History

Version 4.0 was the first release version of the X-Link System. However, X-Link has been distributed in many forms since 1993. X-Link serves as the interface between Practice Management Systems and Electronic Patient Records Systems, Electronic Claims and Remittance Systems, Hospital Systems, HMO Information Systems, Laboratory Systems and Other Systems which require the ability to access, add and change demographic, transactional, appointment and other information within Practice Management System databases. X-Link has become the standard link software for Practice Management System users around the world.

Easy Business Software's first linking system was released in 1993. It linked CYMA MPM II (a private labeled Lytec product) and Petra 2. It was called MPM2Petra. This was a batch system and initially provided demographic transfers from MPM to Petra. Later a batch billing transfer function was added to move billing data from Petra to MPM. The second major release of a linking system was begun during 1995. It was named PetraTec and provided a real time integration of Lytec Pro (the successor of MPM) from within Petra 3 (the successor of Petra 2). Before the completion of the PetraTec, Lytec Systems discontinued the Lytec Pro version of Lytec Medical. PetraTec was then reengineered to work with the Btrieve version of Lytec Medical.

The third major release of our linking systems was in early 1998 with the release of LyLink. It was a completely redesigned system that was developed with Active-X technology. This new technology provides the ability to plug-in the Electronic Patient Records System of your choice into the LyLink base system. LyLink was originally released for Lytec Medical 6.5. Simultaneously with the release of Lytec 98, LyLink 98 was released. The LyLink systems provided real time synchronization of patient demographics between Lytec and over 20 Electronic Patient Records systems. Patient demographics could move both to and from the Electronic Patient Records System and Lytec Medical. Additionally, billing information from the Electronic Patient Records System would be inserted into Lytec Medical billing files in real time and automatically, all without operator intervention. LyLink truly created a seamless integration between Lytec Medical and Electronic Patient Records Systems.

X-Link is the fourth in the major releases of our linking products since 1993. With this version again comes a major rewrite of the internal structure and user interface of the X-Link System. It provides for several new advantages that mainly enhance Easy Business Software's ability to distribute, support, maintain and enhance the X-Link Product Line. First and foremost is the new software architecture that has combined all X-Link models into one standard common base program with separate Active-X components for each Practice Management System and each Electronic Patient Records System. This has allowed our programming staff to easily add additional linking capabilities for X-Link while allowing easy maintenance of the software.

X-Link performs all of the same data transfer functions as LyLink. However, it now allows linking to more than just Lytec Medical. Our new design allows a limitless number of Practice Management Systems linking possibilities and well as the already limitless number of Electronic Patient Records Systems that LyLink already provided. Also, Internet ASP support has been added and X-Link was installed on the first ISP's computers only two weeks after initial release. And, as in the past, many support questions that arose from the registration, setup and use of LyLink have been addressed and significantly reengineered to greatly reduce these support situations. Context sensitive help has been improved and a complete user's guide has been added to the help system.

Since the original release of X-Link, several major improvements have been added. The first was the addition of an online update system. If X-Link is installed on a computer with internet access, this function can easily be performed by the press of a button. Upon pressing the Update Button, X-Link will contact our Internet Update Server and compare the versions of all components of your X-Link system with the latest available. If any part of your X-Link system is out of date, it will be automatically download, installed and registered.

X-Link has also been expanded to provide new styles of links required by many diverse systems. Appointment schedules are now transferred to systems which require that information. New types linking have also been incorporated like request based information exchange. Our goal is to provide the state of the art linking in all forms that your practice requires to integrate all of your software systems into one working homogeneous practice wide solution.