Superior Consultant and Eisenhower Medical Center Enter New Agreement
01 July 2004 - 1:15AM
PR Newswire (US)
Superior Consultant and Eisenhower Medical Center Enter New
Agreement EMC Opts for Superior's NetLinc(TM) and Consulting
Services SOUTHFIELD, Mich., and RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., June 30
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation
(NASDAQ:SUPC) and Eisenhower Medical Center today announced that
they have entered into a new contractual relationship. Under the
new agreement, effective July 1, Superior will continue to supply
Eisenhower with NetLinc(TM), Superior's innovative, 24/7 help desk
and network monitoring solution, in addition to consulting
services. NetLinc is a proactive, integrated, cost-effective remote
help desk and monitoring solution that emphasizes communication,
technology and accountability. Delivering immediate user support
from Superior's Network Control Center, NetLinc employs highly
skilled resources, stabilizes network costs, and draws upon one of
the most advanced technical reference libraries available. Superior
and Eisenhower Medical Center have also entered into a Master
Services Agreement for management and information technology
consulting services, which will provide the medical center with the
strategic and technical expertise to help Eisenhower with projects
and initiatives pursuant to their IT strategic plans. Under this
agreement, Superior professionals will be the preferred supplier of
IT consulting services and are currently performing support and
assistance activities related to the McKesson STAR, HOM, EC2000,
PFM, and PMM applications at Eisenhower. "Superior has been a good
partner who has helped Eisenhower Medical Center over the past five
years innovate and implement new technologies, such as our
customized physician Web portal, called IkeMD, and insurance card
scanning technologies enabling streamlined patient admissions and
registration, which have reduced costs and advanced physician
satisfaction and patient safety initiatives," said Craig Owens,
Eisenhower Medical Center's Executive Vice President/Chief
Operating Officer. "We are impressed with Superior's continuous
flexibility and the company's desire to work within the
philosophical and financial parameters that we have established at
Eisenhower. We are pleased with the many smooth transitions
Superior has helped us make in the past, and we look forward to the
next phase of our relationship with Superior." "Eisenhower Medical
Center is an innovative, leading provider of healthcare services in
the Coachella Valley," said Richard D. Helppie, Superior's Chief
Executive Officer. "We are honored to serve all of Eisenhower's
stakeholders, and we appreciate their expression of confidence in
our services. We look forward to working with Eisenhower Medical
Center to meet and exceed their IT and help desk and network
monitoring objectives." About Eisenhower Medical Center Eisenhower
Medical Center is a not-for-profit, comprehensive healthcare
institution. The campus includes the 253-bed Eisenhower Memorial
Hospital, the Betty Ford Center at Eisenhower, the Barbara Sinatra
Children's Center at Eisenhower and the Annenberg Center for Health
Sciences at Eisenhower. The medical center is renowned for its
Centers of Excellence in Cardiovascular, Orthopedics and Oncology.
Situated on 124 acres in Rancho Mirage, California, the medical
center has provided a full range of quality medical and educational
services for more than 30 years for residents and visitors to the
greater Coachella Valley. For more information, visit
http://www.emc.org/ . About Superior Consultant Holdings
Corporation Recipient of Frost & Sullivan's 2003 Best Bang for
the Buck Award for providing services and solutions with the
highest ratio of value to cost, Superior Consultant is a leading
national provider of transformational outsourcing, management and
information technology consulting services and solutions to the
healthcare industry. Superior specializes in Digital Business
Transformation(TM) services that enable clients to thrive in the
information-driven economy, and its outsourcing, management and
information technology consulting services and solutions help
clients plan and execute better business strategies and meet their
fiscal challenges while advancing clinical quality. Superior's best
practices outsourcing model includes a full range of flexible
business process and information technology solutions, including
data center services, 24/7/365 network monitoring and help desk
services, facility management, interim management, and application
outsourcing services. For 20 years, Superior has been recognized as
an innovative leader within the healthcare industry and has been
rewarded with full and partial outsourcing contracts, thousands of
engagements, approximately 170 interim management assignments, and
nearly 3,000 clients. For more information on Superior Consultant
Holdings Corporation simply dial 1-800-PRO-INFO and enter the
Company ticker: SUPC (a no-cost fax-on- demand service) or visit
the Company's Web site at http://www.superiorconsultant.com/ .
DATASOURCE: Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation CONTACT:
Richard D. Helppie - Chief Executive Officer, Richard R. Sorensen -
Chief Financial Officer, or Susan M. Synor - Executive Vice
President, all of Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation,
+1-248-386-8300 Web site: http://www.superiorconsultant.com/
http://www.emc.org/
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