Vitec signs contract for FSHS patient information system
In the center of modern day medicine is patient centric service and information. Vitec delivers by SaaS patient information system that covers most of modern day out-patient clinics activities. FSHS's focus was to find a system and provider that is integratable and comprehensive. Vitec will develop several new value-adding features into its existing Acute-system and integrate to several third party services.
– Electronic health record procurement was done focusing especially on the needs of the personnel and student healthcare specialities. In the first round nine vendors participated and we continued with the three most potential ones. Of those three Acute got most endorsements from personnel who took part in the demos and usability tests. Acute as the new electronic health record for FSHS will give us change to further enhance our electronic services and broaden our service portfolio, both of which are in our strategic scope, says Olli-Pekka Luukko, CFO FSHS.
– This is one of the biggest single deals for our Acute-system. With FSHS we will be able to develop our services to a new level that will help us to gain new markets, says Ilari Laaksonen, Vitec's director for healthcare business area.
Finnish Student Health Service
The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) provides general, mental and oral health care services for students of universities and other institutions of higher education in Finland. The purpose of their health promotion work is to get students to assume responsibility for their own health. FSHS encourage healthy lifestyles and physical exercise.
Vitec – Business Area Health
Business Area Health offers comprehensive patient information system via SaaS. Our patient information system Acute covers the main processes of out- and in-patient units and integrates to dozens of third party solutions. Acute is widely used within several healthcare segments. Business area health also offers out-of-the-box SaaS solutions for physical performance testing and physiotherapy.
Additional information
Ilari Laaksonen, Vitec Acute Oy, +358-40-5551827, ilari.laaksonen@acute.fi
Lars Stenlund VD, Vitec Software Group, tel. +46 70-659 49 39, lars.stenlund@vitecsoftware.com
Disclaimer:
This is information of the type that Vitec Software Group AB (publ) is obligated to disclose in accordance with the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on May 8, 2014 at 15:30 CET.
Vitec Software Group AB (publ) is a publicly traded software company that offers its own industry-specific business software. Vitec focuses on sectors where there are specific needs that cannot be effectively met by providers of general business systems. The company has annual sales of about 400 million SEK and has about 320 employees. Vitec is listed on Nasdaq OMX, Stockholm.
www.vitecsoftware.com Main office: PO Box 7965, S-907 19 Umeå, Sweden. Phone +46 90-15 49 00