CLARK, N.J., August 20, 2008 – The daily challenges facing a medical center are numerous. From handling incoming patient registration to securing proper documentation and identification for use in the back office accounting and remittance procedures, the paper intensity found in many healthcare facilities is at times, overwhelming.

Printing multiple copies of paper reports that need to reach specific employees in specific departments in a specified period of time can all too easily become a colossal problem. Add to this deluge of documents the fact that these many pieces of papers – sometimes reams of paper – need to be separated, collated and then hand delivered to key individuals throughout the organization and you have a reporting records challenge to state the least.

Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) located in Kingman, Arizona, was well aware of the issues surrounding document management. As a well-respected 235-bed regional healthcare facility, they have a keen understanding of what is needed to provide the right information to the right department at the right time. The ability to keep accurate and timely records is a crucial step in providing optimized patient care. Being able to archive data so that reports could easily be retrieved was a key goal of the KRMC Information Systems (IS) department and they found such a solution in DB Technology’s flagship software, Report Automation System (RAS).

A recognized leader in automated information and report distribution solutions, DB Technology, enabled KRMC’s IS and Materials Management departments to easily gather and organize data from disparate computer systems and to capture this data in a single repository for easy, fast and unencumbered access. Utilizing DB Technology’s RAS software, years of dusty binders on sagging shelves have been replaced with an online easy to view and access state-of-the art document management system.

“Try to imagine the scope involved in having to print multiple copies of paper reports that need to reach a host of employees spread out over dozens of hospital departments,” said Barry Moore, director of accounting for KRMC. “Compound this scenario with printers jamming and reports being misplaced, misfiled or lost before reaching the employees who need direct and timely access to the information – and what you have is a paper silo nightmare,” he added.

KRMC was in need of an easy to use, cost effective solution that would enable reports and documents to seamlessly be archived and easily retrievable by authorized personnel. The ability to easily capture, access, process and distribute information and simultaneously eliminate the costly process of manual labor were key components of what KRMC was looking for in a document management solution.

“Getting a handle on paper expenditures while providing accurate and timely report information to accounting and other departments is critical to long term financial viability, and it is something that we pride ourselves on at DB Technology,” said David Wechsler, president and CEO of DB Technology. “We are honored to be working with Kingman Regional Medical Center and are pleased to witness the benefits that RAS technology brings to their facility.”

Utilizing DB Technology’s RAS technology, KRMC is now able to easily store and retrieve reports that are available in user-friendly electronic folders that can be viewed historically and can also be filtered, sorted and integrated into the healthcare provider’s Monarch data mining software.

“We wanted an archival system so that reports would be available to be viewed for an extended length of time, and we needed a system that was compatible with our existing data mining Monarch software,” said Moore. “RAS was the only system able to address all of the issues in a single solution,” he added.

Additionally, the healthcare provider credits DB Technology’s RAS software with:

“With RAS, reports can now easily be sent electronically reducing the paper burden and reprinting of a motley collection of reports. For example, monthly expense reports used to be printed and managers would have to write on them to justify expenditures. Now, these documents are available on RAS, enabling managers to electronically send a report to accounting. The bottom line is a huge cost savings in time, paper and manual labor,” stated Moore.

Today, KRMC is running a seamless back office that excels in customer satisfaction and improved back office processing. “We credit DB Technology with providing us an easy to use, easy to maintain solution that is backed by optimized security and superior customer service. Paper silos are a thing of the past,” he added.

About the RAS Platform
DB Technology’s latest version of the RAS software, RAS 3.28, is designed to address the critical function of financial and operational information capture and report distribution, which in hospitals spans everything from patient registration to remittance. The software solution effectively maximizes revenues while streamlining the workflow automation process and eliminating paper.

The RAS 3.28 module is designed to breakdown departmental document silos by enabling users to seamlessly capture a host of financial and clinical documents including: Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), advanced directives, referrals, face sheets, and eligibility reports to name a few. Unlike traditional document management software, RAS does not require specialized interfaces to other computer systems or applications, but rather is able to capture data from any number of formats from text to HL7 to EDI to Excel to PDF. Once captured, the data can be used to format reports that are then easily accessible from the Web, network or via e-mail.

The RAS software suite easily integrates with leading healthcare and financial information systems including Epic, Cerner, Siemens, MEDITECH, McKesson, QuadraMed, PeopleSoft, and Lawson.

About Kingman Regional Medical Center
Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) is a 235-bed not-for-profit facility with a 193-general acute bed capacity and an additional 20-bed Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Center. KRMC has a strong cardiology program with a state of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory that offers elective and emergency interventional procedures. KRMC is equipped with leading edge imaging equipment. In addition to its general services, KRMC offers to its community Occupational Health Services, a Cancer Center, a family practice clinic and a 35,000 square foot Wellness and Rehabilitation Center, which includes an educational center, full-service workout facilities, outpatient Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Cardiac Rehabilitation. For more information please visit http://www.azkrmc.com/.

About DB Technology
Celebrating 25 years in the information technology industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management and report distribution process. Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes. The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized. DB Technology’s products and services give hospitals the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources. For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., June 19, 2008 – DB Technology, a recognized leader in automated information and report distribution solutions, today announced results from an audit which it conducted to measure how much its healthcare customers can save on average with the use of its innovative Report Automation System (RAS) software technology. DB Technology compiled data from a variety of studies including Gartner and PricewaterhouseCoopers and created an internal audit designed to help their clients quantify the actual cost savings using the RAS software platform.

For example, DB Technology estimates that the cost savings to a 200-bed healthcare facility is $1.2 million within the first year alone after the installation of the RAS system. This represents a 25 percent cost reduction just within the first twelve months. Over a five year period, that same hospital could realize savings of $4 million.

DB Technology has an established history of working with the healthcare industry and understands first hand how difficult it can be to not only integrate data across disparate systems, but how to then allow these documents to be easily accessed by the right individuals within the right departments. It’s a story that repeats itself on a daily basis and continues to plague the business world: how do you minimize paper trails, shorten accounting cycles and streamline operations?

DB Technology undertook a study of its healthcare clients to gauge just how effective an automated software solution can be in streamlining back office processes including paper usage and onsite file data storage. The company’s software modules which include RAS and its related imaging component known as RASi, have been utilized by a host of healthcare facilities in search of streamlining costs and optimizing back office processes.

“Our approach to solving the ‘paper silo’ issue has been to create a common ground where data from a variety of systems in a variety of formats can be seamlessly integrated to produce meaningful results that can be used by management to make solid business decisions,” said David Wechsler, president and CEO of DB Technology. “RAS effectively enables organizations to maximize corporate revenue by decreasing costs associated with the myriad of paper-oriented revenue cycle processes. When you add the imaging component, RASi, the financial gains are even more astounding.”

DB Technology studied data from its healthcare clients and began to look closely at elements that could be measured – tangibles where the implementation of RAS and RASi had a direct impact on the bottom line. Utilizing data from Gartner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the State of Wisconsin, as well as the American Journal of Medicine and Healthcare Financial Management, the software company designed a series of strategic planning assumptions for healthcare facilities. The company created scenarios for 100, 200, 400 and 600-bed hospitals utilizing certain criteria to ascertain on average how much a hospital could anticipate saving on a yearly basis.

DB Technology made certain cost assumptions, including the percentage of misfiled or lost documents, the time it takes to pull a chart from storage, the percentage of charts needed to be photocopied for release of information processes, annual paper and printing costs, labor costs for assembling, retrieving, photocopying and re-keying data and data file storage costs.

The company’s flagship software solution provides healthcare organizations big and small, the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate sources. And now, these hospitals can put a quantifiable figure with just how much they are saving.

With the RAS software along with its host of customizable modules, hospitals and healthcare facilities can benefit from improved revenue cycles that come with increased efficiencies. DB Technology researched the impact that RASi, the imaging component of RAS, had on a hospital’s bottom line. RASi is used to facilitate document management and workflow in a variety of settings including accounting, remittance and other back office processes as well as for purchasing and patient registration.

Figure 1 represents the estimated cost savings for paper, labor, supplies and file storage for a 200-bed hospital using RAS and RASi over a twelve month period.

Figure 1. Estimated First Year Cost Savings with RAS and RASi

“In the back office, there are three main cost centers that are the nemesis to many a CFO,” said Wechsler. “These are costs for labor, paper and printing, physical storage of data files – everything from patient registration to remittance information – someone has to process this material, sift through the files to find the information and then copy it for the appropriate departments who need access to the data,” he added.

“With RASi, we not only simplify the document management process, but we actually enable hospitals to realize dramatic cost savings upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the course of a few years, across any and all disparate sources,” noted Wechsler. “We have the capabilities to help organizations across a host of industries leverage existing information in a painless, efficient manner,” he added.

Figure 2 illustrates the estimated annual savings that a healthcare facility can realize over a five year period with the use of RASi.

Figure 2. Estimated Annual Savings Over Five Years with RASi

The company’s flagship product offering, RAS is a suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, enabling corporations to easily streamline and manage the paper cycle. RAS automatically transforms data into actionable information by capturing data from any application without the use of interfaces. Once captured the information is easily searched and retrieved in a secure environment. RASi, which adds a scanning component to the platform, automatically captures and organizes valuable information and converts it into digital format, which is easier to manage and distribute.

DB Technology’s latest version of the RAS software, RAS 3.28, is designed to address the critical function of financial and operational information capture and report distribution, which in hospitals spans everything from patient registration to remittance. RASi complements RAS with document imaging and scanning capabilities that manages electronic and hardcopy patient accounting and clinical reports and documents from disparate systems. The information is stored in an electronic patient folder (EPF) for easy retrieval and distribution.

A new feature of RAS is the RAS eForms module which eliminates the need for pre-printed forms and the stacks of paper on which they are created. RAS eForms can create bar-coded forms, including patient ID bands, making it easy to keep all actionable data in one electronic patient folder, eliminating many manual processes.

The RAS software suite easily integrates with leading healthcare and financial information systems including Epic, Cerner, Siemens, MEDITECH, McKesson, QuadraMed, PeopleSoft, and Lawson.

About DB Technology
Celebrating 25 years in the information technology industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management and report distribution process. Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes. The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized. DB Technology’s products and services give hospitals the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources. For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., June 10, 2008 –   The hospitality industry today finds itself searching for technology designed to help it conquer the burgeoning world of paper.  How do you effectively manage and process data across a host of different computer platforms across too many diverse departments and operational units – none of it easily accessible?  The unique nature of the hospitality industry as a 24/7 environment means data needs to be available instantaneously.  How does a night manager easily gather metrics on occupancy rates, guest arrivals and departures, and a slew of other pieces of information without sifting through reams of paper?

The hospitality industry requires solutions that can capture and archive critical guest data in an easy-to-use, easy to understand manner.  This is sometimes easier said than done. Today, hotel properties want to be able to seamlessly access key business indicators without having to sift through mountains of paper.  They want quick and painless access to the material they need when they need it.

DB Technology, a recognized leader of automated information management and reporting solutions has been providing cost-effective and easy-to-use solutions to the hotel industry for close to twenty-five years.  The company’s innovative flagship product, Report Automation System (RAS) is a suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, designed to allow hotels and other hospitality properties including health clubs and spas to easily streamline and manage the paper cycle that often runs rampant across these organizations.

 How is this accomplished?  By leveraging standard print stream technology to pull data into the RAS system where the real magic begins.  The simplicity of the RAS approach is ingenious and the value of aggregating information for streamlined processes and better decisions goes straight to the bottom line, a closely watched number in the hospitality arena.

“The hospitality industry is in need of an optimized method for capturing and archiving information –  from night audit reports, to guest charges and vendor invoices –  that can then be utilized by other departments in a painless and efficient manner,” noted David Wechsler, president and CEO of DB Technology. “Our RAS solution enables authorized individuals to easily monitor access and view activity within the hotel property.  With RAS, the once laborious process of reconciling the night audit has been streamlined, eliminating paper and making the audit stream a painless procedure.  With the addition of Scan-to-RAS, virtually any paper document can be turned into a searchable PDF file, eliminating the need for paper,” he added.

Today, hundreds of hotel properties around the country are leveraging the powerful tools of RAS in everything from property management systems to point-of-sale and payroll systems.  RAS can capture, process and quickly make the information accessible to those who need it. Hotels benefiting from DB Technology’s RAS solution include the Global Hyatt Corporation, one of the world’s premier hotel companies, with over 735 hotels and resorts in more than 44 countries; the Four Seasons, a leading luxury hotel company with 75 hotels in 31 countries as well as the Beverly Hills Hotel a luxury, five-star hotel.

“We are helping hotels address the pain of managing endless streams of paper with a secure, optimized and automated document management suite that is designed to minimize paper trails, shorten the accounting cycle and streamline operations,” said Wechsler. “With RAS, hotels can easily monitor, access and view daily activity.  Its security structure ensures that guest data is kept private and available only to authorized users.”

What is RAS?

RAS is a suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, enabling corporations to easily streamline and manage the paper cycle.  The software automatically transforms data into actionable information by capturing data from any application without the use of interfaces.  Once captured, the information is easily searched and retrieved in a secure environment. 

DB Technology’s latest version of the RAS software, RAS 3.28, is designed to address the critical functions of capturing financial and operational information and then creating useful reports which in the hospitality industry spans everything from client registration to spa and restaurant charges and everything in between.  With RAS 3.28 hotel properties can now access pertinent information remotely with RAS Web; The new Scan-to-RAS  module allows guest folios, point-of-sale receipts, invoices, HR records or virtually any paper document to be automatically captured and placed into searchable PDF files, further reducing paper and enhancing corporate efficiencies.

DB Technology will be demonstrating its RAS software at the 2008 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC®) the world’s largest hospitality technology exposition and conference.  The conference takes place June 16-19 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.  Demonstrations of RAS 3.28 will be available at booth #1453.

About DB Technology

Celebrating 25 years in the information technology industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted hundreds of organizations in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management and report distribution process.  Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, the hospitality sector and other market segments have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes.  The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized.  DB Technology’s products and services give users the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources.  For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., April 17, 2008 –  Imagine a daily routine in which thousands of pages of paper need to be printed, parsed, split and hand delivered to appropriate departments such as accounting and patient registration.  Now imagine the number of these daily pages and how many pages have accumulated at the end of each month.  Trying to keep accurate reporting records would be a nightmare – to say the least.  At Grenada Lake Medical Center (GLMC) in Grenada, Mississippi, they understand first hand what it means to take a bite out of paper.  The labor, expense, productivity and access to critical data that plagues so many areas of healthcare administration have been streamlined with the use of an easy-to-use, easy to implement software solution.   

A 156-bed acute-care community healthcare facility, GLMC had been trying desperately to deal with the challenge of efficient report distribution, thousands of pages that needed to be culled and then separated.  For GLMC, getting a handle on paper expenditures while providing accurate and timely report information to accounting and other departments is critical to long term financial viability.  Serving the needs of its 12,000 member community plus the needs of its seven neighboring counties, GLMC was exploring options for getting a firm handle on its paper expenditures.  Additionally, the hospital wanted to improve the accuracy and timeliness of providing this data to appropriate end-users. 

“As a 24/7 healthcare provider, we needed to efficiently manage the preparation and distribution of reports in a timely and cost-effective manner.  Our paper costs were sky rocketing out of control and we wanted to get a firm grasp on our document management and report dissemination methods, ” noted Sarah W. Longest, Grenada Lake Medical Center’s Chief Information Officer.  “With DB Technology’s Report Automation System (RAS), what was a burdensome task of capturing data from a motley collection of sources has become a painless, easy-to-complete procedure that has saved us time, money and headaches.  We couldn’t be happier with DB Technology and their innovative software solution.”

DB Technology, a recognized leader in automated informaton and report distribution solutions, enabled GLMC to not only gather and organize data from disparate computer systems and applications but to then capture this data in a single repository for easy, fast and unencumbered access.  They were able to do this through the use of the company’s flagship technology, Report Automation System, RAS.

One example of where the RAS solution has provided invaluable and cost savings benefits is in the area of data mining.  GLMC was able to successfully mine accounts receivable information (AR) from an old AS400 directly to the RAS system prior to cutting over to a new AS400 system.

“With RAS, we were able to efficiently extract accounts receivable data from our old AS400 platform.  The software solution enabled us to easily manage what would otherwise have been a laborious process,” Longest noted.  “For example, in one application alone we were able to quickly move from our old legacy system to the new system-saving over $10,000 in one time conversion costs by mining accounts receivable information from our old AS400 platform directly to the RAS system prior to transitioning to our new AS400 hardware-with all of the data that we needed intact and easily accessible.”

To date, GLMC has been able to minimize its paper trails and shorten accounting cycles.  With RAS, the endless stream of paper that plagues much of the healthcare industry, large and small facilities alike – too many documents on too many different computer platforms across too many diverse departments – has been simplified.               

“We are thrilled that Grenada Lake Medical Center has been able to witness the benefits of our RAS and RASi technology,” said David Wechsler, president and CEO of DB Technology.  “The beauty of the RAS platform is the ease with which hospitals such as

Grenada Lake Medical Center can easily capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes at the same time.”               

GLMC is currently utilizing RAS and the imaging component of RAS known as RASi to facilitate document management and workflow in a variety of settings including accounting, remittance and other back office processes as well as for purchasing and patient registration.              

“DB Technology has provided a product to our facility that has surpassed all requirements including cost, support and scalability,” Longest stated. “The ability of the RAS and RASi software to seamlessly integrate with our existing hardware infrastructure, in this case a Siemens MedSeries4® RCO platform, has been a win-win situation and we continue to find new ways to implement this powerful tool across our organization.”                 

GLMC has been able to quantify the real value of using DB Technology’s RAS software suite in paper expenditures.  Before the implementation of RAS, GLMC estimates that paper expenditures alone reflected thousands of dollars per year not including the cost of printer toner and maintenance.              

“With RAS we have been able to reduce the use of paper associated costs by over seventy percent annually,” said Longest.  “Utilizing RAS and its software modules, we no longer struggle with misplaced reports – all of our pertinent data is centralized and automated and is available at our fingertips.  We have been able to take disparate data sources, turn it into actionable and valuable information while eliminating the need for production, distribution and storage of paper and microfiche.  This has been a positive and enormous impact to our bottom line,” she added.

About the RAS Platform             

DB Technology’s latest version of the RAS software, RAS 3.28, is designed to address the critical function of financial and operational information capture and report distribution, which in hospitals spans everything from patient registration to remittance.  The software solution effectively maximizes revenues while streamlining the workflow automation process and eliminating paper.               

The RAS 3.28 module is designed to breakdown departmental document silos by enabling users to seamlessly capture a host of financial and clinical documents including: Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), advanced directives, referrals, face sheets, and eligibility reports to name a few.  Unlike traditional document management software, RAS does not require specialized interfaces to other computer systems or applications, but rather is able to capture data from any number of formats from text to HL7 to EDI to Excel to PDF.  Once captured, the data can be used to format reports that are then easily accessible from the Web, network or via e-mail.                

RASi complements RAS with document imaging and scanning capabilities that manages electronic and hardcopy patient accounting and clinical reports and documents from disparate systems.  The information is stored in an electronic patient folder (EPF) for easy retrieval and distribution.  The new RASi Web module will also be demonstrated, showing how clinicians and other authorized staff can gain remote access to patient folders. 

 The RAS eForms module eliminates the need for pre-printed forms and the stacks of paper on which they are created.  RAS eForms can create bar-coded forms, including patient ID bands, making it easy to keep all actionable data in one electronic patient folder, eliminating many manual processes.                           

The RAS software suite easily integrates with leading healthcare and financial information systems including Epic, Cerner, Siemens, MEDITECH, McKesson, QuadraMed, PeopleSoft, and Lawson. 

About Grenada Lake Medical Center             

Grenada Lake Medical Center (GLMC), located in Grenada, Mississippi, is an acute-care community hospital that serves seven neighboring counties.  Each year, GLMC has an average of 5,200 in-patient admissions, over 26,000 outpatient visits and over 15,000 emergency room visits.  With strong community roots, GLMC provides exceptional patient care to its population of 12,000. 

About DB Technology              

Celebrating 25 years in the information technology industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management and report distribution process.  Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes.  The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized.  DB Technology’s products and services give hospitals the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources.  For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., April 3, 2008 – When a healthcare organization is in the business of providing quality care for thousands of patients on a daily basis, the ability to provide timely and accurate information to all stakeholders is critical. Access to pertinent financial documents and related information is necessary. The ability to locate and enter information into the system is tantamount for providing optimal patient care. Additionally, a quick and painless way to access accounting and other financial information without digging through reams of paper is important to ensure the financial health of the organization.

One such healthcare organization that has taken advantage of today’s leading-edge technology is Saint Clare’s Health System, a member of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). The healthcare facility is northwestern New Jersey’s premier provider of community-based healthcare and behavioral health services. Under the leadership of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Richard S. Temple, Saint Clare’s Health System is able to provide real time data on a patient’s registration status, healthcare information and other important data within a secure environment – all with the touch of a mouse and the click of a button. No more reams of paper and triple copy documents.

How? With the implementation of an innovative suite of software tools designed to simplify the management of the cavernous trails of paper that profligate in the corridors and offices of healthcare systems everywhere. Partnering with DB Technology, a recognized leader – more – for automated information and report distribution solutions, Saint Clare’s Health System is reaping the benefits of a best-in-practice software technology solution.

“With four hospitals and healthcare facilities offering a full range of comprehensive medical services from emergency care to pediatrics to maternal-child care, we needed an enterprise-wide data and report management system that would be cost-effective and efficient,” said Richard S. Temple, vice president of Information Technology/Chief Information Officer for Saint Clare’s Health System. “We had a variety of systems where we were basically duplicating data entry. With DB Technology’s powerful Report Automation Solution (RAS) and RASi (RAS imaging) solutions, we were able to store and distribute critical data with a one-stop solution that eliminated redundancy.”

DB Technology’s flagship solution, RAS, is helping Saint Clare’s Health System to effectively maximize revenues while streamlining its workflow automation processes and eliminating paper. The newest version of the software, designated RAS 3.28, is deployed across hundreds of hospitals and healthcare organizations nationwide. RAS addresses the critical function of financial and operational information capture and report distribution which, in the case of Saint Clare’s Health System, spans everything from patient registration to remittance.

“The decision to move from a paper centric environment to an electronic one is rapidly taking hold in the healthcare arena,” noted DB Technology president and CEO David Wechsler. “We applaud the efforts of Saint Clare’s Health System for helping to curtail the growing cost of healthcare administration. By utilizing the RAS platform, the endless stream of paper that plagues the healthcare industry – too many documents on too many different computer platforms across too many diverse departments – is simplified.”

Saint Clare’s Health System is using DB Technology’s RAS technology throughout the organization in a variety of situations where paper once was the predominant form of communication: patient registration, accounting and other back-office processes as well as across hospital departments including human resources and the emergency room.

Since implementing RAS, Saint Clare’s Health System has been able to reduce costs and automate what was previously a very labor-intensive report management system. With the use of RAS, Saint Clare’s Health System can now take data from disparate computer systems and applications; capture it, extract specific data, format that data into reports and then store those reports in electronic departmental folders for easy, fast and unencumbered access.

One of the key areas where RAS has proven invaluable to Saint Clare’s Health System is in the area of document distribution and security. For example what was previously a laborious, manual intensive process of entering patient registration information has become an easy one-step process with the use of RASi. Saint Clare’s Health System can take a patient’s driver’s license, insurance ID card and medical paperwork, and easily scan the documents into the computer system with the use of RASi. RASi complements RAS with document imaging and scanning capabilities that manage electronic and hardcopy patient accounting and clinical reports and documents from disparate systems. Now patient information is stored in an electronic patient folder (EPF) for easy retrieval and distribution.

“Having a tool as powerful as RAS with the degree of flexibility that it has, enables us to not only better serve the needs of our patient population, but to realize economies of scale by leveraging the trend toward data automation,” Temple added. “We desperately wanted to reduce the 12 foot green bar stacks of paper and turn it into measurable data. RAS combined with the RASi imaging tool lets us easily convert our data into meaningful information that we can slice and dice into customizable substantial reports. It is a very robust, reliable tool.”

Not only has RAS directly enabled Saint Clare’s Health System to reduce its paper and paper-related costs by thousands of dollars on a per annum basis, it has allowed the health care provider to leverage technology as an agent of outreach to their community with a ‘best-in-class’ program. Making it easier for patients and family members to do business with Saint Clare’s Health Care System in combination with a strong positive impact on the organization’s bottom line – is a good thing – for everyone.

“We couldn’t be happier with RAS the solution and DB Technology the company,” said Temple. “DB Technology has great people and they really stand behind their product. I appreciate their flexibility and their innovations; and best of all I can pick up the phone and share an idea with the CEO. That’s what I call customer service.”

About RAS
The RAS 3.28 module is designed to breakdown departmental document silos by enabling users to seamlessly capture a host of financial and clinical documents including: Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), advanced directives, referrals, face sheets, and eligibility reports to name a few. Unlike traditional document management software, RAS does not require specialized interfaces to other computer systems or applications, but rather is able to capture data from any number of formats from text to HL7 to EDI to Excel to PDF. Once captured, the data can be used to format reports that are then easily accessible from the Web, network or via e-mail.

RASi complements RAS with document imaging and scanning capabilities that manage electronic and hardcopy patient accounting and clinical reports and documents from disparate systems. The information is stored in an electronic patient folder (EPF) for easy retrieval and distribution. A new feature, the RASi Web module, allows clinicians and other authorized staff remote access to patient folders.

DB Technology’s RAS software suite easily integrates with leading healthcare and financial information systems including Epic, Cerner, Siemens, MEDITECH, McKesson, QuadraMed , PeopleSoft, and Lawson.

About Saint Clare’s Health System
Saint Clare’s Health System, which has served the healthcare needs of northwestern New Jersey residents since 1895, is the region’s premier provider of community-based healthcare and behavioral health services. Saint Clare’s operates hospitals in Boonton Township, Denville, Dover and Sussex Borough and other facilities located throughout Morris and Sussex counties.

About DB Technology
Celebrating 25 years in the information technology industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management and report distribution process. Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes. The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized. DB Technology’s products and services give hospitals the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources. For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

ORLANDO, Fla., February 25, 2008 – DB Technology, a recognized leader in automated information and report distribution solutions, is showcasing the latest version of its flagship software suite, Report Automation System (RAS) at this year’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference and exhibition.   The software suite enables data from disparate computer systems and applications to be captured in a single repository for easy, fast and unencumbered access.

DB Technology’s newly released software, RAS 3.28, represents significant innovations to its flagship software suite which is deployed in hundreds of hospitals and healthcare organizations nationwide.  This latest version of RAS is designed to address the critical function of financial and operational information capture and report distribution, which in hospitals spans everything from patient registration to remittance. The software solution effectively maximizes revenues while streamlining the workflow automation process and eliminating paper.

HIMSS connects leaders in healthcare technology from around the world and according to David Wechsler, DB Technology’s president and CEO, “There is no better forum for us to demonstrate the powerful effectiveness of our software.  Since RAS does not disrupt existing Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and enhances an organization’s IT investment, it addresses management’s goal to optimize the existing infrastructure while providing essential access to information.”

The RAS 3.28 module is designed to breakdown departmental document silos by enabling users to seamlessly capture a host of financial and clinical documents including: Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), advanced directives, referrals, face sheets, and eligibility reports to name a few. Unlike traditional document management software, RAS does not require specialized interfaces to other computer systems or applications, but rather is able to capture data from any number of formats from text to HL7 to EDI to Excel to PDF. Once captured, the data can be used to format reports that are then easily accessible from the Web, network or via e-mail. 

 RASi complements RAS with document imaging and scanning capabilities that manages electronic and hardcopy patient accounting and clinical reports and documents from disparate systems. The information is stored in an electronic patient folder (EPF) for easy retrieval and distribution. The new RASi Web module will also be demonstrated, showing how clinicians and other authorized staff can gain remote access to patient folders. 

 The RAS eForms module eliminates the need for pre-printed forms and the stacks of paper on which they are created.  RAS eForms can create bar-coded forms, including patient ID bands, making it easy to keep all actionable data in one electronic patient folder, eliminating many manual processes.

With RAS, the endless stream of paper that plagues the healthcare industry – too many documents on too many different computer platforms across too many diverse departments – is simplified. Using DB Technology’s RAS software, hospitals and healthcare facilities benefit from minimized paper trails and shortened accounting cycles. 

DB Technology’s RAS is being used in hundreds of hospitals including such prestigious healthcare systems as Saint Barnabas Health Care System and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Medical Center in New Jersey and Erlanger Health System in Tennessee.  The RAS software suite easily integrates with leading healthcare and financial information systems including Epic, Cerner , Siemens, MEDITECH, McKesson, QuadraMed , PeopleSoft, and Lawson. 

About DB Technology

Celebrating 25 years in the information technology industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management and report distribution process.  Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes. The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized.  DB Technology’s products and services give hospitals the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources.  For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., February 19, 2008 – DB Technology, a recognized leader in automated information and reporting solutions, today announced that it is has reached 25 years in the software IT industry. A recognized pioneer of customized software development tools, DB Technology is best known for its flagship software product suite, Report Automation System (RAS). The latest version, designated RAS 3.28, is deployed in hundreds of hospitals nationwide where it enables data from disparate computer systems and applications to reside in RAS for easy, fast and unencumbered access. Currently, more than 200 hospitals nationwide have selected DB Technology’s RAS solution as their preferred automated information management solution.

DB Technology was founded in 1983 and has since grown to become a leading provider of software applications within the revenue cycle and information management arena. It has become one of the most well-respected software application solution providers by applying its engineering prowess and knowledge to help a host of organizations maximize revenues while at the same time decrease costs associated with the myriad of paper-oriented processes.

DB Technology began with two software engineers, David Wechsler and Brett Oberman, hence the name DB Technology. “We developed software following the advent of the first personal computer by applying technology to solve a variety of business problems,” said David Wechsler, president and CEO for DB Technology.

Best friends since high school, David Wechsler and Brett Oberman, who serves as vice president and COO for DB Technology, have seen the company evolve to where it is today. “We had a dream and a ‘can do’ attitude. Coupled with a no nonsense approach, we were willing to embrace change and understand that technology needs to be able to adapt. Our flagship product has stood the test of time – as have we – and our company,” he added.

DB Technology will be demonstrating its innovative RAS technology at this year’s HIMSS Conference and Exhibition taking place February 24 -28, 2008 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The company will be demonstrating at their booth #4442 for those interested in getting a hands-on demonstration of the company’s innovative software solutions.

“We are very excited to be celebrating 25 years in the industry. It is through the hard dedication and hard work of our employees and we look forward to the next milestones in our company’s evolution,” Wechsler noted.

About DB Technology
Celebrating 25 years in the software industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management process. Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes. The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized. DB Technology’s products and services give hospitals the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources. For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., January 16, 2008 – DB Technology today announced that several existing and new healthcare customers have signed contracts for the deployment of the company’s software in the fourth quarter of 2007. The healthcare facilities have adopted DB Technology’s automated information management and report distribution solutions to help automate business processes, improve financial and operational reporting and maximize corporate efficiency.

A leading provider of automated information management and reporting solutions, DB Technology offers a suite of products called the Report Automation System (RAS) designed to maximize revenues while at the same time decrease costs associated with the myriad of paper-oriented revenue cycle processes. RAS automatically transforms data into actionable information by capturing data from any application into a searchable database without the use of interfaces.

Some of the healthcare organizations that have selected RAS in the fourth quarter of 2007 are Harlem Hospital in New York, a member of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation and Silver Labs of Cherry Hill, N.J., which provides reference laboratory services to nursing homes and long term care facilities. Both organizations will utilize DB Technology’s RAS platform as their solution of choice for helping to achieve maximized back end office automation.

Also partnering with DB Technology is Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa., which has contracted with DB Technology for its RASi solution designed to automatically capture and organize valuable patient accounting and clinical information. Through the use of RASi, Moses Taylor Hospital will be now be able to take data and convert it into an easy-to-use digital format. The ability to capture critical information into a “patient folder” with the use of RAS and RASi helps healthcare facilities to optimize the management and distribution of documents in an electronic, secure and transparent manner. In addition Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC and Banner Health in Arizona and Colorado have contracted for additional functionality to their existing RAS platform.

“We are very excited to welcome our new RAS healthcare customers and pleased that our current clients are adding functionality to the RAS family of automated information management and reporting solutions,” said David Wechsler, president and CEO of DB Technology. “We are confident these organizations will realize a rapid ROI and a significant reduction in the mounds of paper traditionally produced on a daily basis”, said Wechsler.

Using RAS software and its host of customizable modules, hospitals and healthcare facilities benefit from improved revenue cycles that come with increased efficiencies in workflow automation, minimized paper trails, shortened accounting cycles, improved financial and operational reporting, streamlined operations and enhanced Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulatory compliance.

About DB Technology

Celebrating twenty five years in the software industry this year, DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management process. Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes. The software also eliminates the risk of improperly distributed data and ensures confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized. DB Technology’s products and services give hospitals the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources. For further information call (800) 760-4096, ext.119 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., December 6, 2007 – DB Technology, the leading provider of automated information management and reporting solutions, today announced the release of its latest version of its flagship software, Report Automation System (RAS). Designated RAS 3.28, this latest product release represents significant innovations to its software suite which is already deployed in hundreds of hospitals nationwide where it enables data from varied computer systems and applications to reside in RAS for easy, fast and unencumbered access.

Designed to address the critical function of financial and operational reporting, which in hospitals spans everything from patient registration to remittance, RAS effectively maximizes revenues while streamlining the workflow automation process and eliminating paper. With RAS, the endless stream of paper that plagues the healthcare industry – too many documents on too many different computer platforms across too many diverse departments – is simplified. Using DB Technology’s RAS software, hospitals and healthcare facilities benefit from minimized paper trails and shortened accounting cycles.

The new RAS 3.28 modules further advance the breakdown of departmental document silos by enabling users to scan financial and clinical documents including:
Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), contracts and resumes into RAS or its imaging counterpart, RASi, to scan and convert paper documents into searchable PDF files and link those files to patient folders. The new RASi Web module provides clinicians and other authorized staff remote access imaging patient folders. In addition those hospitals that already have RASi installed will now be able to set up links between patient folders and electronic documents without the need of additional resources.

“Since RAS does not disrupt existing Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and preserves an organization’s IT investment, we have found a receptive market for our software platform, says David Wechsler, DB Technology’s president and CEO. “With each new release, we solicit direction from our customers to ensure that we capture the most valuable and pressing enhancements and our latest 3.28 release is great example that encompasses the collective input from hundreds of healthcare organizations.”

Unlike traditional document management software, RAS does not require specialized interfaces to other computer systems or applications but rather is able to capture data from any number of formats from text to HL7 to EDI to Excel to PDF. Once captured the data can be used to produce reports that are then easily accessible from the web, network or via email. RASi complements RAS with document imaging capabilities that enable scanned input and a barcode reader for auto-indexing. The RAS eForms module addresses the labor and cost intensive issue of printing and managing forms by enabling on-demand form generation and barcode ID to track populated forms as part of the patient record.

A number of new features designed to automate critical business processes are now a part of RAS 3.28:

• Certification with MS Vista Business and VMware
• Security enhancements in RASi
• Improved folder navigation in RAS
• Auto print PDF files for RAS
• Automatic prioritization of document capture
• Conversion of HL7 message data into user-friendly, formatted text files to be captured by RASi and linked to the patient folder
• Improved administrative tools

DB Technology currently services hundreds of hospitals, hotels and other organizations including Saint Barnabas Health Care System and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Medical Center in New Jersey and Erlanger Health System in Tennessee. RAS easily integrates with leading healthcare information systems including Cerner, Siemens, MEDITECH, McKesson, PeopleSoft, Lawson and more.

About DB Technology
DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management process. Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes while at the same time eliminating the risk of improperly distributed data and ensuring confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized. DB Technology’s products and services give companies the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources. For further information call (800) 760-4096 or visit www.dbtech.com.

CLARK, N.J., December 4, 2007 – DB Technology, a leading provider of automated information management and reporting solutions, today announced the unveiling of its new corporate Web site at www.dbtech.com. The newly renovated Web site is aimed at enhancing the user experience and communicating corporate developments and new product offerings. Combining a host of new navigation tools with an updated identity, the corporate website is a user-friendly platform with easy-to-use navigation tools.

“Our success over the years has continued to grow and this leads us to launch an initiative to revisit our Web presence. We wanted to be sure that our Web site reflected the vision of the company and provided a handy repository of information on our products, services and our latest activities,” explained Dave Wechsler, president and CEO of DB Technology. “Our Web site now offers our clients and partners insights into company developments as well as exciting technological innovations within our flagship product line, Report Automation System (RAS).”

“With very few clicks, everyone visiting the Web site will be able to find solutions to problems facing healthcare, hospitality, retail and other industries in automating business processes, improving financial and operational reporting and maximizing corporate efficiency,” Wechsler added.

About DB Technology
DB Technology was founded in 1983 as a privately-held company and has assisted more than 200 hospitals in maximizing revenues and decreasing expenses by effectively automating the document management process. Through its RAS suite of scalable and flexible automation modules, hospitals and other organizations have the ability to automatically capture, access, process and distribute information and eliminate costly manual paper laden processes while at the same time eliminating the risk of improperly distributed data and ensuring confidential information remains private and accessible to only those authorized. DB Technology’s products and services give companies the ability to easily unify, search and gain value from documents stored across any and all disparate data sources. For further information call (800) 760-4096 or visit www.dbtech.com.