Company Tops Clinical Implementation Rankings for both Performance and Customer Preference in 2008
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems (www.perotsystems.com) today announced that its Healthcare business unit has been ranked #1 in the 2008 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards report in the category of 'Clinical Implementation - Principal'. This award from the KLAS organization represents the second honor for Perot Systems in 2008. In March of this year, Perot Systems received the #1 performance ranking in a KLAS report examining professional services firms that provide clinical implementation services(1).
"Our #1 ranking and 'Best in KLAS' award for 'Clinical Implementation - Principal' validates the impact that our strategy of using experienced clinicians is having in this market. The two top rankings we received from KLAS in 2008 demonstrate our strengths in the extremely important categories of performance and customer satisfaction. The reputation of KLAS for rigor and commitment to objective client feedback confirms that our clinical implementation capabilities are without a doubt world-class," commented Chuck Lyles, president of the Perot Systems healthcare group.
"We have relied on Perot Systems as one of our partners for implementation of clinical systems and together we have achieved outstanding results. They are a company that we can trust. Perot Systems' associates have technical and clinical expertise which enables our team to realize tangible benefits," stated Liz Johnson, Vice President, Applied Clinical Informatics, Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
"As economic conditions become more challenging, healthcare providers are under tremendous pressure to make every investment - and every dollar - count," said KLAS President Adam Gale. "The Best in KLAS awards were created to help providers make smart buying decisions, allowing them to cut through the hype to identify companies, products and services that are the best-performing in the healthcare industry. The 2008 Best in KLAS honorees represent a select group of healthcare software and services vendors that have demonstrated leadership in working with customers to resolve issues and match expectations to reality."
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 2007 revenue of $2.6 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 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. For factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, 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.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. KLAS' mission is to improve delivery, by independently measuring vendor performance for the benefit of our healthcare provider partners, consultants, investors, and vendors. Working together with executives from over 4500 hospitals and over 2500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email marketing@KLASresearch.com, or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.
(1) Clinical Implementation Services report, March 2008. KLAS Confidential Information. (C) 2008 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com
CONTACT: Jonathan Moss of Perot Systems Corporation Healthcare,
+1-972-577-6395, jonathan.moss@ps.net
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