BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Jan. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Authentidate Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:ADAT), a provider of secure web-based software applications and telehealth products and services for healthcare organizations, today announced that the Premier healthcare alliance, a national performance improvement organization, has awarded a group purchasing agreement to Authentidate for the provision of remote patient monitoring telehealth solutions in the Premier Physiological Monitoring, Vital Signs category. As a contracted supplier, Authentidate's Electronic House Call™ (EHC) Kiosk, and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solutions will be available for purchase by the hospitals, clinics and other healthcare organizations who are members of Premier.
Authentidate's remote patient monitoring telehealth solutions enable patients to return to their normal routines, while providing frequent updates of patient vital signs and related data to healthcare providers. By allowing healthcare providers to set-up tailored monitoring sessions to meet specific patient needs, the Authentidate remote monitoring solutions are designed to contribute to improved patient outcomes with fewer in-person doctor or emergency room visits. Providers can use remote patient monitoring, which reduces costs and allows for improved patient care, to oversee patients who have chronic diseases such as Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Diabetes, Hypertension and Sleep Apnea.
The EHC and the multi-user Kiosk touch screen devices are designed to improve patient care and reduce costs by delivering patient vital signs and patient responses to session questions about their condition to healthcare providers through the secure web-based application. The EHC and Kiosk devices both connect to a wide variety of industry-standard peripherals that measure patient vital signs. The IVR service uses the latest in voice recognition technology to allow patients to answer their session questions and enter their vital signs data verbally or using the key pad from any touch tone phone. IVR is great for patients who require a flexible, mobile solution for care plan reminders and vital signs monitoring.
With all of the Authentidate telehealth solutions, a patient's vital signs and answers to session questions are immediately viewable on the secure web-based application by authorized care providers. Automated reminders are available for monitoring sessions, medication schedules, diets, disease specific education modules as well as follow-up physician visit reminders. These features help to increase care plan compliance, prepare patients to self-manage their disease in accordance with the care plan devised by their healthcare provider and contribute to improved overall outcomes.
"Authentidate's remote patient monitoring telehealth solutions offer Premier members leading-edge tools to support the ongoing management and care coordination needs of their patients with chronic diseases. It is our expectation that our telehealth products and services will help Premier members achieve improved outcomes and reduced hospital readmissions for their patients. We are proud to be an authorized Premier supplier and look forward to serving their member organizations. This relationship is an important part of our marketing strategy that will support our long-term growth objectives in the marketplace," commented Seth Loonan, Director of Marketing at Authentidate Holding Corp.
About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 80,000-plus other healthcare sites using the power of collaboration to lead the transformation to high quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier has worked with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com. Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
About Authentidate Holding Corp.
Authentidate Holding Corp. is a provider of secure web-based software applications and telehealth products and services that enable healthcare organizations to coordinate care for patients and enhance related administrative and clinical workflows. Our products and services enable healthcare organizations to increase revenues, reduce costs and enhance patient care by eliminating paper and manual work steps from clinical and administrative processes. Our ExpressMD™ telehealth solution combines Electronic House Call, an FDA 510(k) cleared in-home patient vital signs monitoring system, with a web application that streamlines patient monitoring. Delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS), customers only require an Internet connection and web browser to access our web-based applications thereby utilizing previous investments in systems and technology. The company's healthcare customers and users include leading homecare companies, health systems, physician groups and governmental entities. These organizations utilize the company's products and services to coordinate care for patients outside of acute-care.
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