ChartOne Launches Expanded Application Suite for Electronic Health Information Management; eWebHealth Suite Gives Healthcare Organizations Flexibility and Choice When Bringing Patient Charts Online.

WASHINGTON -- At the opening of the American Health Information Management Association's 76th National Convention and Exhibit, ChartOne unveiled its newly integrated eWebHealth Suite of applications for electronic health information management. The suite combines the best of both eWebHealth and ChartOne technologies to provide the industry's most comprehensive array of options for secure, on demand access to medical records over the Internet.

"The integration of our two product lines after ChartOne's acquisition of eWebHealth has proceeded very smoothly," said Brian Cahill, ChartOne CEO. "In the process, we've been able to make enhancements throughout the eWebHealth Suite that will bring even greater value to healthcare organizations looking to bring their health information management processes online."

The eWebHealth Suite consists of:

--eWebView, which provides secure, long-term electronic chart viewing and storage for clinicians, billing staff and others. Multiple users can access a single record simultaneously while an organization reduces costs associated with the sharing, storage and maintenance of paper charts.

--eWebED, which gives emergency department staff quick access to charts while allowing referring physicians to view charts from their offices for optimal patient care.

--eWebCoding, which allows coders to work from any location, including home, and helps organizations attract and retain coders, increase coder productivity and decrease overhead costs.

--eWebSignature, which gives physicians the ability to sign off on charts electronically for faster chart completion and billing. With eWebSignature, physicians can dictate, edit, complete and sign documents from remote locations, including their home or office.

--eWebCompletion, which streamlines the chart completion process by routing incomplete charts to physicians via the Internet, reducing chart deficiencies by up to 50 percent.

--eWebRelease, which gives release of information staff online access to records, requests and authorizations.

eWebRelease in particular has been enhanced to offer a broader set of delivery options for ChartOne's extensive release of information customer base. In addition to continuing to offer its paper-based outsourcing services, ChartOne will now be offering an automated release of information service to its customers. Using eWebRelease to deliver this capability, hospital staff will have access to requested records online, allowing departments like patient accounts to improve turnaround times on billing.

Each eWebHealth application is available via an application service provider model and can be used alone or in tandem with other applications. Organizations can choose the combination and automation pace that makes the most sense for them.

"ChartOne has always offered the industry's most flexible array of chart management services, allowing customers to staff health information management functions with the utmost efficiency and professionalism," explained Cahill. "Now we're bringing this same level of commitment to electronic health information management. No matter what our customers need -- a spare set of hands, a combination of services and technology to solve a specific need, or a complete technology solution -- we can answer the call."

About ChartOne, Inc.

ChartOne is the leading provider of on demand medical record solutions. ChartOne combines innovative, web-based technology with premiere chart management services to offer flexible and affordable deployment options. The company provides electronic record access and storage, online coding, completion and release of information services to over 1,300 healthcare customers nationwide. The eWebHealth Suite of technology solutions includes eWebCoding, eWebED, eWebView, eWebRelease, eWebCompletion, eWebSignature and ChartVault. For more information about ChartOne, please visit www.chartone.com.