Sandata Technologies and Infocrossing Settle Patent Infringement Suit

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sandata Technologies, Inc., a leading nationwide provider of information technology solutions to the home healthcare and social services communities, and Infocrossing, Inc. today announced the settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit between the two companies.  As part of the settlement, Infocrossing will transfer its home healthcare agency business consisting of time and attendance software and services that capture time and attendance information inputted by telephone as provided under the contracts being assigned to Sandata and will stop offering such services to home health care agencies in North America.  The parties agreed to release all claims against each other, including Sandata's claims for alleged infringement of Sandata's patents covering Automatic Number Identification.  

Harold Blue, CEO of Sandata stated, "We are pleased to reach an agreement with Infocrossing regarding our intellectual property.  We believe this is the best outcome for all parties involved.  Sandata looks forward to having the opportunity to serve Infocrossing's customers with our comprehensive suite of telephony and software solutions.  Sandata will continue to vigorously defend its patents and other intellectual property using all means at our disposal."

About Sandata Technologies, Inc.

Sandata Technologies provides a complete package of information technology solutions, which includes scheduling, time and attendance, billing, payroll, compliance and clinical applications, for the home healthcare and social services communities.  Santrax is Sandata's patented time and attendance product and the nation's number one telephone and web-based field management solution.  Santrax enables home care agencies to automatically verify that their staff is in the right place at the right time and to capture tasks being performed, ensuring compliance with the prescribed plan of care and ensuring that patients are receiving the highest quality of care.  In addition, Santrax is able to utilize voice biometrics to further verify the identity of the home care worker, provide alerts when a home care worker does not show up within a specified time frame and track employee mileage.  

Sandata's comprehensive information technology offering enables companies and organizations with remote workforces the ability to realize administrative cost savings, streamlined operational procedures, and significantly reduced paperwork burdens.  Sandata has over 1,000 customers in 47 states and processes over 80 million telephone calls annually.  Sandata services customers through its four data centers located across the country with state-of-the-art redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities.  For additional information about Sandata Technologies, please visit: www.sandata.com.

SOURCE Sandata Technologies, Inc.