OpenSpan Partners With Initiate Systems to Improve Interoperability with Leading Healthcare Systems

Business Wire,  July 30, 2008  

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OpenSpan Platform to Extend Capabilities of Initiate([R]) Enterprise Integrator Toolkit, Providing Healthcare Industry with Faster Access to Data and Better Patient Care

ATLANTA -- OpenSpan, Inc., a worldwide leader in desktop productivity and SOA acceleration software, today announced that it has partnered with Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in master data management (MDM) solutions and enterprise master person index (EMPI) software, to enhance interoperability for healthcare industry applications and data. Under the terms of the OEM partnership, Initiate Systems will use the OpenSpan Platform to extend the capabilities of the Initiate([R]) Enterprise Integrator Toolkit integration component, enabling healthcare organizations to more quickly and easily integrate health information exchange solutions.

With the ability to integrate across heterogeneous, legacy clinical systems and provide access to that data in multiple thick-client, Web-based and other point-of-service applications, OpenSpan and Initiate Systems enable healthcare organizations to make the latest, most accurate patient data available when and where it is most needed. Initiate Systems can deliver its high-performance patient identification solutions more broadly in the context of other clinical services, such as patient search, exchange of patient data between healthcare providers and helping establish and enforce patient consent privileges. By making a single view of the patient more accessible, healthcare organizations can improve the speed and accuracy of patient information and are positioned to provide better quality of patient care.

"Interoperability, data integration and data management are of critical importance in the healthcare industry," said Lorraine Fernandes, vice president, healthcare industry ambassador, Initiate Systems. "The OpenSpan Platform provides the flexibility required to integrate data between our applications and our customers' closed healthcare applications. This will enable customers with closed systems to leverage the Initiate Enterprise Integrator Toolkit."

The OpenSpan Platform enhances the integration capabilities of the Initiate Enterprise Integrator Toolkit, enabling healthcare organizations to provide access to high-quality patient data across legacy and Web-based point-of-service applications.

"With a faster, more cost-effective approach to integration, the OpenSpan Platform is helping organizations in every industry to more quickly realize the business benefits of application and data integration," said Francis Carden, CEO, OpenSpan. "Initiate Systems is using the OpenSpan Platform to enable its patient identification services to be integrated into large healthcare systems without incurring any modification to the systems. This enables Initiate to provide its customers with a complete view of patient information, which allows for HIPAA compliance and improved patient care."

About Initiate Systems

Initiate Systems, Inc. enables organizations to strategically leverage and share critical data assets. Its master data management (MDM) software and experience as an information exchange leader provide organizations with complete, accurate and real-time views of data spread across multiple systems or databases, even outside the firewall. This allows companies to unlock the value of their data assets for competitive advantages or operational improvements. Initiate Systems operates globally through its subsidiaries, with corporate headquarters in Chicago and offices across the U.S., and Toronto, London and Sydney. For more information, visit www.InitiateSystems.com.

About OpenSpan, Inc.

Global 2000 enterprises leverage the OpenSpan Platform to integrate applications, service-enable legacy systems, automate business processes, extend functionality and build new composite applications in order to realize immediate value on their IT investments. OpenSpan and its partners utilize the company's unique approach to integration to accelerate service-oriented architecture (SOA) deployments and increase enterprise desktop productivity. OpenSpan received the 2008 SIIA CODiE Award for Software Newcomer of the Year, the 2008 Editors' Choice Award from Redmond magazine and the 2007 Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine. A venture-backed company, OpenSpan is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. More information about OpenSpan is located online at www.openspan.com.

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