Buffalo Grove, IL, August 27, 2012 – Healthcare-ID, Inc., announces that Heartland Blood Centers in Aurora, IL has signed an agreement to use Donor-ID Web^TM software for their collection needs. Heartland Blood Centers handles approximately 200,000 donations each year and is focused on meeting local blood needs. In addition, they also stand ready to assist other parts of the country during severe blood shortages, national emergencies and increased demands by the armed services. “We are thrilled to have Heartland become part of the Healthcare-ID family and are excited to work with them as our first Mediware customer,” said Bryan Sadorf, Executive Vice President and COO of Healthcare-ID.

Donor-ID^TM is used to collect over 7,000,000 units of blood annually at 13 other blood centers across the United States: Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in Houston, TX; Memorial Blood Center in St Paul, MN; Mississippi Blood Services in Jackson, MS; Oklahoma Blood Institute in Oklahoma City, OK; Coffee Memorial Blood Center in Amarillo, TX; Blood Bank of Delmarva in Newark, DE; Stanford Blood Center in Palo Alto, CA; ITxM with Central Blood Bank in Pittsburgh, PA and LifeSource Blood Services in Chicago, IL; LifeStream in San Bernardino, California; Dak-Minn Blood Bank in partnership with Altru Health System in Grand Forks, ND; ARUP Blood Services in Salt Lake City, UT; and The American Red Cross, nationwide.

(About Healthcare-ID) Incorporated in January 1995, Healthcare-ID develops and markets products to meet the Blood Center's need for automating the entry of accurate information at both fixed and mobile collection sites to eliminate disposal of collected blood units based on donor eligibility and suitability and significantly reduce the cost of blood collection. Healthcare-ID, with its Donor-ID Web^TM product offers modules including Registration, Health History Screening, CASI, Internet CASI, Physical Exam, Daily QC, Phlebotomy, Shipping, Survey, and Donor Adverse Reaction (as developed with the AABB Biovigilance committee) Donor-ID Web^TM interfaces to most major blood center data management systems. Visit www.healthcare-id.com for more information.