The MAPS Health Suite, Offered in Partnership with Allocate Software, Streamlines the Staffing Process to Improve the Effectiveness of Clinical Staff to Better Meet Patient Demand

Natick, MA – March 10, 2010 – Interbit Data, a leader in software and services for improving healthcare efficiency, offers a solution that addresses the shortage of registered nurses, a growing problem in healthcare organizations which affects patient care and safety. The MAPS Health Suite, a workforce scheduling and optimization software application, makes the best use of available staff by placing the right number and type of skills required on a unit at the right time.

Offered in partnership with Allocate Software, a recognized leader in scheduling, MAPS Health Suite automates the time-consuming task of staff scheduling and resource allocation, saving hours of time that can be devoted to delivering quality patient care. By offering highly efficient workforce management capabilities with advanced scheduling functionality, MAPS Health Suite helps healthcare organizations to lower labor costs, improve nurse retention and increase patient satisfaction.

“With nurses as a scarce but critical resource, optimizing staff scheduling has become a necessary operational requirement to ensure high quality patient care and satisfactory patient outcomes,” said Arthur Young, president of Interbit Data. “By replacing inefficient, manual workforce scheduling processes with a powerful automated tool, healthcare organizations can make more efficient and effective use of their nursing staff and their workforce in general.”

According to Julie Halliday, director of nursing at North Middlesex University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, “Not only is the MAPS Health Suite solution proven in other hospitals in our organization, but our nursing staff is positive about working with it. MAPS improves staff satisfaction and allows more time caring for patients. For the organization as a whole, it ensures more efficient use of our nursing resources.”

“With MAPS Health Suite, our staff can gain by having fair shift allocations and we can ensure the staff with the relevant skills and competencies are deployed,” said Pat Hackett, director of adults and community division, South Birmingham Community Health. “We use our qualified resources wisely while improving patient satisfaction.”

The shortage of registered nurses is felt globally and is expected to worsen over the next decade as nurses retire, healthcare demands rise with the aging baby boomer population and the number of yearly nursing school graduates is unable to keep pace with the demand for new nurses. The U.S. nurse shortage is expected to reach 260,000 by 2025. In Canada, a nationwide shortage of 78,000 nurses is expected by the Canadian Nurses Association within the next three years, and the country is expected to reach a critical nurse shortage level by 2016. The nurse shortage is a situation that is being experienced globally

While government, education and healthcare industry initiatives are in place to address the nurse shortage and reverse the trend of nurses leaving the field and declining enrollment in nursing schools, MAPS Health Suite can provide an interim solution to this already critical situation and help healthcare organizations with returning the quality of patient care and outcomes to optimal levels.

About MAPS Health Suite

The MAPS Health Suite is a unique approach to clinical scheduling, designed to improve the effectiveness of nursing and other clinical staff to better meet patient demand. MAPS Health suite streamlines the entire staffing process – from modeling the demand, through to scheduling and payroll – making it more effective.

About Allocate Software

Allocate Software plc is the leading workforce optimization software applications provider for global organizations with large, multi-skilled workforces. With over 19 years of experience, the company ensures customers can match operational demands with workforce supply. Founded in 1991, Allocate Software plc is a British public company listed on the UK AIM Stock market. For more information about Allocate Software, visit their Website at www.allocatesoftware.com

About Interbit Data

Founded in 1997 and named to the 2009 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest growing companies, Interbit Data helps healthcare organizations deliver better, more consistent patient care with secure, reliable and cost-effective software solutions that improve operational efficiency. The company’s information distribution products deliver information securely over the Internet in multiple formats, such as fax, print, email, encrypted file or HL7 message format, and integrate it easily into physicians’ practice EMRs. Interbit Data’s business continuance products give healthcare providers continuous access to patient data in the event of a network or system outage. Interbit Data products are used by more than 650 MEDITECH® customers worldwide.

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Debra in News | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: global nurse shortage, healthcare staff scheduling, nurse shift scheduling

Leading Provider of Solutions for Optimizing Healthcare IT Earns Success By Meeting Data Interoperability and Business Continuance Needs of Hospitals and Other Healthcare Organizations

Natick, MA – January 20, 2009 – Interbit Data, a leading provider of software and services for improving healthcare efficiency, today announced the company has exceeded its revenue goals for 2009, attaining its best year ever in terms of growth and revenue. The company reports $2.7 million in revenue for 2009, a 50% increase over 2008. Interbit Data has averaged 50% revenue growth year over year since 2006.

“Because healthcare organizations are required to meet data interoperability requirements for economic stimulus funding and comply with governmental regulations such as HIPAA, they must implement technologies that enable fast and secure data exchange and protect patient information during system downtime,” said Arthur Young, president of Interbit Data. “Our continuing growth, even during the current economic climate, is due to our ability to respond with solutions that save critical time, ensure patient confidentiality, and create efficiencies that reduce costs yet improve the delivery of patient care.”

Interbit Data ended 2009 with the addition of 40 new customer accounts to its current base of 600 customers across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. New customers include Mercy Medical Center (OH and IA), Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital (CO) and Southcoast Hospitals Group (MA). The company also experienced a 25% increase in sales of additional products to its existing customer base. Interbit Data primarily sells its solutions to hospitals and other healthcare organizations.

Interbit Data was also named this year to the Inc. Magazine list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the United States. The company ranked No. 2909 as a result of achieving over 96% growth from 2005 to 2008, a growth rate that is 70% more than other companies in the same industry. This was Interbit Data’s first year listed on the Inc. 5000.

Interbit Data offers three types of solutions that contribute to increased productivity, reduced costs and, ultimately, better and more consistent patient care:

• Information distribution – automates the secure transfer of information in multiple formats (print, fax, email or file), easily integrating it into electronic medical records (EMRs) using the industry standard HL7 format.
• Business continuance – ensures up-to-date patient data is readily available in the event of a network or system outage.
• Scheduling and workforce optimization – designed to improve the effectiveness of nursing and other clinical staff to better meet patient demand. MAPS Health Suite streamlines the entire process – from modeling the demand, through to scheduling and payroll.

About Interbit Data

Founded in 1997, Interbit Data helps healthcare organizations deliver better, more consistent patient care with secure, reliable and cost-effective software solutions that improve operational efficiency. The company’s information distribution products deliver information securely over the Internet in multiple formats, such as fax, print, email, encrypted file or HL7 message format, and integrate it easily into physicians’ practice EMRs. Interbit Data’s business continuance products give healthcare providers continuous access to patient data in the event of a network or system outage. Interbit Data products are used by more than 650 MEDITECH® customers worldwide.

Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Debra in News | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: healthcare efficiency, interoperability, meaningful use

That’s the title of a blog post from Software Advice’s Medical Blog that contains a 60 minute webinar video explaining the details about how the stimulus funding will be allocated to physicians who adopt EHRs and the timeframes to do so.

Justin Barnes, chairman of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association and vice president of Greenway Medical Technologies, answers many questions about this program such as:

• How the stimulus money will be paid out
• What it takes to qualify for funding
• Which specialities qualify for funding
• How “meaningful us” is defined
• What constitutes a “qualified EHR”

Meaningful use begines January 1, 2011 and practices should be starting their EHR adoption now. This webinar is a comprehensive look at this program and is a must see for anyone involved with the process within their healthcare practice.

Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Debra in Heathcare Reform | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: EHR, electronic health records, meaningful use, stimulus funding allocation

Interbit Data Appoints Accomplished Customer Support Professional as Manager of Existing Accounts

Sarah Bloom Brings Wealth of Customer Relations and Support Experience in the Healthcare Industry

Natick, MA – December 15, 2009 – Interbit Data, a leading provider of software and services for improving healthcare efficiency, today announced that customer support expert, Sarah Bloom, has joined the company as account manager, existing accounts. In this role, Ms. Bloom will be working with Interbit Data’s existing customers to make certain they are maximizing the products they are using, obtaining top-level service and utilizing all the solutions available for ensuring their organization is operating efficiently, securely and in a manner that allows them to provide the best in patient care.

Ms. Bloom has 10 years experience in the healthcare industry in key roles executing customer relations, support and training. Prior to joining Interbit Data, Ms. Bloom spent eight years at Cardinal Health, most recently serving as an on-site customer support representative for its Pyxis PatientStation at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA. She has accumulated skills in providing first-line technical and logistical product service as well as ensuring customer satisfaction.

“Sarah has a talent for gaining customer loyalty and ensuring customers’ business objectives are met,” said Arthur Young, president of Interbit Data. “Her tenure with Cardinal Health has given her the experience to succeed in the fast-changing healthcare industry. Her superior communication skills will be integral to further enhancing our customer service and driving sales of NetSolutions, our products for optimizing efficiency and ensuring business continuity in healthcare organizations.”

“My experience in the healthcare industry has equipped me to understand the technological challenges faced by healthcare organizations as they strive to uphold the highest level of patient care,” said Ms. Bloom. “My new position is a great opportunity to continue my accomplishments with software promotion and support, and make a significant contribution to expanding Interbit Data’s sales across its product line and heightening customer satisfaction.”

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Debra in Company, News | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: customer relationship manager, existing accounts manager

In an article published today in Mass High Tech, business as a result of Obama’s Stimulus plan is slow to materialize.

According to the article, the “ARRA does not begin offering incentives to doctors and hospitals to implement electronic medical records until 2011, and providers are waiting for guidance on so-called “meaningful use” rules, which are expected to be finalized next month.”

In the article, Arthur Young, president of Interbit Data, says:

“To some extent the stimulus is having the opposite effect. Customers are holding back from buying products while they wait to hear the final guidelines.”

Young goes on to state that Interbit Data has done some new targeted marketing of its products, to help reassure providers that the applications will conform to the “meaningful use” rules.

Is your hospital waiting to purchase IT solutions to support the “meaningful use” rules or have you already started investing? Let us know.

Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Debra in Heathcare Reform | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: ARRA, healthcare reform, Obama's Stimulus plan, stimulus funding

DCH Regional Medical Center Finds Innovative Uses for Interbit Data’s Information Distribution Software, Maximizing its Time and Cost Savings

The Versatility of NetDelivery Offers “Limitless” Range of Applications for Hospital Departments Distributing Data and Reports to Multiple Recipients

Natick, MA – November 17, 2009 – Primarily used for electronically distributing patient data from healthcare IT systems (HCISs) via multiple channels, Interbit Data’s NetDelivery has yielded a range of applications for DCH Regional Medical Center. As a result, the Tuscaloosa, Alabama hospital accelerated the return on its investment by saving multiple users and departments the time and costs of hand-delivering information. The organization currently saves $40,000 per year in printing and mailing costs alone and expects to save more as it further reduces mailing of documents.

DCH Regional Medical Center uses NetDelivery to securely and accurately send data and reports from the HCIS to doctor’s offices, nursing homes, the Veterans Administration hospital, state mental health agencies and billing companies — over 80 locations altogether. NetDelivery also distributes timesheets, direct deposit notices, and other documents from the hospital’s human resources department to its employees.

“NetDelivery gives us the ability to push data through the Internet on-demand and deliver it faster and more reliably,” said Kelly Wells, assistant director of IT, DCH Regional Medical Center. “The possibilities are almost limitless as far as what you can distribute. We’ve really just scratched the surface as far as what we can do with NetDelivery.”

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Posted on November 16th, 2009 by Debra in News | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: healthcare IT, healthcare operational efficiency, patient data distribution

Interbit Data’s Information Distribution Software is a Key Componenet for Ensuring Healthcare Providers Meet Requirements for Health IT Stimulus Funding

With its NetDelivery Software, Interbit Data Enables Fast and Efficient Exchange of Data Between Healthcare Information Systems and Physician and Hospital Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)

Natick, MA – November 4, 2009 – Interbit Data, a leading provider of software and services for improving healthcare efficiency, supports healthcare providers who want to meet data interoperability requirements for funding offered by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). With NetDelivery and the NetDelivery Integration Module, Interbit Data’s information distribution software, data and reports generated by a Health Care Information System (HCIS), such as MEDITECH, is securely and reliably reformatted into HL7 messages and easily integrated in physicians’ EMRs.

“As part of demonstrating what the economic stimulus law defines as ‘meaningful use’ of EMRs, hospitals need to implement capabilities for exchanging key clinical data with physicians and labs,” said Arthur Young, president of Interbit Data. “NetDelivery with the Integration Module supports data interoperability by streamlining and securing the HL7 data transfer process, thus improving efficiency, eliminating risk and heightening healthcare providers’ overall abilities to provide optimal patient care.”

“Alameda Hospital’s utilization of Interbit Data’s NetDelivery Integration Module enables the Hospital to be a technology innovator in our community. We’re delivering critical discrete lab results directly from our MEDITECH HCIS to area Physicians’ EHR, including GE Centricity, via HL7, fax or email,” states Robert Lundy-Paine, Director of Information Systems, Alameda Hospital, Alameda, CA. “Interbit Data’s NetDelivery is a powerful tool improving Health Care and Sharing Information, long before it was popular.”

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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Debra in News | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: ARRA, healthcare IT stimulus, interoperability, IT Stimulus Funding

In case you were wondering, Interbit Data supports healthcare providers who want to meet data interoperability requirements for funding offered by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). With NetDelivery and the NetDelivery Integration Module, our information distribution software, data and reports generated by a Health Care Information System (HCIS), such as MEDITECH, is securely and reliably reformatted into HL7 messages and easily integrated in physicians’ EMRs.

As part of demonstrating what the economic stimulus law defines as ‘meaningful use’ of EMRs, hospitals need to implement capabilities for exchanging key clinical data with physicians and labs. NetDelivery with the Integration Module supports data interoperability by streamlining and securing the HL7 data transfer process, thus improving efficiency, eliminating risk and heightening healthcare providers’ overall abilities to provide optimal patient care.

“Alameda Hospital’s utilization of Interbit Data’s NetDelivery Integration Module enables the Hospital to be a technology innovator in our community. We’re delivering critical discrete lab results directly from our MEDITECH HCIS to area Physicians’ EHR, including GE Centricity, via HL7, fax or email,” states Robert Lundy-Paine, Director of Information Systems, Alameda Hospital, Alameda, CA. “Interbit Data’s NetDelivery is a powerful tool improving Health Care and Sharing Information, long before it was popular.”

Read the press release on NetDelivery’s support of Interoperability.

Want to know more? Download our whitepaper on interoperability and meaningful use.

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Debra in Company | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: ARRA, healthcare IT stimulus, interoperability

November 16 & 17
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Many of the delegates who attend HealthAchieve are the hardest to reach professionals in the health care industry: Hospital and Health Care Associations CEOs, Board Chairs, Trustees, Senior Management, financial and information technology decision influencers. And with so many exhibitors attending year after year, it’s clear that participation is a good investment.

For more information about this conference, please visit the HealthAchieve2009 website.

Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Debra in Events | Permalink | Comments »

Removes Risk of Errors Using Interbit Data for Transfering Patient Data to Practice Solutions’ Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)

Interbit Data’s NetDelivery Distributes HL7 and Patient Data Quickly and Efficiently to Records Managed by Canada’s Leading EMR Software Provider

Natick, MA – October 6, 2009 – Interbit Data, a leading provider of software and services for improving healthcare efficiency, reports that NetDelivery, its information distribution solution, has delivered across-the-board results for Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH), helping to improve its level of patient care.

Based in Ontario, Canada, CMH has reduced time, costs, paper waste and the risk of error by using NetDelivery to electronically transfer data in HL7 and other formats from its healthcare IT system to physicians’ electronic medical records (EMRs) supported by Practice Solutions Software. A subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association, Practice Solutions is Canada’s leading EMR software provider and Ontario’s largest, and it is certified as a funding eligible clinical management system (CMS) by OntarioMD.

“Using electronic data distribution saves paper, reduces paper costs and eliminates manual handling of data, which can take hours, pose a risk to data security and patient privacy, and increase inaccuracies,” said Brad Smith, clinical applications consultant at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. “With NetDelivery, reports are delivered to physicians’ secure hospital network folders in real-time. All they need to do is go to the secure portal connecting them to the hospital, find their network folder and click and drag their patient’s file to their hard drive and their Practice Solutions EMR. NetDelivery transfers lab test results to the EMR via HL7, removing the need to type results into the EMR and risk transcription errors.”
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Debra in News | Permalink | Comments »
Tags: data integration, electronic medical records, EMR, HL7 interoperability