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Ben Delaney is available to discuss these ideas in public
presentations or private briefings. and will address US and Canadian initiatives to
implement Electronic Medical Record (EMR) technology, specifically
EMPIs, and explore steps the US may take to address patient data
linkage. Initiate Systems
enables quality-of-care and interoperability initiatives among local,
regional and national healthcare entities.

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Kuebel (www. "The social
issues need to be addressed now," Delaney says, "to prepare us for the
inevitable disruptions they will cause by the mid-21st century.org)," said ArchivalWare
customer , Jim Rible, Science Librarian at Southern Oregon University. The company has already provided digital archiving
systems and information systems services to more than 250 government,
commercial, academic , union, association and not-for-profit clients.

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"Initiate Systems has amassed significant experience on
local, regional and national data linkage solutions, and we look
forward to sharing that knowledge with the healthcare community in an
effort to make this beneficial technology a reality throughout the
country.ptfs.

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Contact Ben Delaney at info@cyberedge. Fernandes will discuss the
importance of data quality and data linkage, and cite examples of how
healthcare organizations in the United States and Canada are
implementing healthcare technology to link patient data effectively . (www.com) is the leading
provider of Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) software and
services for managing patient and provider data.----

Digital Archiving Software Aims to Facilitate the Efficient
Dissemination of Content

PTFS, Inc.

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Delaney has spent the past thirty years observing and shaping
technology. He is a leading expert in virtual reality , visual
simulation, and other advanced technologies.
The technologies leading to the "Beyond Darwin World" include
nanotechnology (the technology of the very small), medical/bio
technology, computing and communications technology, and energy
technologies.
Delaney explains, "the convergence of these tipping points will
lead to a fully virtualized world in which real and virtual
experiences are almost indistinguishable.bendelaney.

Note to editors: Mr. "The addition of OAI in ArchivalWare gives our customers an
additional tool needed in efficiently share access to resources.

Repositories of records in the United Kingdom.

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,
the leading provider of Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) software
and services for managing patient and provider identities, today
announced that Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, senior vice president of
Initiate Systems' Healthcare Practice, will be presenting on the topic
of "Crossing the Border to Create an EMPI" at the 2005 Annual
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Conference and Exhibition this February. Fernandes' presentation , titled "Crossing The Border to
Create an Enterprise Master Person Index" is scheduled for February
14, 2005 at 11:15 a. Initiate Systems has been recognized by
KLAS Enterprises as the leading vendor for the KLAS market segment
EMPI for 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004., a leader of comprehensive archiving solutions that
includes digital archiving and asset management software systems, and
digitization and content conversion services, announced today that
ArchivalWare(TM) is now Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Protocol for
Metadata Harvesting (PMH) compliant.
"The support of the OAI is consistent with our policy of promoting
technology that improves access to content," says John Yokley, CEO of
PTFS.
PTFS is a privately held company headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

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New Website Provides Guidance on Handling the Impact of Technology; BenDelaney.com Offers Articles Essays and Presentations

He offers advisory services for
senior management that facilitate planning to address the serious
impact of advanced technologies. He also writes for a number of
publications, and is available for writing assignments.
The prestigious HIMSS Conference brings together more than 18,000
healthcare professionals and features education sessions, product
exhibitions, interoperability demonstrations and networking
opportunities.

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By the time today's kindergartners are starting
families, these disciplines will have arrived at "tipping points"
leading to major changes in nearly every aspect of society.
Initiate(TM), Initiate(SM), the Initiate logo, and Initiate
Identity Hub(TM) are trademarks and/or service marks owned by Initiate
Systems, Inc.
"We are pleased to see PTFS incorporating this into ArchivalWare.

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People will have
cyber-telepathic powers, enabling them to communicate simply by
thinking of information and where they need to send it.

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CHICAGO----Initiate Systems, Inc.
"I am thrilled about the opportunity to address this pertinent
issue at the year's most prominent healthcare IT event," said
Fernandes. ArchivalWare acts as a repository
and is a network accessible server that can process OAI-PMH requests
and exposes metadata (a description of the information within an
archive, e.

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accelerating rate of technological change will have profound impacts
on society, Ben Delaney has launched a new website to address this
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will be able to access vast amounts of information by simply posing a
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BETHESDA, Md. The OAI gives
technical recommendations for archives that, when implemented, will
allow archive metadata to become available via its inclusion in search
engines and recommendation services."
"OAI is very important to us because we want to be able to share
our metadata with other digital projects, for example, with the
National Science Digital Library (www.

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, his ability to explain complex concepts in
plain language has made him an internationally respected speaker,
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Initiate Systems to Present at 2005 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition; Lorraine Fernandes of Initiate Systems Will Discuss National Data Linkage

PTFS' ArchivalWare Now Supports Open Architecture Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting

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more information about PTFS, please visit www.

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PTFS is a leading provider of
comprehensive archiving solutions and digital asset management that
include digital archiving software systems, digitization, and systems
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The website, www.com
Delaney addresses many aspects of high technology, especially how
it is leading to a "Beyond Darwin World" in which human beings assume
control of their own evolution and, through the widespread use of
cybernetic prosthetics, attain supra-human powers. Delaney is available for interviews and
assignments.m.initiatesystems. The protocol provides a means for
repositories to expose their metadata for harvesting by search engines
and portals.

PTFS' digital archiving solutions offer advanced, affordable tools
and services to manage and keep pace with valuable and rapidly
expanding digital collections.

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Our proven Initiate
Identity Hub(TM) software -- the leading Enterprise Master Person
Index (EMPI) technology -- finds, links, indexes, maintains and
provides secure access to patient records within and across disparate
sources to promote collaboration and provide the foundation for
electronic health records.
The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has developed standards to
allow all kinds of content to be accessed with ease."

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Communications will be facilitated by wireless,
computerized devices implanted in their bodies ."
Keynote speakers at the conference will include former First Lady
Barbara Bush and National HIT Coordinator David Brailer.