation/submission, claim
status inquiry / response / ERA, eligibility
inquiry/response, referral add/inquiry/response/enrollment
and now credit card and ACH. The switch
processed both batch and real time
transactions. For additional information
about IGI please visit www.igiusa.com
or call Rey Wolfarth, Director, Marketing
at 732-652-1515.
About TRANSFIRST
A premier provider of transaction
processing services and payment enabling
technologies, TRANSFIRST offers a
first-rate suite of products and services
and customized processing programs
uniquely tailored for the special
business needs of financial institutions,
independent sales organizations and
agents and its referral and reseller
partners. Through its in-depth industry
knowledge, partnership strategy and
innovative solutions, TRANSFIRST provides
a specialized approach to transaction
processing for healthcare providers,
public entities, online and other
non-traditional merchants, as well
as brick and mortar retailers. Founded
in 1995, TRANSFIRST is a market leader
in strategic mergers and acquisitions,
which has allowed the company to gain
significant market share and world-class
expertise in growing and profitable
industry segments. Built on a platform
of personal service, customer commitment
and flexible pricing, TRANSFIRST is
headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and
has operations facilities in Louisville,
Colo., Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Kan.,
Newport Beach, Calif., Milwaukee,
Wis. and Langhorne, Penn. Company
wide, TRANSFIRST currently processes
approximately $22 billion in annual
sales volume for more than 160,000
merchants and more than 965 financial
institutions. TRANSFIRST can be reached
at 1-800-745-2659 or at www.TRANSFIRST.com.
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Baltimore, MD (May
2006): Infotech Global Inc. (IGI) co-sponsored,
the 2006 15th Annual WEDI National Conference
held from May 22nd to May 26th, 2006
in Baltimore , Maryland. The conference
held on the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore,
Maryland addresses front line issues
of primary concern to the healthcare
industry. Industry experts provide key
information and case studies on issues
such as: HIPAA Implementation, including
Transactions, NPI, Attachments, Privacy
and Security; Interoperability issues,
EHRs; and RHIOs.
The conference was
kicked off with two concurrent pre-conference
events. One will be an NPIOI Education
Forum, and the second a Health IT Certification
Pre-conference. The event will conclude
with a special post-conference session,
a CAQH CORE Educational Workshop.
In keeping with the theme of the conference
IGI showcased its ORBIT® solution
aimed at Commercial, National, Regional
and State Payers. ORBIT® is a Payer-Partner
connectivity portal which eliminates
the need for per member per month (PMPM)
or transaction fees.
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- April 2006 -
IGI Co-Sponsors 2006 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference and launches ORBIT® Napa Valley, CA >>
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The 2006 National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference held at Napa Valley, California from April 2 through April 5, 2006 was co-sponsored by Infotech Global Inc. (IGI). The conference themed "EDI Uncorked: Beyond Administrative Transactions" was attended by senior executives from various BCBS Plans, their affiliates and partners from across the country. In keeping with the conference theme IGI launched its ORBIT® solution aimed at the Commercial, National, Regional and State Payers. |
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The NPAG conference was hosted by Blue Shield of California and was geared toward EDI and Provider Education personnel who interface with providers and vendors. The conference featured Plan Share discussions, latest technology implementations, successful HIPAA implementation plans and breakout sessions that focused on a variety of specific issues.
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During the conference, ORBIT® emerged as the only Payer connectivity portal which eliminated the need for per member per month (PMPM) or transaction fees. The feedback received on ORBIT® was very promising with several Blue Cross Executives showing active interest in this unique offering.
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- March 2006 - IGI re-engaged by one of the most trusted On-Demand Access Provider Somerset, NJ >>
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IGI has been re-engaged by one of the World's most trusted On-Demand Access Provider. |
Expanding the existing relationship, our client decided to engage us for updating its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) application used for its customers. This application allows our client to clearly explain the benefits of deploying its infrastructure solution to their customers, thereby shortening the sales cycle and speeding deal closures. IGI has also been engaged to re-brand one of the websites for this client.
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- March 20, 2006 -
Edelman implements IGI's web based customer project tracking system >>
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Edelman, the world's largest independent public relations firm, has implemented Orbit® to monitor and track all requests/enhancements related to their EMAP project that recently kicked off. Orbit® will also allow management users access to on demand reporting to manage the development lifecycle and milestones of the re-engineering of EMAP.
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March 2006 - EDELMAN PICKS IGI
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Edelman, the world's largest independent public relations firm, has contracted with IGI to offer outsourced technology development services. The initial project that IGI will develop involves re-engineering a web-based application that analyzes media feeds from 3rd party media sources.
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