BPM sector expands

Gartner says the multi-billion dollar business process management (BPM) sector could expand beyond traditional boundaries as advanced software aid mobile applications deliver technology practically anywhere, reports Business 24-7.

A statement released by Gartner says BPM technologies will become more agile providing much leverage for non-traditional regions to capitalise from. Newer technologies will make BPM suites easier to use and more relevant for the end-user, the report said.

Gartner recommended that end-users look for new vendors to fill in the holes in their BPM technologies that will, between this year and 2014, develop into systems that can self-adjust based on user preferences, consumer demand and predictive capabilities.

St Joseph's Hospital has selected the complete eWebHIM suite of medical records workflow technology from eWebHealth, a provider of electronic workflow solutions for medical records, as its complete electronic legal health record (e-LHR) solution, according to Business Wire.

The hospital will use the eWebHIM technology suite to digitise all paper components of its LHR. The built-in workflows embedded in this e-LHR technology will automatically transmit patient charts to physicians for reviewing and completion and to the health information management (HIM) department for analysis and coding.

In addition, this fully-secure Web-based system, will allow for simultaneous access to medical records for all authorised departmental users including case management, quality control, utilisation review, core measures and business office.

Salesforce.com is boosting the capabilities of its Force.com cloud-computing development platform with new tools that allow programmers to design business processes into their applications, states ChannelWeb.

Salesforce said Force.com Visual Process Manager would particularly appeal to developers in such industries as financial services, manufacturing, and telecommunications that are looking for faster ways to automate business processes.

The new tools help programmers add business process capabilities to applications without low-level coding, according to Salesforce, and more easily adapt those processes when needed.