Recently, Batesville acquired privately held Halcyon Deathcare Management Solutions, which provides funeral home and crematory management software. As part of the transaction, Halcyon owners Sara and Perry Gard, and the company’s employees, joined Batesville and will continue to develop, market and provide support to customers and partners under the new “Halcyon by Batesville” brand.

Halcyon’s powerful functionality is complemented by an intuitive design that streamlines the onboarding process and advanced security measures to protect sensitive data. From its origins, the Halcyon suite has grown to include a spectrum of best-in-class management solutions, including:

• Funeral home management software with a family-facing arrangement tool

• Crematory management software with body-tracking capabilities

• Trade services management software

• Pet cremation management software.

All systems are cloud based, providing access anywhere, on any device, with user-friendly navigation to maximize productivity. The software can be configured to meet the needs of individual customers, and its rich feature set includes:

• Dashboard, electronic white board, notes, automatic task assignments

• Form management with a library of standard state and custom forms

• Invoicing, payments and analytical reporting

• Artificial intelligence tools for obituary creation and charitable donations

• Family-facing arrangement tool

• Chain-of-custody tracking with QR codes and GPS tracking

• Trade partner portal.

The software was also designed to support traditional funeral homes, both single and multi-location; crematories, including those offering aquamation and natural organic reduction; pet crematories; and other deathcare trade services. batesville.com