10-year, Sole Source Agreement Supports JHSMH IT Strategy
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) today said that Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare (JHSMH), a leading health system based in Louisville, KY, has selected the company to deliver information technology services under a sole source contract. The financial terms of the 10-year agreement were not disclosed.
Perot Systems will create a centralized information technology environment designed to bring the benefit of systems predictability to JHSMH, and will manage IT services such as data center operations, network operations, and the help desk among other functions. Perot Systems and JHSMH worked collaboratively to create the arrangement to support the health systems' strategic IT objectives. As a key part of the engagement, Perot Systems will be responsible for the technology integration for JHSMH.
"Perot Systems' expertise and experience in the healthcare industry makes JHSMH confident that we can deliver the best information technology services to our care givers and staff," said Mark Carter, JHSMH senior vice president and chief administrative officer. "Perot Systems gives us a very solid platform to fully integrate the two former organizations' information technology functions into our merged organization."
Perot Systems is a recognized leader in the healthcare industry and is known for its innovative approach to helping providers like JHSMH execute strategic transformational initiatives to enhance patient care. Today, the company serves more than 600 hospitals with information technology, clinical transformation and financial optimization solutions.
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