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Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Selects PeopleSoft's HealtheValuePure Internet Solution Drives Operational EfficiencyPLEASANTON, Calif.--Nov. 6, 2001-- Direct from Medical Newswire - PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT - news) today announced that Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has selected HealtheValue(TM), an enterprise solution combining software and services from PeopleSoft and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.Designed specifically for the healthcare industry, HealtheValue includes pure internet applications for Materials Management, Financial Management, and Human Resources (HR) Management, as well as consulting, training and implementation services. With more than 3,500 employees in nine locations, Sarasota Memorial needed a comprehensive suite of healthcare applications to lower costs and streamline HR, financial, and purchasing operations. The HealtheValue solution will enable Sarasota Memorial to eliminate manually intensive administrative HR tasks, shorten monthly close activities in accounting, and reduce the costs of the procure-to-pay process. By automating these core business processes and improving operational efficiencies across all locations, Sarasota Memorial can significantly reduce expenses and increase bottom-line savings. ``PeopleSoft has the most advanced technology available in the healthcare industry. The HealtheValue solution will help us leverage the power of the Internet to achieve operational excellence,'' said Denis Baker, CIO of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. ``The unique partnership between PeopleSoft and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young will help us quickly streamline our business operations and achieve our mission of providing high quality, innovative health care services.'' PeopleSoft Consulting will team with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young to provide consulting and implementation services for Sarasota Memorial. The deployment will be based on Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's FastTrack methodology, a proven implementation approach for rapidly deploying healthcare solutions. ``Sarasota Memorial expects to gain dramatic business benefits in an accelerated time-frame from the HealtheValue solution,'' said Phil Wilmington, executive vice president, PeopleSoft North American Operations and Strategic Alliances. ``The combination of PeopleSoft's pure internet applications and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's rapid implementation approach is setting a new standard for comprehensive enterprise Healthcare solutions.'' As the second largest public hospital in Florida, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is a full service healthcare facility providing acute care, a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, outpatient services, home health care and long-term care. Sarasota Memorial also ranks among the top 25 hospitals in the country that perform open-heart surgeries and has the largest cardiac program in Florida. About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - news) is the world's leading provider of collaborative enterprise software. PeopleSoft pure internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity through collaboration with their customers, suppliers, and employees. PeopleSoft's integrated, best-of-breed applications include Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Service Automation, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources Management, Financial Management, and Enterprise Performance Management. More than 4,700 organizations in 107 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com. PeopleSoft and the PeopleSoft logo are registered trademarks. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2001 PeopleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Medical Newswire: From the Healthcare Information Center in Washington, D.C. Since 1947. To contact Medical Newswire, call 1-800-359-4454 or email donaldc@eliresearch.com . Editorial Contact: Carla Kay Barlow Advanced Visual Systems, Inc. 505/242-3600 Ext. 12 media@avs.com top of page |
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