Boston Software Systems Enables Biometric Authentication With CPOE at Health Alliance of Cincinnati/Christ Hospital & University Hospital

Boston Software Systems™, a leader inworkflow automation technology to the healthcare market, announced todaythat The Christ Hospital and The University Hospital, both part of TheHealth Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, have integrated BostonWorkStation™ with the Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) toachieve biometric authentication compliance with the Ohio Board of PharmacyPositive Identification regulations. This solution is integral to theirimplementation of a Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE). This systemcan now notify the Hospitals' pharmacies in print and via email if anyonefails biometric authentication and uses the secondary authentication of apassword.

The Health Alliance is an integrated healthcare delivery system located inCincinnati, Ohio, that includes The Christ Hospital, The UniversityHospital, The St. Luke Hospitals, The Jewish Hospital, The Fort HamiltonHospital and the physicians of Alliance Primary Care. For nearly 200 years,the Health Alliance Hospitals have grown to become leaders in medicalexcellence by continuing to plan and innovate for the future. For the pastten years, Christ Hospital has been awarded Cincinnati's Most Preferredhospital (NRC). Both Christ and University Hospitals have been named assome of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report.

"The CPOE initiative is just one example of the Hospitals' forward-thinkingapproach toward procedural improvements, compliance and patient safety,"said Steve Cohen, executive vice president of Boston Software Systems."Boston WorkStation enables workflow efficiency through automation andstrengthens the critical biometric authentication process. This integrationwith Novell and the CPOE solution validates the benefits that BostonWorkStation can provide to application providers in the healthcareindustry."

The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy requires all organizations that usecomputerized medication ordering applications to comply with their positiveidentification regulations. Boston WorkStation captures order events on theHospitals' Computerized Physician Order Entry system and alerts the user toautomatically authenticate through the biometric process. The use ofbiometric fingerprint readers will ensure that any individual involved indispensing, administering or prescribing drugs is securely authenticated tothe CPOE system. The Hospitals have rolled this system out to 1,200workstations, 50 mobile carts and have enrolled 1,000 members.

"Our CPOE deployment is a key patient safety and quality initiative for ourorganization. The ongoing effort to deploy CPOE at our facilities beyondthe initial rollout continues and BWS will be used in that deployment,"states Susan Abla, RN, Health Alliance manager responsible for CPOEdeployment.

Steve Cohen, executive vice president of Boston Software Systems, stated"The use of biometrics for authentication provides the Health AllianceHospitals with strong levels of security and improved accessibility to itssystems for authorized users. BWS is bridging the gap between twooff-the-shelf solutions."

"Due to requirements by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, the Health Alliance wasfaced with significant obstacles in implementing our CPOE Project. WhileNovell is able to bring their inherently strong Identity Managementproducts to the table, this alone would not solve the biometric integrationissue we faced with the disparate systems. Boston Software's WorkStationproduct is able to bridge the gap and integrate our clinical system and theworkstation. Now, any time a request is made in the IDX Lastword systemthat deals with medication orders, Boston WorkStation will capture therequest, call Novell's NMAS product to biometrically authenticate therequestor and produce and store all audit information related to thetransaction, " said Jim McIntosh, Health Alliance I.T. manager responsiblefor technical development and deployment.

About Boston WorkStation

Boston WorkStation is a workflowautomation and integration technology that provides an environment for on-demandprocessinnovation and development. Boston WorkStation allows healthcareorganizations to dynamically respond to changing business and compliancerequirements by automating common tasks, creating complex processes,automating interaction with Web sites, or integrating new applications,systems and devices.

About Boston Software Systems

Boston Software Systems is the leading standard for workflowautomation and system integration software, enabling healthcare organizations tostreamlinecomplex business processes and improve productivity. Hundreds ofhealthcare organizations worldwide respond to regulatory and businessinitiatives by using Boston WorkStation technology to automate and improveprocesses throughout their facilities. Boston Software Systems' customers include HCA-Midwest, StanfordMedical Center, Charleston Area Medical Center, Lutheran Health Network andTenet Healthcare. Boston Software Systems partners with leading application and systemvendors such as McKesson, Siemens, Quovadx, Orion International and WebMD.For more information, please visit the Company's Web site atwww.bostonworkstation.com or call 866.653.5105.

Boston Software Systems and Boston WorkStation are trademarks of BostonSoftware Systems, Inc. Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. inthe United States and other countries. *Linux is a registered trademark ofLinus Torvalds. All third-party trademarks are the property of theirrespective owners.

Contact:Boston Software SystemsMargaret Mayer978-525-4831margaretm@bossoft.com

Schwartz CommunicationsDavida Dinerman/Courtney Smith781-684-0770bossoft@schwartz-pr.com

SOURCE:  Boston Software Systems

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