API Receives `Best in KLAS' Award; Leading HIT Intelligence Provider Recognizes API as Top Vendor for Healthcare-Specific Time and Attendance and Staff Scheduling Application.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers HARTFORD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 Automating Peripherals Inc. (API) announced today that its Payrollmation(R) time and attendance and ActiveStaffer(R) staff scheduling system was awarded the KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System bronze award Several organizations issue awards with this name:
Each year, KLAS publishes a Top 20 Report rating client satisfaction with information technology suppliers. The report, based on an extensive annual survey of IT executives, identifies the leading supplier in 20 application areas, including special niche products. This category includes everything that does not fit in any of the standard KLAS categories but is software specifically used in healthcare such as nurse scheduling, time and attendance and medication management. Time and attendance and staffing suppliers in the specialty niche portion of the study include API, Kronos, Per-Se ANSOS and Per-Se One-Staff. "To receive a high ranking See Google bomb. in the Top 20, vendors have to pass a grueling test: being rated by those who know them best, their current customers," said Adam Gale, KLAS Vice President. "The KLAS reports have been invaluable to our organization when making major software purchases. We used the most recent KLAS scores as part of our due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. when selecting a new time and attendance and scheduling/staffing system. Based on the KLAS scores, as well as system functionality and client recommendations, we chose to go with API," said Craig W. Hewitt, Chief Information Officer Executive Partner Information Systems of MeritCare Health System MeritCare Health System is an American healthcare provider headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. MeritCare is the largest healthcare provider in the state of North Dakota. , Fargo, ND. "We are very pleased with the partnership we have forged with API and we look forward to improvements related to our overall labor management productivity." Payrollmation automates and simplifies the time and attendance data collection and calculation process, streamlines time card management, improves employee morale and helps the organization to control labor costs. ActiveStaffer simplifies the time-consuming, labor-intensive manual processes involved in scheduling employees, maximizing resources, controlling labor costs and retaining qualified staff. "It is an honor to receive a 'Best in KLAS' award the first year our products were included in this survey," said Luis Garcia, API president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Not only is it gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to solidly beat our competition, but we are pleased to know our clients are so satisfied, and are willing to speak highly of API and its products." How to Obtain a Copy of the Report: Call toll free 1-866-268-9438 or sign onto the KLAS Store at http://www.healthcomputing.com and purchase your copy of the study. There are discounts for providers that are VHA VHA Veterans Health Administration VHA Variable Housing Allowance VHA Villages Homeowners Association VHA Voluntary Hospitals Association VHA Virtual Home Agent VHA Very High Altitude VHA Vapor Hazard Area VHA Vermont Holstein-Friesian Association or HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society members. The study is a must have for healthcare organizations planning to purchase a time and attendance or staffing/scheduling system, as it provides valuable insight, performance ratings See benchmark. and implementation experiences. About KLAS KLAS is an organization established in 1996 to provide the healthcare information technology (HIT) industry with unbiased factual information on HIT vendor performance. With an average of 25 years in HIT/healthcare experience KLAS executives collect rankings and rating of HIT vendors and personally interview healthcare executives on their HIT vendor experience. KLAS's performance reports are used by vendors to ensure they are meeting the needs of customers, and by healthcare providers to find out which vendors truly deliver what they promise. For further information contact KLAS Enterprises, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control at 801-226-5120 or on the Web at http://www.healthcomputing.com. About API API is a leading provider of time and attendance, staffing/scheduling, payroll, human resource, productivity management, education tracking and access control software for healthcare organizations. Founded in 1982, API has more than 400 installations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , with customers ranging in size from 500 employees to more than 30,000 employees. The company's Payrollmation product is a 2002 Best In KLAS Performance award recipient in the specialty niche category. API has a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corporation and is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider. The company's Web site address is www.api-wi.com. |
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