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Sentara Home Care Services Adopts Authentidate's InscrybeTM Healthcare Platform
Sentara Implementing Two Inscrybe Healthcare Modules: Electronic Plan of Care and Electronic Certificate of Medical Necessity

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.
Oct 30, 2007

Authentidate Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: ADAT), a worldwide provider of software and web-based services that enable enterprises and individuals to exchange information securely and conduct trusted business transactions, today announced that Sentara Home Care Services, a leading home medical and nursing care organization, will deploy the Inscrybe Healthcare platform across its organization.

Sentara Home Care Services has selected two of the five available Inscrybe Healthcare modules, electronic Plan of Care (ePOC) and electronic Certificate of Medical Necessity (eCMN), to streamline key operations, reduce document processing costs and accomplish its overall goal of achieving greater operational efficiency.

The Inscrybe Healthcare platform will help facilitate Sentara's transition from its existing paper-driven processes for completing Plan of Care (POC) forms to a more secure, highly efficient online system. Authentidate's service will enable the Sentara Home Care Services team to instantly send POCs to physicians directly from their homecare practice management and billing system. Attending physicians can review and sign POC documents securely over the web or receive fax copies and sign and fax the documentation into the system as an electronic image. Sentara will also use the Inscrybe Healthcare platform to more efficiently manage, transmit, track and process Certificates of Medical Necessity (CMN). All of the modules on Authentidate's platform have been designed to support compliance with existing industry procedures and guidelines.

"We have an extensive staff of professionals in place to meet the growing needs of our large patient base. As healthcare regulations continue to become more complex, we find it is important to offer our staff the necessary tools to achieve compliance as efficiently as possible," said Debbie Abbott, Technical Manager, Sentara Home Care Services. "Authentidate's Inscrybe Healthcare application will enable us to minimize the administrative time needed for our client cases, and enable our field staff to maximize the amount of time devoted to patient care."

"We are pleased that Sentara Home Care Services has selected Inscrybe Healthcare to streamline their document workflow and to integrate Authentidate's platform into their management systems, including Cerner's billing solution. The net result will be faster turnaround of required documentation, improved customer service and a significant reduction in unbilled orders. In addition, Inscrybe Healthcare enables Sentara to enhance their communications with physicians and home care agencies quickly, without having to make a significant upfront investment in new hardware, software and staff training," said Paul Skinner, Vice President of Sales and Client Services for Authentidate.

About Sentara Home Care Services
Sentara Home Care Services provides a full spectrum of home care services for its patients of all ages. For the past several years, the agency has taken home care to the cutting edge, offering the latest in technology and clinical innovations to improve the quality of life for its patients.

Providing all levels of care, Sentara Home Care Services specializes in both the high-tech and the routine. Specialty programs offered include Telehealth, Home-Based Sickle Cell Management Program, VitalStimTM for dysphagia treatment, ZOETM Fluid Status Monitor, and a full complement of oxygen systems.

Sentara Home Care Services has offices located in Chesapeake, Hampton, Suffolk, Williamsburg, Richmond, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. For more information, visit the agency's website at http://www.sentara.com/homecare.

About Authentidate Holding Corp.
Authentidate Holding Corp. is a worldwide provider of software and web-based services that enable enterprises and individuals to exchange information securely and conduct trusted business transactions. Our offerings are targeted at enterprises and office professionals, and incorporate security technologies such as electronic signing, identity management, and content authentication to electronically facilitate secure and trusted transactions. In the United States, we also offer our proprietary and patent pending content authentication technology as a web-based service in the form of the United States Postal Service® Electronic Postmark®.

The company operates its business in the United States and Germany. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.authentidate.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. When used in this release, the words "believe," "anticipate," "think," "intend," "plan," "will be," "expect," and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements regarding future events and/or the future financial performance of the Company are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual events or the actual future results of the Company to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the availability of any needed financing, the Company's ability to implement its business plan for various applications of its technologies, related decisions by the USPS, the impact of competition, the management of growth,  and the other risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved.

Inscrybe and Inscrybe Healthcare are trademarks or registered trademarks of Authentidate Holding Corp. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.

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