Columbia/HCA selects Best Software's FAS Encore! as its fixed asset standard; the initial installation is for 60 sites, with many more to follow.RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1997--Best Software, the leading provider of PC-based fixed asset, human resource and payroll software solutions, today announced that Columbia/HCA, the largest healthcare provider 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. , has chosen Best's FAS Encore!(TM) as the fixed asset standard for their hospital sites. Columbia/HCA purchased FAS Encore!, single-user and network, for their Galen hospital facilities. The Galen Hospitals, a chain acquired by Columbia, were using a proprietary mainframe fixed asset system. The first installation is for 60 of their sites with many more to follow in the near future. "Columbia/HCA is one of the largest national accounts that Best has ever signed," said Tim Davenport, chief executive officer of Best Software. In the April 29, 1996 Fortune Magazine survey of the Top 1,000 companies, Columbia/HCA's 1995 revenues of $17.7 billion ranked them 51st, ahead of Merck, Intel and RJR Nabisco RJR Nabisco, Inc., was an American conglomerate formed in 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. RJR Nabisco was purchased in 1988 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the second largest leveraged buyout in history, adjusted for inflation. . "As enterprise-wide organizations are downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing and pushing financial control to the local level, networked PC-based applications, like FAS, are meeting a corporation's needs in increasing numbers. Large companies can now rely on the power of desktop computing with sophisticated, versatile applications like FAS to streamline operations and minimize costs," concluded Davenport. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Columbia/HCA Director of Property and Sales Tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. Jim Childress, "With our numerous healthcare facilities and expensive hospital equipment such as MRIs, x-ray machines and computers, it is important that we keep a timely and accurate record of our fixed assets fixed assets npl → activo sg fijo fixed assets npl → immobilisations fpl fixed assets fix npl → . We had a need to move from a mainframe to a PC-based application that would give us more control, more flexibility with our fixed asset data. We were also attempting to standardize the software used across all our hospitals. As a result we have chosen Best as our preferred vendor for fixed assets." Columbia Healthcare Corporation is the nation's largest provider of healthcare services with facilities in 37 states, England and Switzerland. Columbia's networks include 344 hospitals, 135 surgery centers, more than 550 home health locations and a nationwide pharmacy benefit management A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. company. The company is building comprehensive networks of healthcare services, including home health, rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. and skilled nursing units, in local markets and around the company. In 1996 Columbia and its 285,000 employees and 75,000 affiliated physicians provided more than 40 million patient visits. Founded in 1982, Best Software Inc. is the leading publisher of award-winning PC software that manages fixed assets, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and payroll for medium-sized companies. Products include FAS(TM), the fastest-selling fixed asset management system; FASTrack(TM), the fixed asset tracking and inventory system using bar code technology; and the market-leading Abra(TM) line of human resource and payroll solutions. -0- Note to Editors: FAS, FASTrack and FAS Encore! are trademarks and FAS2000, FAS1000 and the Best logo are registered trademarks of Best Software Inc. Abra is a trademark of Abra Cadabra Software Inc., and Abra Cadabra Software Inc. is a fully owned subsidiary of Best Software Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Best Software Inc. Susan Lee, 703/709-5200, ext. 3277 susan_lee@bestsoftware.com or Baron, McDonald & Wells Dianne Rabbitt, 770/492-0373 drabbitt@bmwpr.com |
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