Abstract: A system and method for paying bills is disclosed that includes a bill from a payee. The bill includes text payee information that includes a due date, an account number, identification of the payee, an amount due, and payer information. The disclosed system also includes a statement disposed upon the paper bill that includes instructions for a payer to retrieve or take a photo of the bill and to send the picture to a billing text number on the statement. The bill can include one or more images and text. The one or more images can be processed by an image interpretive object and the text payee information can be processed by optical character recognition software for determining payment options that are the most likely to be paid, and the best prediction that the payee will receive payment due.

Abstract: A system and method for managing blood product inventory, acquisition, transport and tracking. Blood centers can collect blood and other biologics and place supply information on a virtual market where hospitals and other healthcare institutions can see available quantities and types, select the amount and type needed, and make a purchase. The system and method enables distribution of blood and other biologics to institutions like hospitals and other healthcare institutions to be more efficient and more consistent in terms of quality and cost.