The MIDAS+™ system is a fully integrated medical management system. Whether your needs are for Care Management/Patient Safety, Clinical Decision Support, Provider Information Management, or all three, the MIDAS+™ system provides a robust, complete and proven suite of solutions. With over 750 clients nationwide, we understand our user's needs and provide integrated solutions to their rapidly changing healthcare delivery systems. For more information please visit: www.midasplus.com

Agfa Connects.
More than 50% of hospitals choose AGFA solutions. Our proven success, global expertise, and commitment to open standards have made us a leading choice for healthcare environments moving to digital. That experience forms the foundation for our continuing evolution. New technologies, partnerships and acquisitions enable us to provide you with a seamlessly connected healthcare IT infrastructure. One that improves communication, enriches the quality of care, and increases your financial efficiencies. As a single vendor we will integrate your disparate systems giving your clinicians, hospital management and healthcare delivery organisations the tools and information they need to solve the daily challenges they face. Connecting people and systems is out business. Connecting with you as your trusted partner in total healthcare management is out goal. Inspire the future. Transform today. Achieve real results. That's the power of Agfa's integrated thinking. For more information, please visit www.agfa.com

Capgemini is one of the world's largest providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services. The company helps businesses implement growth strategies and leverage technology. The organization employs approximately 55,000 people worldwide and reported 2003 global revenues of 5.754 billion euros. Capgemini Health is the global leader in professional services to the health industry, delivering broad- based and results- driven solutions for today's business challenges. We are the only company with the diversity and dedicated experience and resources to address all sectors of the health industry, including hospitals and health systems, academic health centers, post acute care facilities, physician groups, managed care organizations, life sciences organizations, public sector health agencies, and health- related technology companies. We offer leading practice experience from healthcare client delivery around the world including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and France. Our wide range of health- specific solutions addresses the full scope of operational and financial issues facing health care organizations, including: business strategy and transformation, clinical transformation, customer relationship management, revenue c ycle management, supply chain management, HIPAA, ERP and Health Information System implementation, emerging technologies, portal development, and outsourcing. More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com and http://www.us.capgemini.com/health.

GE Healthcare Centricity® Business brings innovative technology together with seasoned expertise. And it's a winning formula for connecting the people, processes and applications that drive continuous improvement to the revenue cycle. To learn more about GE Healthcare Centricity Business, please visit our website: www.gehealthcare.com/centricitybusiness

Today's healthcare enterprise needs cost-effective infrastructure solutions to support hospital information systems. Together with our network of technology and services partners, HP can help you build a more reliable, flexible system that can save you time and money now and in the future.

Choose HP because:

• HP's unique product breadth offers healthcare organizations a portfolio of innovative products and end-to-end solutions that range from handheld devices and server technologies to enterprise storage and Non-Stop computing;
• HP's industry-leading alliances drive the development and deployment of integrated hospital information systems; HP's mission-critical services support the implementation and life-cycle of your solution investment to ensure a reliable infrastructure;
• HP's StorageWorks storage-area networks, the heart of many hospital information systems, are not only more scalable but also easier to implement and manage than other SANs;
• Server and clustering technologies from HP offer superior high-availability performance in mission-critical environments, supported by our global services.

For more information, please visit www.hp.com

Through international accreditation, consultation, education, and publications, Joint Commission International (JCI) works to continuously improve the safety and quality of patient care in the international community. JCI has extensive international experience working with public and private health care organizations and local governments in more than 70 countries.

In partnership with The Joint Commission, we celebrated our third year of serving as the designated WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety solutions. The Centre helps to focus worldwide attention on best practices that can reduce safety risks to patients and to coordinate international efforts to spread these solutions as broadly as possible.

ManagementFirst is a support resource for subscribers to Emerald, the world's leading publisher of management resources. Our Resource Center contains all you need to develop your management skills with training and development-related case studies, articles and book and web reviews.

Clinical Governance and International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance are two of the titles from the Healthcare Community. They offer an overview of current thinking and the latest research to keep you abreast of key issues and emerging trends. For more information, a free trial or a sample copy please visit our website www.managementfirst.com. Alternatively you may contact our advisers by email or telephone +44 (0) 1274 785151.

With a unique combination of actuarial expertise, business acumen and product solutions, Milliman provides insight into your business, your markets and your challenges. We draw from our enormous knowledge and experience base to bring depth, clarity and context to the issues you're facing - and the solutions and answers that will help you succeed. www.milliman.com

Novo Nordisk is a healthcare company with an 85-year history of innovation and achievement in diabetes care. The company has the broadest diabetes product portfolio in the industry, including the most advanced products within the area of insulin delivery systems. In addition to diabetes care, Novo Nordisk has a leading position within areas such as hemostasis management, growth hormone therapy, and hormone therapy for women. Novo Nordisk's business is driven by the Triple Bottom Line: a commitment to economic success, environmental soundness, and social responsibility to employees and customers. With headquarters in Denmark, Novo Nordisk employs more than 26,000 employees in 80 countries, and markets its products in 179 countries. Novo Nordisk is committed to Changing Diabetes® and challenging others to do the same.
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