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University of Missouri Health Care is now negotiating with the Kansas City-based Cerner Corp., administrators have confirmed.

However, it does not appear an agreement with the company has been reached, according to a statement that Harold Williamson, vice chancellor for health sciences, and James Ross, CEO of MU Health, released to the Tribune late Friday.

MU Health information technology workers have been worried for months that their jobs could be outsourced to Cerner, considered one of the leading health information technology providers.

Several employees have said supervisors told them different Cerner-related stories, but mostly workers have been kept in the dark.

Williamson and Ross said employees would be notified “promptly” if a Cerner agreement is made.

“We have a talented information technology workforce at the health system with unique skills that are critical to the success of future initiatives we may undertake with Cerner,” they wrote. “The retention of our talented workforce is one of the principal points of our discussions, and we are committed to providing a favorable employment opportunity for each employee.”

MU Health IT workers saw Williamson’s and Ross’ statement Friday but weren’t reassured. Talk of favorable employment opportunities “pretty much confirms to us that we are gone,” one health system IT worker said, asking to remain unidentified.

Some staff members also were surprised that UM System President Gary Forsee’s name wasn’t mentioned in the statement. He is thought to have initiated the negotiations.

Forsee has several business and personal ties to the company. He previously served as CEO of Sprint, which works closely with Cerner. Forsee and Cerner CEO Neal Patterson serve together on at least two boards of trustees, and online records indicate Forsee’s son-in-law, Brandon Bell, works for Cerner.

The university has a longstanding relationship with Cerner. The company provides hardware products for the hospital and has an educational partnership with the MU School of Medicine.

Current discussions would “result in a significant investment in our health information technology and identify ways that we can collaborate on a range of new initiatives,” Williamson and Ross wrote. “If an agreement is reached, it will accelerate the integration of a comprehensive, cutting-edge electronic health record across our entire health system.”

* Complementary Strengths Enhance Dell`s IT Services Portfolio, Perot Systems`
Global Reach
* Companies Together Represent $8 Billion in Services Revenue
* Acquisition Expected to Be Accretive to GAAP Earnings in Fiscal 2012

ROUND ROCK, Texas & PLANO, Texas--(Business Wire)--
Dell and Perot Systems have entered a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire
Perot Systems in a transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion. Terms of
the agreement were approved yesterday by the boards of directors of both
companies.

The acquisition will result in a compelling combination of two iconic
information-technology brands. The expanded Dell will be even better positioned
for immediate and long-term growth and efficiency driven by:

* Providing a broader range of IT services and solutions and optimizing how
they`re delivered;
* Extending the reach of Perot Systems` capabilities, including in the most
dynamic customer segments, around the world; and,
* Supplying leading Dell computer systems to even more Perot Systems customers.

Complementary Capabilities

Dell and Perot Systems share several key characteristics and our products,
services and structures are overwhelmingly complementary. They have similarly
strong, relationship-based business cultures. People in both organizations are
recognized for helping customers thrive by using IT for greater effectiveness
and productivity. The combination also provides some compelling opportunities
for improved efficiency, which will benefit our customers even further.

Dell`s global commercial customer base spans large corporations, government
agencies, health-care providers, educational institutions, and small and medium
enterprises (SME). The company`s large existing services business includes
breakthroughs in the concept and delivery of modular services, as well as
expertise in infrastructure consulting and software-as-a-service. Dell is a
leader in computer systems, including standards-based network servers, and in
the fast-growing segment of data-storage hardware.

Perot Systems provides world-class services, including in applications,
technology, infrastructure, business processes and consulting. The company is a
leading provider to clients in health-care, government and other commercial
segments, from SMEs to the largest global institutions. Perot Systems has a
large and growing base of customers and service-delivery capabilities in North
America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Asia.

Over the past four quarters Dell and Perot Systems had a combined $16 billion in
enterprise-hardware and IT-services revenue, with about $8 billion from enhanced
services and support.

Tender Offer, Closing and Initial Integration

Under the terms of the agreement, Dell will commence a tender offer to acquire
all of the outstanding Class A common stock of Perot Systems for $30 per share
in cash. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition. The
transaction, which is subject to customary government approvals and the
satisfaction of other customary conditions, is expected to close in Dell`s
November-January fiscal quarter.

Once the acquisition is complete, Perot Systems will become Dell`s services unit
and be led from Plano by Peter Altabef, the current Perot Systems chief
executive officer. At the same time, Dell directors are expected to consider
Ross Perot Jr., Perot Systems` chairman of the board, for appointment to the
Dell board. Based on current estimates, the transaction is expected to be
accretive to Dell`s GAAP earnings in its fiscal 2012.

To hear a related analysts call with Dell and Perot Systems executives ("live"
at 8:30 A.M. EDT today, then later via replay), go to www.dell.com/investor.

Quotes:

Michael Dell, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Dell: "We
consider Perot Systems to be a premium asset with great people that enhances our
opportunities for immediate and long-term growth. This significantly expands
Dell`s enterprise-solutions capabilities and makes Perot Systems` strengths
available to even more customers around the world. There will be efficiencies
from combining the companies, but the acquisition makes such great sense because
of the obvious ways our businesses complement each other."

Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of the Board, Perot Systems: "This transaction
represents a great opportunity for our company and our associates. Today`s
announcement is the next step in formalizing a relationship that has flourished
for some time. When my father founded Perot Systems he envisioned a global
information-technology leader. The new, larger Dell builds on that promise and
its own successes by taking Perot Systems` expertise to more customers than
ever."

About DELL

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology
and services they need and value. For more information, visit www.dell.com.
Investors wishing to communicate directly with Dell may go to
www.dell.com/dellshares.

About Perot Systems

Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) is a worldwide provider of information
technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and
collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the
company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth,
streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in
Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2008 revenue of $2.8 billion. The company
has more than 23,000 associates located in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and
Asia Pacific. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at
www.perotsystems.com.

Special Note:

The planned tender offer described in this release has not yet commenced.The
description contained in this release is not an offer to buy or the solicitation
of an offer to sell securities. At the time the planned tender offer is
commenced,Dell will file a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and Perot Systems will file a
solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the
planned tender offer. The tender offer statement (including an offer to
purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other tender offer documents) and
the solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important information
that should be read carefully before making any decision to tender securities in
the planned tender offer. Those materials will be made available to Perot
System`s stockholders at no expense to them.In addition, all of those materials
(and all other tender offer documents filed with the SEC) will be made available
at no charge on the SEC's website: www.sec.gov.

Statements in this release that relate to future results and events are
forward-looking statements based on Dell's and Perot Systems` current
expectations, respectively. Actual results and events in future periods may
differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements because of a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. All
statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be
deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected benefits and costs of
the transaction; management plans relating to the transaction; the expected
timing of the completion of the transaction; the ability to complete the
transaction; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of
management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans;
any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions
underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include
the possibility that expected benefits may not materialize as expected; that the
transaction may not be timely completed, if at all; that, prior to the
completion of the transaction, Perot Systems` business may experience
disruptions due to transaction-related uncertainty or other factors making it
more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, licensees, other
business partners or governmental entities; that the parties are unable to
successfully implement integration strategies; and other risks that are
described in Dell`s and Perot Systems` Securities and Exchange Commission
reports, including but not limited to the risks described in Dell`s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended January 30, 2009 and Perot
Systems` Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
Dell and Perot Systems assume no obligation and do not intend to update these
forward-looking statements.

DELL is a trademark of DELL Inc.

Perot Systems is a trademark of Perot Systems Corp.

Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.



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or
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or
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Media Relations:
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or
Investor Relations:
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john.lyon@ps.net

AbilITy Connection Award Night recognizes achievements of information technology students and graduates with disabilities



Five individuals, including college students and graduates with disabilities who are pursing careers in information technology, will receive AbilITy Connection financial assistance awards during a program from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Briggs & Stratton Corporation, 12301 W. Wirth St., Wauwatosa. The students and graduates’ mentors also will be recognized for their support.



The AbilITy Connection financial assistance awards support individuals with disabilities who are working toward or who have completed information technology degrees. The awards are offered to help overcome obstacles to continued education and the search for employment.



The individuals receiving awards are:



- John Blimke, who attends Waukesha County Technical College and lives in Waukesha, Wis.



- Noelle Romashko, who holds an associate’s degree in Computer Programming from Milwaukee Area Technical College and lives in Waukesha, Wis.



- Andrew Stasey, who holds associate’s degrees in Computer Information Technology (Network Specialist and Microcomputer Specialist) from Waukesha County Technical College and lives in Waukesha, Wis.



- Larry Taylor, who holds an associate’s degree in Computer Electronics from Milwaukee Area Technical College, is working on an additional IT Programmer/Analyst associate’s degree and who lives in Milwaukee.



- Chuck Tripi, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an associate’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Milwaukee Area Technical College and who lives in Brookfield, Wis.



AbilITy Connection, a program of Goodwill Industries, is designed to keep pace with the ever-changing and challenging field of information technology. The program offers mentoring, internships, financial assistance awards and job placement services to students and recent graduates with disabilities who are interested in pursuing information technology careers. Through dedicated professionals who serve as mentors, individuals receive the guidance, experience and insight to prepare them for future employment. Upon graduation from a college or technical school, the program’s Business Advisory Council members assist students in finding internships and full- and part-time employment.

Addis Ababa (September 21, 2009) – Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) and the Chinese Telecom Corporation, ZTE, recently signed a 10 million dollar agreement to construct part of the technological infrastructure of the long awaited Information Technology (IT) Park of the federal government.

The Ministry of Capacity Building first planned to build the IT-Park project, which is to be located behind Bole International Airport, some six years ago in collaboration with donors. However, the ministry had to distribute different phases of the project to various stockholders owing to donors’ failure to finance this huge project.

ETC was chosen to manage part of the project, which led the state-owned telecom provider to negotiate with ZTE so the latter can include the project in the 1.5 billion vendor financing program signed in 2006.

“This principal contract needs to be in place and signed at this moment in order to make sure that the IT-Park project are taken in to consideration within the vendor financing program,” reads the agreement signed by the two parties.

Detailed site surveys should be made to determine the exact price of the IP-Park infrastructure project. The two sides have agreed that a sum of 10 million dollar should be set aside from the remaining balance of the vendor financing projects until the survey is completed.
Currently, the partners are negotiating to verify which projects can be cancelled out of the remaining vendor financing projects that will cause minimum harm to the client and contractor. ETC and ZTE are expected to sign this agreement in October to commence the IT project. According to their agreement, ZTE is expected to build the Internet Protocol (IP) framework and will supply equipment such as routers and switchers. Building National Operating Center (NOC) which will be used to manage, maintain and operate the IT Park is also a job for ZTE, which is further expected to supply an internet protocol phone service with an integrated access device.

When the IT Park is completed it will give an opportunity for businesses willing to engage in IT manufacturing and the IT service industry to work in the same compound.

New Recognition Honors IT Executives for Influence, Innovation and Ability to
Collaborate with Integrators and Vendors

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Everything Channel, a
division of United Business Media, today announced the CIO 50 West winners, a
new recognition that honors IT executives for their influence, innovation and
ability to collaborate with integrators and vendors. The awards were
presented at Everything Channel's Midsize Enterprise Summit West 2009, which
took place at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090921/NY78146LOGO )

The CIO 50 West winners include:
1. Mohinder Chopra, SVP & CIO, OSI Systems
2. David Hudson, VP IT, Keenan & Associates
3. Tracy Cleeton, Director of IT, Saga Communications
4. Keenan Lersch, Technology Manager, American Railcar Industries
5. Thomas Smith, CTO, PSRS/PEERS of Missouri
6. Brad Cackler, IT Director, Micro Power Electronics
7. Dave McDowell, Director of IT, West Liberty Foods
8. Greg McLean, Director of Technical Services, Green Bay Packaging
9. Christopher Holda, Director, IT, Integrated Health Associates
10. Randy Nye, IT Manager, Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc.
11. Rita Lazar-Tippe, IS Manager, Edmonton Journal
12. Michael Gauthier, CIO, IMTT
13. Michelle George, First VP - Application Development, Securities
America
14. Nathan Church, VP & IT Manager, Columbia River Bank
15. Dave Ploch, CIO/Director, IT, Novus International
16. Greg Katers, Director of IT, Green Bay Packaging
17. David Chin, Director of IT, Stanford Hotels Corporation
18. David Price, IT Director, Resource Management, Inc.
19. Michael Brown, VP of IS, Peter Piper Pizza
20. Neil Stewart, Director Technical Operations, QuikTrip Corp
21. Dirk Anderson, VP Technology, C R England
22. Paul Dupree, CIO, Assistant VP of I.S., Asbury College
23. Bruce Hagen, VP Corporate IS, Bemis Manufacturing Co
24. Robert Bence, VP, Technology, Southwest Credit Systems
25. Larry Freed, Vice President & CIO, Atrium Companies, Inc.
26. Seth Hansen, VP - IT, Daktronics, Inc
27. David Cresswell, Director, IT Planning & Strategy, British Columbia
Institute of Technology
28. Lawrence Frederick, CIO, University of the Pacific
29. Raman Krishnaswami, Director, IT, Healthcare Benefit Trust
30. John DeLuca, Director of Information Technology, Hydranautics
31. Craig Crosby, Director, Information Services, Procopio, Cory,
Hargreaves
& Savitch LLP
32. Adam Farkas, VP IT, Crown Media
33. Leonardo Imana, Director of Technology, Adelman Travel Group
34. Sergey Bushlyar, CIO, IT Director, Paul Capital Partners
35. Neil Ferguson, Technology Director, Orrick, Herrington, & Sutclife
LLP
36. Peter Mills, Executive Director, Information Technology, Canadian
Tourism Commission
37. David Cropper, CIO, Mamiye Brothers
38. Susan Faulkner, Director, Information Systems and Technology, Bluewave
Energy
39. Eric Vlam, Director of Information Systems, Equipment Depot
40. Michael Gibbons, Director, Northeastern State University
41. Aaron Bukhari, CIO & CSO, SNC Lavalin Nuclear Inc.
42. Chris Daly, Director, Infrastructure & Application Support,
Corporation Service Company
43. Niel Nickolaisen, CIO, Headwaters, Inc.
44. Lawrence Frederick, CIO, University of the Pacific
45. Carl Gammon, Director, Information Systems, Minntech Corporation
46. James Fielder, Vice President Information Technology, Farm Credit
Services of Illinois
47. Matthew Sharp, Director of I.T., David and Lucile Packard Foundation
48. Brian Mackay, Associate VP and CIO, Thompson Rivers University
49. Nick Barakat, IT Manager, Clean Energy Fuels Corp

50. Gary Allen, Chief Technology Officer, Amarillo Independent School
District


The professionals comprising the CIO 50 West were chosen for their leadership
in utilizing technology to help increase corporate efficiencies, drive revenue
and achieve other key business goals within their midsize company or
organization. In particular, Everything Channel looked for executives with IT
decision-making ability and strong partnerships with integrators and
consultants. The size of the IT budget and the progress of ongoing IT projects
were also considered. Based on these criteria, Everything Channel's editorial
and content team identified today's leading customers.

"We are pleased to honor these IT executives for their influence, innovation
and ability to collaborate with integrators and vendors," said, Robert C.
DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director for Everything Channel
editorial. "Congratulations to the CIO 50 West winners on this well-deserved
achievement."

The Midsize Enterprise Summit brought senior IT Executives from midsize
businesses together with industry analysts and leading and emerging vendors.
The focus -- enabling strategic IT Decision-Making -- embraced
midmarket-specific issues, trends and solutions from a horizontal and vertical
industry-specific perspective. The business-intensive format included
analyst-led sessions, vendor-led world premiere and private boardroom
appointments, a showcase of exhibits, and networking functions.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for managing and accelerating
technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales,
Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth
of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience
loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an
extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and
marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they
need to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization
of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve
professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from
journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated
events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in
more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these
communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business
and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

Despite Economy, Organizations Face Significant Information Technology (IT)
Talent Gap: Deloitte Survey
To Address Both Short- and Long-Term IT Talent Challenges, Deloitte Offers
Recommendations to Organizations for Improved Talent Strategies and Execution

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- According to new research from Deloitte, IT
functional leaders have an increasingly clear understanding of what they must
do to effectively support their organizations' business strategies. However,
existing IT talent strategies and programs appear to be falling short -
leaving IT without the talent necessary to do the job.

Based on a global survey of 306 IT decision-makers and executive business
managers, and 15 subsequent one-on-one interviews with select respondents,
current IT talent issues are having an impact on IT and business performance.
Based on the research, Deloitte identifies two major IT talent gaps: growing
talent gap for IT leaders and project managers; and the critical need for
improved IT talent strategies and program execution. Additional key findings
included:

-- The majority of survey respondents (51%) strongly believe talent
issues
have limited their organization's productivity and efficiency.


-- Half of the respondents say the talent shortage is limiting their
ability to innovate, which is the strategic core of the benefits that
technology can bring to a business.


-- Significant numbers of respondents indicate that IT talent issues are
having a material impact on other key dimensions of business success
--
growth (58%), speed to market (54%), quality (53%) and customer
relationships (53%).


-- The vast majority of IT organizations surveyed expect to expand their
workforces over the next three-to-five years. In fact, nearly half of
the respondents (47%) expect to see at least 5% annual growth in the
IT
workforce over that period -- even as the pool of experienced and
qualified IT workers in many countries gets smaller.


"Even in the midst of hiring freezes and layoffs, organizations continue to
face talent shortages in critical areas such as IT," said Jeff Schwartz,
principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP. "We believe differentiation is key when
trying to attract, develop and retain top IT talent. This means organizations
will need to revitalize their efforts and focus on areas such as company
brand, workforce flexibility, multi-generation workforce strategies, job
rotations, virtual management skills, improved on-boarding and accelerated
development."

Deloitte offers additional recommendations for organizations to consider as
they address current and future IT talent challenges:

-- Establish clear roles and responsibilities. CIOs and their management
teams need to own and lead the IT talent challenge. However, HR/talent
functional leaders and teams have significant opportunities to improve
their strategic partnership with IT by improving their capabilities
and
focusing on services that address the unique talent needs of the IT
function.


-- Improve workforce analysis and planning capabilities. Leverage
internal
and external data to provide clearer views of long-term talent trends,
both in terms of supply (e.g., demographics, baby boomer retirements
--
and longer time to retirement, education, and global labor markets)
and
demand (e.g., new business requirements and technology advances).


-- Refine global sourcing strategies. Explore innovative ways to manage a
diverse, global workforce that is increasingly comprised of
non-traditional resources, including contractors, outsourcing vendors,
retirees and offshore staff.


-- Strengthen alignment between IT and business priorities. Rotate people
from IT into the business and from the business into IT. In an
environment with significant outsourcing and global dispersion of IT
workforces, these rotation programs are even more important because
building and managing relationships with business units is one of the
retained IT team's primary responsibilities.


-- Learn how to manage a multi-sourced, global workforce. Without an
improved approach to sourcing and managing a global workforce, global
sourcing can be more of a hindrance than a help and organizations can
end up in challenging situations where sourced employees are
performing
roles that could be staffed internally and the sourced labor costs are
higher than they should be.


-- Pay more attention to on-boarding. In particular, companies should
focus
more effort on on-boarding for contractors and other non-traditional
resources. Current processes are generally designed to meet the needs
of
traditional in-house staff. That, however, is not what the IT
workforce
looks like any more.


For a full copy of this research report and for the latest information about
talent strategies, innovative talent and work solutions, please visit
Deloitte's Talent Management website. The Deloitte Review also recently
published a detailed article on retaining key talent as the economy improves.
The article entitled, "Where did our employees go? Examining the rise in
voluntary turnover during economic recoveries," can be found in Issue 5 at
www.deloittereview.com.

About the Survey
Deloitte, in collaboration with CIO, conducted a global survey of 306 IT
decision-makers and executive business managers at companies with revenues of
$500 million or more. Additional insights were obtained through personal
interviews with selected respondents.

The U.S. version of the survey was completed among qualified members of the
CIO audience. The Canadian, European, and Asia-Pacific versions of the survey
were completed among an international panel of IT and business professionals.
In addition, Deloitte conducted the survey among select companies in South
Africa. The survey was conducted between March 17, 2009 and April 1, 2009.

About Deloitte
As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte Consulting LLP and
Deloitte Services LP, subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP. Please see
www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of
Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.

Ensemble-based CMS Quality Manager Will Deliver Real-time Quality Data
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
InterSystems Corporation today announced that Technology Medical Partners
(T-M-Partners) has selected the InterSystems Ensemble rapid integration and
development platform for its CMS Quality Manager healthcare application. The
first of many healthcare technology solutions under development by T-M-Partners,
CMS Quality Manageris designedto vastly improve the data abstraction and
administrative processes of reporting core measures to the Centers for Medicaid
and Medicare Services (CMS).

InterSystems develops innovative integration, database, and business
intelligence products. T-M-Partners, an InterSystems application partner, has
made a name for itself developing composite healthcare solutions that improve
quality, cash flow and efficiencies for healthcare providers through the
improvement of data access, administrative workflow and quality.

Ensemble is used to develop and integrate mission-critical applications,
leverage previous software investments through composite applications, and
establish an enterprise service bus or SOA infrastructure. Ensemble-based
projects are deployed in hundreds of organizations in healthcare, government,
financial services, and other industries where reliability and high-performance
are paramount concerns.

"Healthcare has many human-based processes in need of data access, automation
and process improvement," said Jeff Burke, Managing Partner at T-M-Partners.
"The InterSystems Ensemble platform enables us to rapidly configure these
processes and access data in a way that simplifies the user experience and do so
on a platform designed for continuous improvement, speed and scalability. The
bottom line benefit to healthcare providers includes higher quality, lower
costs, higher efficiency and improved patient and employee satisfaction."

Delivering Benefits of Real Time Quality Data

The ability of the Ensemble-based CMS Quality Manager to provide data in
real-time mode leads to improvement and control of quality processes and patient
outcomes, according to Burke. "Efficient reporting of CMS quality data is just
the beginning," he noted. "Quality measures that are actionable in real time
will allow for rapid corrective actions and better quality of care processes.
And," Burke continued, "dashboards provide forms, charts, reports, tables and
graphs that present executives and managers with key quality data in the format
they prefer." In addition, the CMS Quality Manager portal provides role-based
access to key items such as processes, activities, tasks lists and roles. The
application also provides automated workflow that enables CMS Quality Report
processes, notifications, alerts, escalations and delegation. "Rules and alerts
will enable care-givers to properly meet quality guidelines and improve in real
time, rather than in weeks, or even months, after the fact," Burke pointed out.
"That real-time improvement of outcomes leads to financial rewards and patient
satisfaction as well as improved pay for performance."

"T-M-Partners` healthcare expertise in quality methods like Six Sigma coupled
with their experience in technology implementations and solution development
means that they are helping their clients apply business process and technology
directly to high impact, highly visible pain points. This yields more immediate
financial returns," said Matthew Nee, InterSystems Vice President of North
American Sales. "We are excited to have been selected as T-M-Partners` platform
of choice for the development of composite healthcare applications like their
new CMS Quality Manager."

About InterSystems

InterSystems Corporation is the worldwide leader in software for connected
healthcare. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and offices in 21
countries, InterSystems provides innovative products that enable fast
development, deployment, and integration of enterprise-class applications.
InterSystems CACHÉ is a high performance object database that makes applications
faster and more scalable. InterSystems Ensemble is a rapid integration and
development platform that enriches applications with new functionality, and
makes them connectable. InterSystems HealthShare is a platform that enables the
fastest creation of an Electronic Health Record for regional or national health
information exchange. InterSystems DeepSee is software that makes it possible to
embed real-time business intelligence in transactional applications, enabling
better operational decisions. InterSystems is the world`s #1 vendor of database
and integration technologies for healthcare applications. InterSystems products
are used by thousands of hospitals and labs, including all 21 hospitals on the
Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals as rated by U.S. News and World Report.
For more information, visit InterSystems.com.

About Technology Medical Partners

Technology Medical Partners (T-M-Partners) was founded in 2004 and is focused on
Healthcare Performance Improvement with Composite Solutions. T-M-Partners
delivers value-added information technology solutions and services to the
Healthcare Industry. We focus on the business performance improvement of
"healthcare providers" (Hospitals and Large Physician Practices). As a
consulting channel partner of other technology solutions, TMP brings a
comprehensive array of solutions, products and services together with experience
and leadership in Healthcare Solutions delivery. Specifically, we look at the
processes across the hospital that impact financial performance, quality
measures, business operations, revenue cycle management and other critical
success factors of the management team. See www.t-m-partners.net for more
information.

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