Allina Hospitals & Clinics Wins eHealthcare Leadership Award for Stellent-Powered Intranet.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2003 Midwest-based health care organization wins in "Best Intranet Site" category for Stellent-based site that helps the company meet regulatory mandates and reduce costs Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEL STEL Short Term Exposure Limit STEL Stellent, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) STEL Short Time Exposure Limit STEL Standard Telecommunications ), a global provider of content management solutions, announced today that its customer Allina Hospitals & Clinics, a health care organization managing 14 hospitals and 42 clinics in Minnesota and western Wisconsin, received an eHealthcare Leadership Award for its Allina Knowledge Network powered by Stellent(R) Content Management. The Allina Knowledge Network, an intranet that helps the company meet Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, n.pr the United States body that accredits healthcare organizations. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO/TJC), n. (JCAHO JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, see there ) regulations by storing and tracking changes to time-sensitive hospital policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental , received a Gold Award in the "Best Intranet Site" category. The network uses Stellent technology to enable the company's 20,000 employees to easily access current versions of policies and procedures on the Web through their browsers. As a result, Allina has reduced its hard-copy paper and printing costs and improved its company-wide communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. . "We're thrilled that the Allina Knowledge Network has been recognized by the health care industry's Internet community as an outstanding intranet," said Paula Maidl, information systems manager for Allina Hospitals & Clinics. "Because of the Stellent technology, our site is an invaluable tool that helps ensure we comply with stringent JCAHO regulations." The Allina Knowledge Network was chosen from nearly 1,200 entries by 104 judges familiar with health care and the Internet. Allina Hospitals & Clinics is among more than 175 health care organizations in 17 industry classifications that received awards. Judges looked at how sites compared with others in their organization's classification and also reviewed sites based on a proprietary multi-point standard of Internet excellence. "We congratulate Allina on receiving an eHealthcare Leadership Award, and we're proud that Stellent is the foundation of the Allina Knowledge Network," said Robert Olson, president and chief executive officer for Stellent. "This award is evidence of how the Stellent solution is uniquely suited to help health care organizations efficiently manage JCAHO-related documents at every point in their lifecycles - and produce award-winning results." eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, a leading Internet publication and online resource, presented the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The 2003 awards were given on October 26th during a health care Internet technology conference in Phoenix sponsored by Chicago-based Forum for Healthcare Strategists. More information, including a complete list of winners and judges, is available at www.strategichealthcare.com. To view an in-depth case study of the Stellent Content Management implementation at Allina Hospitals & Clinics, visit www.stellent.com/allina. About Stellent, Inc. Stellent, Inc. (www.stellent.com) is a global provider of content management solutions. The company's Stellent Content Management system enables customers to rapidly deploy line-of-business Web sites, such as employee portals and partner extranets, as well as enterprise-wide solutions that standardize content management for use by multiple sites and applications throughout an organization. Stellent has been ranked one of the top three content management vendors by industry analyst firms Gartner Dataquest, Giga Information Group and Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. , and has more than 1,500 customers, including much of the Global 2000. Its customer roster includes Procter & Gamble, Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 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