Cleveland: IQware's patented software technology (US #7,322,028, others pending) has been selected by the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) to support their data warehouse and analytics project.

Amy Andres, Vice President of Data Services stated, "Our goal is to provide our member hospitals high quality data analysis and reporting tools, most importantly for the purpose of improving the quality of patient care."

Dr. Steve Belovich, CEO of IQware, Inc and inventor of the IQware patented architecture stated, "IQware is the only architecture that can integrate data from any application and allow access to the appropriate stakeholders in a truly secure manner. IQware is the "glue" needed to achieve an efficient and secure Exchange of Health Information. Security is rising to the top of the list of concerns for administrators in healthcare".

Andres also noted that "Based upon the changing environment influenced by healthcare reform, our data processing requirements are now weighted towards increased flexibility, rapid application development cycles, and clinical staff level involvement in system configuration. Of course system and process security is tantamount. The security and interoperability of IQware's architecture is unique and has significant potential value to OHA."

Dr. Belovich also stated, "We are very pleased to have been selected by the Ohio Hospital Association as the platform for their data warehouse and analytics project. The IQware Master Data Management technology will allow the implementation of OHA's data and quality improvement vision. The combination of IQware's rule-based architecture and the proven security of HP OpenVMS running on mission-critical HP Integrity systems offers OHA a powerful solution to contain cost while providing the best service levels to their member hospitals."

To find out more about the Ohio Hospital Association go to: http://www.ohanet.org and for
IQware go to http://www.iqware.us

• 2011-10-05