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

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.

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.

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.

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).