Hitachi America, Ltd and Medibase Solutions, Inc has announced that an Ohio health system with two hospitals is using Hitachi's Finger vein authentication (VeinID), which incorporates Medibase's identity management technology to help ensure accurate patient identification. Initially, the Ohio health system plans to deploy Hitachi's SDK and finger vein scanners in the Emergency Departments of both hospitals. This Ohio health system currently uses Medibase's identity management products to aid in positive patient identification. The new biometric solution, BASEmetricT, will be seamlessly integrated into the health system's existing registration processes to enroll new patients and to authenticate returning ones. The integration represents the logical next step toward improving the patient enrollment and identification processes, and it demonstrates the health system's commitment to ensuring patient safety and privacy. Read more...

Aprima Medical Software, a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR), practice management (PM) and revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions for medical practices, today announced Aprima Version 2011 (Aprima 2011) has been inspected by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) and is a pre-market CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR additionally certified for Child Health EHR technology. Aprima 2011 also achieved a usability score of 5 out of 5. The Aprima 2011 product's CCHIT certification is pre-market, pending live use of the application in two practices for 45 days. Read more...

Sage North America today announced high-level findings from Aberdeen Group’s recently published third annual payments report, titled “Global Payments: Maximizing Cash Flow with Electronic Payments and Process Automation.” According to the report, leading companies are employing electronic payments and process automation to streamline and accelerate finance processes, reduce operating costs, and improve visibility, control, and efficiency to provide a foundation for increased profits. Read more...