BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Nov. 29, 2011 (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 it has signed a non-exclusive national reseller agreement with SHI International Corp. The agreement allows SHI International to offer Authentidate's Inscrybe® Healthcare Referral and Order Management, Inscrybe® Hospital Discharge and ExpressMD™ Remote Patient Monitoring healthcare solutions to their customers.
"We are pleased to add the Authentidate and ExpressMD healthcare solutions to our product portfolio," commented Denise Verdicchio, Account Executive of SHI International Corp. "These are important healthcare solutions for our customers who are responsible for coordinating the continuing care of their patients. We believe that these innovative and proven solutions will help us continue to build our healthcare market segment."
Authentidate's software and products for healthcare organizations accelerate placement at care facilities or with care providers, speed care order completion and approval, connect patients to their care providers, and monitor patients remotely.
Inscrybe Hospital Discharge is web-based software service designed to simplify and speed the entire discharge process. Allowing discharge planners to find the best care facilities or home care providers for their patients more efficiently and cost effectively than current practices in this area.
Inscrybe Healthcare Referral and Order Management is a web-based software service that enables providers and suppliers to process referrals and care orders faster and more accurately than ever before. Users can exchange, update, complete and electronically sign referrals and care orders quickly and accurately using this solution.
The unique ExpressMD telehealth solutions were created to help caregivers remotely monitor and manage chronically ill patients using these secure web-based services. Easy-to-use in-home touch screen monitoring devices or our interactive voice response service, for more mobile patients, remind patients to take their own vital signs with accurate wired and wireless measurement devices, providing results to their physicians and care coordinators on a secure website.
"SHI is an important resource as we continue to grow our sales channels. We look forward to building a business relationship that will support our mutual growth and profitability. SHI is a leading reseller of software and hardware solutions and Authentidate is a leading provider of care coordination solutions for healthcare organizations. We expect great things from our new reseller relationship," said Ben Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer of Authentidate Holding Corp.
About SHI International Corp.
Founded in 1989, SHI International Corp. is a $3.5 billion+ global provider of technology products and services. Driven by the industry's most experienced and stable sales force and backed by software volume licensing experts, hardware procurement specialists, and certified IT services professionals, SHI delivers custom IT solutions to Corporate, Enterprise, Public Sector, and Academic customers. With over 1,750 + employees worldwide, SHI is the largest Minority/Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) in the U.S. and is ranked 19th among Everything Channel's VAR 500 list of North American IT solution providers.
For more information about SHI International, visit the company's website at www.shi.com
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.
For more information, visit the company's website at www.authentidate.com
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Authentidate and Inscrybe are registered trademarks of Authentidate Holding Corp. ExpressMD is a trademark of our subsidiary ExpressMD Solutions, LLC. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.