PLANO, Texas, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems Corporation today announced that the company has reached an agreement with Orange, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health System (SJHS). Perot Systems will help extend the capabilities of Care ReDesign (CRD), a multi-year business and clinical transformation initiative by SJHS to improve patient safety and quality of care by infusing an optimal mix of engineered process change sustained with innovative technologies in the care settings.
Under terms of the agreement, Perot Systems will deliver specific resources to SJHS in four key areas of the CRD initiative: sponsorship and governance, change management, clinician adoption and benefits realization. SJHS will use Perot Systems’ clinical transformation expertise to drive ongoing quality improvements, develop strategies for increased clinician adoption and involvement, and support the transfer of knowledge to each of its fourteen acute care facilities.
As the health system prepares to accelerate the CRD program to reach additional facilities, Perot Systems will share best practices and methodologies to ensure each facility experiences a smooth transition into the program. Currently, four of SJHS’ hospitals in California are engaged in the CRD program, including St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Queen of the Valley Hospital of Napa, and Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa.
“The collaboration between SJHS and Perot Systems continues to build our synergies toward an improving-patient-care experience,” said Benjamin R. Williams, SJHS’ senior vice president, strategic innovation and CIO. “The two organizations share a belief in breaking the boundaries of status quo process to continually improve patient safety and quality of care in the communities we serve.”
“This is a significant milestone in Perot Systems’ relationship with St. Joseph,” said Kevin Fickenscher, MD, executive vice president of healthcare transformation for Perot Systems. “St. Joseph’s recognition of Perot Systems as a partner in support of its clinical transformation initiative is gratifying. We are proud to contribute to their efforts to enhance quality, promote service and reduce costs in healthcare.”
Perot Systems and SJHS have worked together since 2000, when the health system selected the company to manage its information technology services. Perot Systems is a recognized leader in the healthcare industry and is known for its innovative approach to helping providers execute strategic healthcare technology initiatives. Today, more than 7,500 healthcare associates worldwide provide integrated, comprehensive business and technical services for all facets of the healthcare marketplace.
About St. Joseph Health System
St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) is an integrated healthcare delivery organization that exists to extend the Catholic healthcare ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. SJHS provides a broad range of medical services within three geographic regions -- Northern California, Southern California and West Texas/Eastern New Mexico. With revenues of $3.2 billion, the system family includes 14 hospitals and three home health agencies, as well as hospice care, outpatient services, skilled nursing facilities and physician organizations. SJHS is enriched by the services of nearly 18,000 employees and more than 1,500 affiliated physicians. In 2005, SJHS provided more than $384 million in community benefit and care for the poor services. For more information, log on to http://www.stjhs.org .
About Perot Systems
Perot Systems 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 2005 revenue of $2.0 billion. The company has more than 17,000 associates located in North America, Europe, and Asia. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com .
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Among many factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially are that we may bear the risk of cost overruns for custom software development and implementation services, our contracts generally contain provisions that could allow customers to terminate the contracts and sometimes contain provisions that enable the customer to require changes in pricing, and some contracts contain fixed-price provisions or penalties that could result in decreased profits. Please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov , for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.
Perot Systems Corporation; St. Joseph Health System
CONTACT: Sharon Lakes of Perot Systems Corporation, +1-972-577-6012, orSharon.Lakes@ps.net ; or Melinda Bowles of St. Joseph Health System,+1-714-347-7573, or mbowles@stjoe.org
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