Initiate Systems Wins Award for Work with Ochsner Health System

CHICAGO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions for information sharing and improved data quality, announced today the company received the 2009 Vision Award for Business Impact from the BeyeNETWORK for its work with Ochsner Health System, Louisiana's largest private health system. Initiate's Ochsner entry won in the "Data Access, Integration and Executability" category.

BeyeNETWORK provides the business intelligence community with information through its newsletters, articles, podcasts, expert-hosted channels and blogs. The Vision Award recognizes the efforts of companies that have successfully used business intelligence (BI) software and technology to positively impact their organizations.

"The judges were very impressed with how Initiate's solution helped Ochsner improve efficiencies by linking records and resolving duplicate patient records across multiple systems," said Mary Jo Nott, executive editor of BeyeNETWORK. "Initiate's work with Ochsner Health System is a compelling example of true business impact on an organization, as their solution enables the evolution of electronic medical records and helps transform healthcare in America."

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, Ochsner has been on the front lines of unparalleled population shifts, making it difficult to obtain demographic and medical information about patients as they relocate and move between facilities. Ochsner implemented the Initiate Interoperable Health solution as an enterprise master person index (EMPI) to create a comprehensive view of all patient records, accessible from any of its seven hospitals or 35 clinics, during registration or at the point-of-care.

"Initiate enables us to deliver a superior healthcare experience to patients across our growing delivery network," said Chris Belmont, vice president and CIO of Ochsner. "With the EMPI in place, we are better positioned to increase the adoption rate of electronic medical records, lower administrative costs and reduce the time it takes for patient registration."

An excerpt from Initiate's winning Ochsner entry, including comments from judges, can be found on the BeyeNETWORK Web site.

(http://www.b-eye-network.com/awards/vision2009/index.php?name=ochsner)

A podcast with Chris Belmont also is available on the BeyeNETWORK Web site.

(http://www.b-eye-network.com/listen/11938)

In addition to its work with Ochsner, Initiate's interoperable solutions support hundreds of healthcare organizations across North America in their efforts to exchange health information among clinicians and disparate systems in real-time.

About Initiate Systems

Initiate Systems enables organizations to confidently share critical data assets. Multinational corporations, healthcare organizations and government agencies rely on Initiate software and services to deliver complete, accurate and real-time views of data spread across multiple systems, domains or databases. Initiate's multi-domain master data management (MDM) solutions facilitate interoperability, information sharing, entity resolution and data quality to increase revenues, reduce costs and mitigate risks. Initiate operates globally through its subsidiaries, with corporate headquarters in Chicago and offices across the U.S., and in Toronto, London and Sydney. For more information, visit www.Initiate.com.

Media Contact:
Maria Diecidue
Initiate Systems, Inc.
312-395-1345
mdiecidue@Initiate.com