Certify Data Systems Completes Series B Funding.Ziegler HealthVest Partners Leads the Round; Cites Progress, Growth and Momentum as Affirmation A solemn and formal declaration of the truth of a statement, such as an Affidavit or the actual or prospective testimony of a witness or a party that takes the place of an oath. An affirmation is also used when a person cannot take an oath because of religious convictions. for Continued Investment SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Certify cer·ti·fy v. cer·ti·fied, cer·ti·fy·ing, cer·ti·fies v.tr. 1. a. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine. b. Data Systems, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare information exchange solutions for hospitals and physicians' offices, announced today that it has closed a round of Series B funding led by Ziegler HealthVest Partners LP. Ziegler, a venture capital fund that invests in healthcare services, healthcare IT and wellness, made a Series A investment in Certify in August 2008. Certify offers an innovative clinical information exchange solution for hospitals and physicians' offices that allows disparate systems to securely and seamlessly exchange clinical data, such as lab reports, discharge summaries discharge summary A document prepared by the attending physician of a hospitalized Pt that summarizes the admitting diagnosis, diagnostic procedures performed, therapy received while hospitalized, clinical course during hospitalization, prognosis, and plan of and other important patient data. Certify's enterprise-class hospital Gateway and physician HealthDock[TM] appliance work in concert as a completely integrated health information network. The Certify solution securely processes all forms of data - everything from HL7 and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. to PDFs, faxes and emails - and delivers this information in real time to the hospital's and physicians' information systems, even if those systems are otherwise incompatible. "Ziegler's additional investment in Certify is a further affirmation of our confidence in both its product and its management team," said Keith Henthorne, managing director of Ziegler HealthVest Management LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . "We are impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: by the progress and momentum Certify has demonstrated in developing and marketing its groundbreaking clinical information exchange solution." In recent months, Certify has added four integrated delivery networks to the growing list of healthcare systems that employ its solution and strengthened its management team with the appointment of healthcare industry veteran Jeffrey Rideout, M.D., as chief strategy officer. "These are exciting times for Certify," said Marc Willard, Certify Data System's founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Our growth as a company is an indication of both the value of the solution we offer our clients and the energy and expertise of our management team. We appreciate this additional investment by Ziegler and we are confident that the coming months will confirm Certify's position as the industry leader in clinical information exchange." About Certify Data Systems Certify Data Systems, Inc. provides innovative products and solutions that allow different systems to exchange health information, improving patient care, lowering costs and enhancing revenue. Certify provides technology that makes interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. a reality. Certify delivers all of the benefits of connected healthcare using a novel approach that is easy to deploy and manage, scales rapidly and assures compliance. Certify's hospital Gateway and physician HealthDock[TM] appliance work in concert as a completely integrated health information network. Certify deployments have been proven on a large scale, with hundreds of offices benefitting from the automatic and secure transmission of information. Certify is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. More information about Certify can be found at: http://www.certifydatasystems.com. |
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