CGI Selected by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for Health Enterprise Content Management
February 23 2010 - 7:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
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TORONTO, ON, and FAIRFAX, VA, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CGI
Group, Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of
information technology and business process services, today
announced it signed a multi-year, $2.2 million contract with
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario (Sunnybrook).
CGI will implement its Sovera(R), enterprise content management and
workflow automation solution while providing ongoing software
maintenance and support services to the system's users. CGI's
Sovera software, used by 40+ health care systems in more than 240
acute care hospitals in the US and Canada, will first be
implemented in Sunnybrook's health information management (medical
records) area. CGI's Sovera complete digital records management
system provides secure, instant access to patient information
enterprise-wide, which results in increased staff productivity,
improved customer service, and enhanced patient care. Built on two
award-winning platforms, IBM Enterprise Content Management and
Datacap Taskmaster for Capture and Forms Processing, Sovera
automates medical records workflow processes including: medical
coding, chart review, analysis and completion, and records release.
As one of Canada's largest and most dynamic health systems,
Sunnybrook comprises 3 campuses with 10,000 staff, physicians and
volunteers who serve more than one million patients each year. Over
the last 60 years, Sunnybrook has evolved from its original role as
a Veterans' hospital into a centre of excellence in patient care,
education and research. "We chose CGI's Sovera solution after a
comprehensive market search and a review of CGI's and Sovera's
integration capabilities," said Sam Marafioti, CIO of Sunnybrook.
"We needed a solution that met our technical and business
objectives to enhance clinical productivity and the effectiveness
of our clinical staff, while continuing quality of care and
ensuring patient safety." "We are very pleased to partner with
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre to implement our content
management solution in their medical records area" said Steve Bock,
Director of the Healthcare Solutions practice at CGI. "As an
industry-leading platform, Sovera will help Sunnybrook meet their
business goals and objectives of reducing costs, improving
efficiencies, and creating a paperless environment while
maintaining their outstanding standard for patient care." CGI IN
HEALTH CARE CGI provides a full suite of health IT solutions that
reduce operating costs, advance the quality of care, and promote
health with an emphasis on electronic medical records (EMR), health
information exchange (HIE), quality initiatives and operational
efficiency improvements. As a trusted health IT services partner,
governments, provincial ministries, hospitals, health systems, HIE
organizations and health insurers rely on CGI's healthcare
solutions and services to achieve success. Website:
http://www.cgi.com/healthcare. About CGI Founded in 1976, CGI Group
Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and
business process services firms in the world. CGI and its
affiliated companies employ approximately 26,000 professionals. CGI
provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients
worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe and
Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North
America, Europe and India. As at December 31, 2009, CGI's order
backlog was $11.4 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A)
and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite
Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and
MidCap Indices. Website: http://www.cgi.com/. Forward- Looking
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DATASOURCE: CGI GROUP INC. CONTACT: Investors: Lorne Gorber,
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