ACL Laboratories Selects Accenx For EMR Integration.

CHICAGO -- Accenx[TM], a wholly owned subsidiary of Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions for information sharing and improved data quality, announced today that ACL Laboratories has chosen Accenx Exchange([TM]) to provide rapid and seamless electronic medical record (EMR) integration from ACL Laboratories to its customers, including physician practices and other reference labs.

The laboratory outreach business is undergoing dramatic change when it comes to client interface needs, ranging from a simple physician practice management system to a more complex EMR system. The needs are further complicated by the potential for hundreds of vendor applications. "At ACL Laboratories, our clients were requesting anything from ADT, results only or results with orders interfaces, and they wanted timelines," said Vince Grzetich, Vice President, Sales and Marketing at ACL Laboratories. "If your goal is to grow or maintain your client base in this new laboratory market, you better be able to meet the market conditions in a timely and cost-effective manner. That's why we chose Accenx."

A typical integrated healthcare system outreach laboratory like ACL Laboratories does not have the staffing and resources to efficiently and economically accommodate client needs. The turnaround demands of clients present additional challenges. "This is not our core business," said Grzetich. "In an effort to meet these market demands, ACL Laboratories initiated an RFP and chose to contract with Accenx, who specifically focuses on EMR integration. The results of our search concluded that Accenx' solution, Accenx Exchange, provided the technology and business philosophy that is best matched for ACL Laboratories and its clients."

"The partnership of ACL Laboratories and Accenx provides a competitive IT advantage for our business development team to proactively compete when marketing to new clients or enhancing the services we provide to existing clients. My sales team can provide clients with the interface services their practice demands. In a timely manner, we can propose a quality, cost-effective lab interface for our clients, which can be implemented in a timely manner," said Grzetich.

About Initiate Systems

Initiate Systems enables organizations to confidently share critical data assets. Multinational corporations, healthcare organizations and government agencies rely on Initiate([R]) 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.

On October 30, 2009, Accenx Technologies, Inc. was acquired by Initiate Systems, Inc. For more information visit: Initiate Systems Acquires Accenx Technologies.

About Accenx

Accenx(TM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Initiate Systems Inc., is a leading provider of health information exchange and interoperability solutions for connecting hospitals, physicians and other healthcare organizations. With Accenx, hospitals have both a trusted partner who will share the risk of the project, and a superior solution that maximizes physician adoption to accelerate benefits to the hospital. Accenx clients include BayCare Health System, Baystate Health, Cascade Healthcare Community, OhioHealth and MemorialCare Medical Centers. Accenx corporate headquarters are located in Irvine, California. For more information, visit us at www.accenx.com.

About ACL Laboratories

Founded in 1997, ACL Laboratories uses state-of-the-art technology to provide a full range of clinical and industrial laboratory testing. ACL Laboratories is the nation's third largest independent laboratory service delivery network. Its staff includes board-certified pathologists, PhD chemists and microbiologists, registered medical technologists/technicians, cytotechnologists, histotechnicians and specialists in information technology. ACL Laboratories has two core laboratories located in Rosemont, Illinois and West Allis, Wisconsin that serve clients regionally, nationally and internationally.