Picis Launches Customer Social Network at Picis Exchange 2008
Online forum brings together 325 healthcare leaders to share best practices, industry expertise and healthcare trends
WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the healthcare industry continues to face challenges regarding
economics, clinical improvements, interoperability standards, compliance
and IT implementations, Picis
has created a new social networking Web site, Picis Exchange Network, to
capture unique perspectives from its customers. Unveiled at the Picis
Exchange Customer Conference, held June 15-18, 2008 at The Breakers in
Palm Beach, Fla., this new online community will extend the dialogue,
interaction and exchange of ideas that take place at the company’s
live event. Picis plans to then expand this content to its broader
customer base, which includes more than 1,700 hospitals and medical
centers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. The forum will not only help
hospitals further their understanding of Picis technology, but will also
drive interaction among customers around key industry issues.
“Clinicians, business managers and healthcare
IT executives are increasingly relying on information from their peers
to help them support decisions about ways to improve clinical processes
and hospital operations,” said Todd
Cozzens, CEO and vice chairman of Picis. “We
have learned through our annual customer conference sessions that our customers
– from physicians and nurses to IT staff to
hospital CIOs and CFOs – are truly their own
best resource. The Picis Exchange Network fosters this same kind of
interaction among these groups in a safe, online environment year-round.”
Building on the capabilities of Picis’
existing customer site, Picis Exchange Network will serve as a portal
for customer interaction and information related to Picis Exchange
conference content and related topics. Featured content will include:
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Picis Exchange 2008 keynote and speaker presentations;
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Web casts and other events;
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Customer and Picis executive commentary;
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Online polling and industry surveys; and
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Industry topic discussions.
About Picis
Picis is a global provider of innovative information solutions that
enable rapid and sustained delivery of clinical, financial and
operational results in the acute care areas of the hospital. These
high-acuity areas include the emergency department, operating and
recovery rooms and intensive care units. Picis offers the most advanced
suite of integrated products focused on these life-critical areas of the
hospital where the patients are the most vulnerable, the care process is
the most complex and an increasing majority of hospital costs and
potential revenue are concentrated. Headquartered in Wakefield,
Massachusetts, Picis has licensed systems for use in more than 1,700
hospitals in 19 countries. More information is available at www.picis.com.
Picis, CareSuite and PulseCheck are registered trademarks of Picis, Inc. ©
2008 Picis, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks mentioned
herein are the properties of their respective owners. This press release
contains express or implied forward-looking statements relating to,
among other things, Picis’ expectations
concerning the functionality, expected performance and market acceptance
of its products. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees,
but are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which
are beyond Picis’ control, which could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these
forward-looking statements.
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