July 14 , 2009

ORMED'S SUPPLY CHAIN, E-COMMERCE, AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS CHOSEN BY PROcure TO SERVICE 5 ONTARIO HOSPITALS

EDMONTON, AB: Ormed is pleased to announce that the PROcure organization in Southwestern Ontario has selected the ORMED MIS software suite, including materials management, requisitioning, general ledger, accounts payable, and business intelligence software solutions, to provide an integrated, cost-efficient supply chain management system for its member hospitals in the Erie/St. Clair region.

“We have heard very positive things about Ormed,” states Cynthia Chesler, Executive Director of PROcure. “Ormed brings our client hospitals together. The Ormed system is easy to use and great for our client hospitals as we will own, run, and maintain the system. We are very excited to have picked an IT platform that will help us move forward and establish an integrated supply chain management system to service our member hospitals.”

PROcure was established to provide supply chain services to the following Erie/St. Clair hospitals: Bluewater Health, Chatham/Kent Health Alliance, Hotel Dieu/Grace Hospital, Leamington District Memorial Hospital, and Windsor Regional Hospital. Their mission is to provide hospitals with best practices in order to find and maintain supply chain efficiencies.

"The hospitals of the Erie/St. Clair region are pioneering leading practices in supply chain management with the formation of this integrated supply chain model,” says Steve Caughers, Ormed’s Vice President of Sales. “Ormed is very excited to be chosen by PROcure to provide the software applications that will automate the supply chain continuum for this region".

Bob Lozeron, Ormed’s Director of Sales for Canada says, “We are looking forward to working with PROcure to achieve the efficiencies they have identified. We hope to see more of the regions/LHINs undertake these types of initiatives to help the healthcare market adjust to the changing economic climate and centralize services in order to divert more dollars towards patient care”.  

About Ormed Information Systems Ltd. (www.ormed.com)

Ormed is the largest Canadian supplier of back-office accounting systems to Canadian healthcare facilities, and is celebrating 20 years of specialization in the healthcare field. Headquartered in Alberta, Ormed has offices and distributors in Ontario, British Columbia, the United States, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Contact:

Isaac Calon

Corporate Communications Manager
Ormed Information Systems Ltd.

780.482.7200 (ext 337)

isaac_calon@ormed.com

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