ScanSTAT Technologies, a leading Release-of-Information (ROI) company, acquires DocFile Systems which is a medical document filing and order management service business. ScanSTAT provides outsourced release-of-information (ROI) services for more than 1,500 healthcare partners across the United States. This merger will expand the service portfolio of ScanSTAT to include medical document filing and order management support for the health information management community.

Release of information (ROI) in healthcare is critical to the quality & continuity of care provided to the patient. It also plays an important role in billing, reporting, research, and other functions. ScanSTAT utilizes state-of-the-art technology to support providers in exceeding the expectations of their patients and requesters. It is committed to accurate and secure processing of protected health information for healthcare facilities across the United States while DocFile Systems is dedicated to improving patient care by eliminating delays in presenting specialists' reports and diagnostic test results to providers. With a devoted team of e-Filing specialists, the company endeavours to enhance the pace of making critical information available to providers and support providers' referral management compliance processes.

This acquisition is a reflection of our strategy to grow our business with a dedication and commitment to the efficiencies around the patient medical record and streamlining the availability of documentation to improve patient care

“Leveraging ScanSTAT's expertise and Client Services & Sales team to provide a complementary service to our existing customers is the perfect evolution of our service line. This additional service furthers our goal of improving overall efficiencies for health information management,” states Matt Rohs, President, ScanSTAT.

Glenn Andrews, the founder, and CEO of ScanSTAT, comments, “This acquisition is a reflection of our strategy to grow our business with a dedication and commitment to the efficiencies around the patient medical record and streamlining the availability of documentation to improve patient care.”

The combination of solutions provide project-based and ongoing filing services for incoming specialists' reports, test results, and other documents, thereby reducing delays in patient care, improving patient satisfaction, and supporting compliance with referral management metrics.