API and St. Joseph's Hospital Selected as Finalists for Microsoft Industry Solutions Award.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers HARTFORD, Wis.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 23, 2001 Automating Peripherals Inc. (API) along with Saint Joseph's Saint Joseph's may refer to:
(2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. ) competition in the Best Financial Solution category. Winners of this year's ISA awards will be announced during a ceremony to be held October 29, 2001, at the Microsoft booth during the Microsoft Healthcare Users Group convention in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . The ISA awards honor independent software vendors who utilize Microsoft technology in their applications. An independent panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
(operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. (R) 2000 Server, Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. (TM) and Microsoft enterprise platform technology. API has won this award, in conjunction with various clients, three times in the past four years. API and Saint Joseph's were selected for API's Payrollmation(R) Series, which automates the collection of time and attendance information for Saint Joseph's 2,300 employees while allowing them the benefit of reviewing their time information from any computer with Web access and a browser. Saint Joseph's has been using the Payrollmation Series for two years. "It's wonderful to once again be honored as a finalist for the ISA awards," said Luis Garcia, 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. and president of API. "We're glad to be selected along with Saint Joseph's because we've had such a long working relationship with them. They're certainly the perfect example of how a healthcare organization can use technology to positively affect the daily lives of staff while also improving the bottom line." With Payrollmation, healthcare organizations can utilize a number of powerful options to manage employee information flow and achieve 100% automation of complex and unique pay policies, even across multiple locations. This allows for more timely and accurate payroll completion without manual intervention, and pay rules and policies are administered more consistently throughout the enterprise. Powerful parameters, indicators and tables within the application support varying policies and give users the ability to prescribe the rules that fit or make changes as the organization does. Reporting options give management a powerful tool with which to make decisions and adjust staffing based on business needs. About Saint Joseph's Hospital Founded in 1890, Saint Joseph's Hospital is a 524-bed tertiary care tertiary care Managed care The most specialized health care, administered to Pts with complex diseases who may require high-risk pharmacologic regimens, surgical procedures, or high-cost high-tech resources; TC is provided in 'tertiary care centers', often teaching institution. It is one of Wisconsin's largest hospitals and the state's only major rural referral medical center, serving the people of central and northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula Upper Peninsula Abbr. UP The northern part of Michigan between Lakes Superior and Michigan. It is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac. Noun 1. , as well as referrals from around the country. Physically adjacent to the hospital is the Marshfield Clinic Marshfield Clinic is a medical system with 41 centers located in northern, central and western Wisconsin as of 2006. It was founded in 1916 by six local physicians: K.W. Doege, M.D.; William Hipke, M.D.; Victor Mason, M.D.; Walter G. Sexton, M.D.; H.H. Milbee, M.D. and Roy P. , one of the nation's largest private, multi-specialty group practices. Most of the Marshfield Clinic's 540 primary care physicians and specialists serve on the medical staff at Saint Joseph's Hospital. About API API is a leading provider of payroll, human resource, time and attendance, education tracking and access control software for healthcare organizations. Founded in 1982, API has more than 350 installations in the United States, with customers ranging in size from 500 employees to more than 15,000 employees. The company 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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