Amerinet Renews Nationwide Contract with PortBlue for CommandAware(TM) Hospital Incident Response System.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- PortBlue (www.portblue.com), a leading provider of web-based expert systems, today announced that Amerinet (www.amerinet-gpo.com), one of the nation's largest healthcare purchasing organizations, has extended its agreement with PortBlue, offering the company's CommandAware[TM] hospital incident response and capacity management system to Amerinet member hospitals throughout the country. Amerinet initially selected PortBlue as its preferred provider of disaster management systems last year. With the full commercial launch of the CommandAware (www.commandaware.com) system this summer, the renewed contract will extend special pricing to almost 2,000 hospital members. In addition to day-to-day surge capacity management, CommandAware enables hospitals and other healthcare facilities to more efficiently and cost effectively prepare for, manage through and recover from large scale incidents and mass casualty events. CommandAware offers hospitals best practice guidance in developing a comprehensive incident management plan, built on a resource management platform that can be used in all operational conditions, from everyday hospital capacity management to mass casualty events. The CommandAware mission is threefold: to ensure that hospitals have a state of the art disaster management plan that complies with best practices and accreditation accreditation, n a process of formal recognition of a school or institution attesting to the required ability and performance in an area of education, training, or practice. standards, to give disaster managers the information, work process tools, and resources they need to effectively respond to a full "all hazards" array of incidents, and to ensure that hospitals recover from incidents effectively, tracking vital data to capture lessons learned from both emergency drills and actual incidents so that mistakes are not repeated and process improvements are made. "With Amerinet's history of excellence in providing best-of-breed products and services, we are especially pleased to offer this comprehensive, Web-based incident response and capacity management system, designed for the needs of hospitals during patient surge and mass casualty events," said Ron Miller Ron Miller or Ronald Miller can refer to several different people:
"Our relationship with Amerinet has been instrumental in the development and initial deployment of CommandAware," said Paul Dimitruk, 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. , PortBlue. "We are gratified 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. that the new Amerinet continues to place its confidence in us. Amerinet's dedication to 'best practices' in healthcare have provided us with the opportunity to engage some of the nation's leading hospital systems in the design and testing of CommandAware." About PortBlue Corporation PortBlue Corporation (www.portblue.com) develops and hosts expert systems. The practical know-how of recognized experts is rapidly transformed into web-based training, work process and decision-support tools in the form of PortBlue hosted applications accessible 24/7. PortBlue's systems mentor and guide users through key tasks and processes to optimal decisions and outcomes. About Amerinet Amerinet is one of the most innovative and effective health care group purchasing organizations A group purchasing organization is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees that are actually paid by the vendors. 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. , partnering with members to improve their operating margins Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: . Amerinet leads the industry in flexibility with a commitment to providing supplier choice for its members. Amerinet's national network of companies - Amerinet Central, Intermountain in·ter·moun·tain adj. Located between mountains or mountain systems, especially lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada or Cascade Range in the western United States. Health Care and Vector - has set the standard for customer service for two decades. More than 2,100 hospitals and 38,000 non-acute care facilities find cost savings and value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. through Amerinet's comprehensive contract portfolio. Members trust Amerinet to deliver proactive information and integrity. |
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