Optical Image Technology, Inc. Announces New Strategic Alliance
Companion Technologies and OIT Combine Technology Offering for Physician Practice Management Software
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- November 20, 2006 -- Optical Image Technology, Inc. (OIT), creators of the award-winning DocFinity® Suite of document management and workflow software, is pleased to announce its alliance with Companion Technologies.
Companion Technologies, located in Columbia, South Carolina, develops software for the healthcare industry. Its physician practice and electronic medical records management products improve healthcare organizations' financial, clinical, and managed care operations. The DocFinity line of products, when integrated with Companion Technologies' practice management software, enable healthcare organizations to operate efficiently and provide better services. DocFinity includes imaging and workflow functions that automate many of the front- and back-end office processes, enabling streamlined and cost-effective operations and ensuring that vital information is available wherever it is needed.
As stated by Jim Thumma, vice president of sales and marketing for OIT, "This alliance is a wonderful opportunity to expand our services to companies within the healthcare market, which ultimately benefits patients and their families. Since Companion Technologies and OIT have a reciprocal business trust and respect, combining efforts makes perfect sense."
When a medical practice or hospital billing system adopts DocFinity software, the organization is provided with a robust, flexible product that includes document imaging, storage, and workflow (business process management) in an easy-to-use interface. A DocFinity system allows healthcare organizations to scan and import important medical forms such as EOBs, HCFAs, UB92s, e-mails, lab results, x-rays as well as business-related records such as human resource and accounting records and related correspondence.
"We are pleased to offer the DocFinity document management and imaging system to our client base," said Cathy Huddle, Companion Technologies' vice president for sales and marketing. "DocFinity is an alternative for hospitals and physicians who are not ready for EMR (electronic medical records) and those that have EMR but want to take all aspects of their business paperless. The capability to create, store, manage and retrieve patient information, claims forms, business documents and other paperwork will allow our healthcare providers to improve service and increase efficiency."
About Optical Image Technology, Inc. (www.docfinity.com):
Optical Image Technology's (OIT) software makes information more manageable, people more productive, and companies more profitable. Since 1986, OIT and its DocFinity Suite of integrated document management and workflow software have been helping businesses solve their document management and business process needs. OIT offers robust, flexible products that include document imaging, workflow, COLD-ERM, and Web services API. Serving customers throughout the world and across all major industries including healthcare, insurance, financial services, government, education and more, OIT enables organizations to realize increased profitability, improved productivity, and enhanced customer satisfaction by empowering them with enterprise-wide business processes.
About Companion Technologies, Inc. (www.companiontechnologies.com):
Based in Columbia, S.C., Companion Technologies develops medical practice management, electronic medical records, and claims management software for physician organizations, and provides revenue cycle management software and electronic data interchange services for hospitals. Companion Technologies also offers computer hardware and network services.
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Release Date: November 20, 2006
