GREAT RIVER, N.Y., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc. , a leading supplier of enterprise-wide software for health and human services providers through its wholly owned subsidiary, Creative Socio-Medics Corp. (Creative), today announced that Creative has been awarded a contract with Butler Hospital of Providence, Rhode Island. The first year value is $380,000 and the value of years two through five is a total of $239,000. The contract covers licensing, services and 24 by 7 maintenance of Creative’s Avatar ensemble of products.
James Gargiulo, Creative’s Senior Vice President of Marketing said, “The Butler award is in-line with our strategic plan to grow our base of National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) clients. Butler joins the growing list of our Company’s NAPHS members, including North Shore Hillside Hospital, Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers, The Retreat of Brattleboro, and The Ridgeview Institute.”
Butler Hospital, a Care New England facility, is the only private, nonprofit adult, adolescent and child psychiatric and substance abuse hospital in Rhode Island. It provides assessment and treatment of all major psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse.
Recognized as a national leader in the development of short-term, managed care services, Butler has a reputation for providing the best care available to patients. Butler is affiliated with the Brown Medical School and is the flagship for the department of psychiatry that has been recognized by its peers as one of the top ten in the United States.
Butler has been named by US News & World Report, 2003 as one of the top 30 psychiatric hospitals in the United States.
About Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
Netsmart Technologies, Inc. of Great River, NY, through Creative Socio- Medics, is an established, leading supplier of enterprise-wide software solutions for health and human services providers with over 600 clients, including 26 systems with state agencies. Creative’s clients include health and human services organizations: public health agencies, mental health and substance abuse clinics, psychiatric hospitals, and managed care organizations. Avatar Practice Management and the Avatar Clinician Work Station, Creative’s core products, are full-featured information systems that operate on a variety of operating systems, hardware platforms, and mobile devices and offer unlimited scalability.
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Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
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