Clarian Health Expects $10 Million ROI From iWay Software Integration

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - July 22, 2009) - iWay Software, an Information Builders company and an innovator of enterprise integration solutions, today announced that Clarian Health, the largest healthcare provider in the Midwest, is standardizing on iWay for business-to-business (B2B) and application-to-application (A2A) projects. Based on experience to date, Clarian projects an ROI of $10 million.

Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and consistently cited as one of the top healthcare organizations in the U.S., Clarian Health has a history of firsts, including the nation's first lung-pancreas transplant. The organization thrives on embracing cutting-edge medical procedures and innovative information technology.

Clarian is currently using the iWay HIPAA solution to automate the process of requesting and receiving information on claims past a certain date. The newly implemented process will eliminate the need for calls to contractors and for manual data entry, reducing costs and labor, allowing allocation of these resources, and increasing overall efficiency. Using iWay's technology, Clarian is taking a low-risk approach to automating these transactions. They are alleviating staff from having to hard-code interfaces to outside entities and providing an integration platform that can be easily reconfigured to adapt to changing requirements. In addition, Clarian is extending workflow and improving information flow by automating system transactions and enabling a closed-loop process and automated updates for claims status.

"iWay makes it more cost effective and efficient for us to manage these integration challenges," said David Burton, executive director of IT, Clarian Revenue Cycle. "The first project was completed four weeks early and under budget. The second project had 80 percent reusability from the first project, which is key. It gives us a great ROI with the speed and security of knowing it works."

"These advances will greatly enhance the efficiency of our operations, and enable us to continue to provide the best care and develop medical breakthroughs," concluded Burton. "We are improving our business agility and eliminating inefficiencies by allowing non-technical personnel more time to provide other services, and we are preparing for the future with a platform to conform to HIPAA standards and internal Clarian application integration."

"Healthcare providers need sophisticated integration tools to consolidate internal systems and to work more seamlessly with other providers and payers," said Dave Watson, senior vice president of iWay Software. "We make it as easy and quick as possible with pre-built components that can be reused in an infinite number of ways. Our goal is to ensure our customers have a healthy ROI."

About Clarian

Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, Clarian Health is the largest healthcare organization in the Midwest. Clarian formed in 1997 by the merger of Methodist, Indiana University, and Riley hospitals. Many "firsts" in medicine, including Indiana's first kidney, liver, heart, and bone marrow transplants and the nation's first lung-pancreas transplant have been performed at Clarian. US News and World Report, among other organizations, has recognized Clarian many times over as one of the best healthcare organizations in the country. Guided by the values of innovation and excellence in care, education, research, and service, Clarian is committed to the complete health and well-being of the community and people it serves.

About iWay Software

iWay Software's integration methodology is simple: it uses a single, integrated set of graphical design tools to assemble powerful pre-built components for enterprise-class business-to-business (B2B), business process automation (BPA), or enterprise information management (EIM) integration scenarios -- without the use of custom code. Integration configurations can be deployed in a stand-alone manner to any environment supporting a JVM -- or to Web application servers from any vendor. iWay delivers the fastest, most cost-effective, and simplest way to integrate and streamline critical business processes. iWay Software's vendor-, platform-, and protocol-neutral solutions achieve the promise of SOA: true reusability. For more information visit: http://www.iwaysoftware.com

About Information Builders

Information Builders' award-winning combination of business intelligence and enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions to more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is the world's most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides the security, scalability and flexibility needed at every level of global extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical, and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users. Information Builders' iWay Software suite provides state of the art, multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data and information management requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading software platform providers. Information Builders also offers solutions in the performance management, business activity monitoring, and enterprise search markets. The company's comprehensive enterprise product offerings give Information Builders' customers the ability to grow and innovate according to their needs.

Information Builders' customers include most of the Fortune 100 and U.S. federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business partners. More information is available at http://www.informationbuilders.com.

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