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Quick Overview on AnsHealth and EpostRx Company History Established in March 2001, AdvanceNet Health Solutions (ANSHealth) has a track record of successful research, development and application of new technologies that target the evolving pharmacy market. Our staff boosts over 30 years experience in software development and integration, prescription delivery and dispensing. The founders of ANS previously owned a pharmacy management software company named Flux Technology Solutions. Flux was founded in 1997. The flagship product, NextRx, was adopted by four mail service clients in 1999. Flux also provided the architecture for a 1,500 store retail chain (Lloyd’s Pharmacy) in the UK. Flux was sold to TechRx in 2000. Founders John Strecker President and CEO IT / Programming Matt Walko VP Software/Business Development ePostRx Product History ePostRx was originally architected as a middle-ware translating technology to facilitate e-prescribing between legacy pharmacy systems. Due to the slow adoption of electronic prescribing, customer requests prompted ANS to build a pharmacy management system around the core middle-ware product. In May 2006 to spur company growth and gain instant market share ANS released ePostRx as an open source application. Since the open source release ANS has installed eight customers. Current Customers AmMed Direct Direct Pharmacy Service LifeSpan Pharmacy Enclara Health PICA (Pharmacy Insurance Co. of America) Vetsource WellDyne Rx Humana Client Profile Mail Order Pharmacy Hospice Mail Order Pharmacy Doctor Office Dispensing Veterinary Mail Order On Line Medical Supply PBM / Mail Order ePostRx Functionality Overview 1. Multiple location functionality, managed centrally, with unique features for each location 2. Industry complaint standards including D.0 NCPDP Telecom, SCRIPT, Surescript Implementation and EDI 3. Configurable workflows that accommodate retail, mail order, long term care and clinic dispensing 4. Built in functionality for scanning or file attaching prescriptions and other documents, bar code functionality and faxing interface. No hardware restrictions ePostRx Functionality Overview (cont.) 6. Built in functionality to receive and send SCRIPT complaint messages for electronic prescribing. Based on trading partner setup there is the ability to bypass SureScript and RxHub 7. Perpetual inventory functionality with the ability to manage inventory from a central location 8. The queue based workflow allows users from other location to resolve workflow exceptions from off site locations (TP Rejects, DUR) 9. User group permissions define access based on job function Interfaces SOAP Web Services Extend specific functionality to heterogeneous systems using XML based SOAP interfaces. IVR VoiceTech, ATEB, Proprietary Web Ability to define web functionality as a user in the system Pharmacy Automation SI Baker (McKesson), Baxter, Innovations Fax / E-Mail Ability to send and receive through clients servers Open Source Technology “Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.” Source www.opensource.org Practical Advantages of the Open Source Model 1. You own the database, you own the data. There is restriction or vendor cost for data mining 2. Customizing the workflow, data fields, user experience are entirely within your control 3. ANS has training programs for your IT staff to enable your staff to be the first line of support for your users 4. ANS is always available on a T&M basis to perform any of the tasks you wish Practical Advantages of the Open Source Model (cont.) 5. ANS continues to support the industry standard specifications within ePostRx (Telecom, SCRIPT, EDI, HL7) under our maintenance agreement 6. Interface programming can be performed by client or ANS Health. Either way you own the interface when complete. 7. As the epostRx community grows, it serves as another resource for discussion and sharing of ideas / projects 8. “Some things in life are out of your control, your software doesn’t have to be one them”