Perot Systems Awarded Contract Extension By Daughters of Charity
Seven Year Extension Validates Perot Systems' Commitment to Client Satisfaction and Service
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems Corporation
(NYSE: PER) (http://www.perotsystems.com) today announced that the Daughters
of Charity Health System (DCHS) has awarded the company a contract extension
for IT services. Under terms of the agreement, Perot Systems will continue to
provide full IT outsourcing services to include application implementation and
support, desktop support, local and wide area network design and maintenance,
data center management, server design and control, help desk and incident
management.
"For the past seven years, Perot Systems has collaborated closely with
DCHS to create enormous value. With this extension, we will be able to take
advantage of Perot Systems' deep healthcare technology expertise, enabling us
to focus on providing the world-class care our patients deserve," said Dick
Hutsell, Chief Information Officer for Daughters of Charity Health System.
DCHS includes six hospitals: Seton Medical Center, Daly City; Seton Coastside,
Moss Beach; O'Connor Hospital, San Jose; Saint Louise Regional Hospital,
Gilroy; St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood; and St. Vincent Medical Center,
Los Angeles.
Perot Systems and DCHS began their relationship seven years ago, and the
extension will enable DCHS to continue to improve its information technology
capabilities, ultimately resulting in a fully automated electronic medical
record as well as a computerized physician order entry capability.
"We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Daughters of
Charity Health System. Perot Systems healthcare technology experts remain
committed to enabling them to provide excellent care for patients," stated
Chuck Lyles, President of Perot Systems healthcare group.
About Daughters of Charity Health System
The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) is a regional healthcare
system of six hospitals and medical centers spanning the California coast from
the Bay Area to Los Angeles. Our healthcare ministry exists to support the
mission of our sponsors, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, by
providing holistic, spiritually centered care to the sick and the poor. The
Daughters of Charity has been serving Northern California for 152 years.
Hospitals within DCHS include: Seton Medical Center, Daly City; O'Connor
Hospital, San Jose; Saint Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy; St. Vincent
Medical Center, Los Angeles; and St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood.
http://www.dochs.org
About Perot Systems
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services
and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot
Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom
solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and
create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot
Systems reported 2007 revenue of $2.6 billion. The company has more than
23,000 associates located in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia
Pacific. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at
http://www.perotsystems.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. For
factors that could affect our business and cause actual results to differ
materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov/, as updated in our Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K, for additional information
regarding risk factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future
developments, or otherwise.
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www.perotsystems.com
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