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Horizon Information Services and Vocollect Healthcare Systems Announce Strategic Reseller Agreement

Posted on: Monday, 28 July 2008, 12:01 CDT

PITTSBURGH, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc. (http://www.accunurse.com/) and Horizon Information Services (http://www.horizonis.com/), a leading provider of healthcare products for the long-term care market, including nurse call systems, wireless networks, staff and asset tracking, IP-based cameras and patient/resident locator systems, announce a strategic partnership, where Horizon Information Services will resell AccuNurse voice-assisted care as part of its long-term care solutions offerings to its customer base in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.

"As a systems integrator, Horizon Information Services provides best-of-breed solutions to meet our customer needs," said Jeff Novosel, general manager with Horizon Information Services. "We strive to find leading technologies capable of extending value for long-term care customers, and voice-assisted care is a natural fit for us. Because AccuNurse takes the quality of resident care to new levels, increases staff efficiency, and improves facility-wide staff to staff communications, voice-assisted care is a logical complement and rounds out our solution portfolio."

"We are excited about the potential of this strategic partnership," said James Quasey, President of Vocollect Healthcare Systems. "Horizon Information Services' commitment to extend voice-assisted care to facilities in long-term care benefits the market by supporting personalized, resident-centered services at the point-of-care. By complementing their solutions with AccuNurse, Horizon Information Services is now offering the best in proactive care, as well as opening a new channel for growth."

About Horizon Information Services

Horizon Information Services, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a leading regional provider of nurse call systems, wireless networks, staff and asset tracking, IP-based cameras and patient/resident locator systems. For more information on Horizon Information Services, contact 412.487.7071.

http://www.horizonis.com/ About Vocollect Healthcare Systems

AccuNurse voice-assisted care from Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc. makes it easy for healthcare professionals to retrieve care needs on-demand, chart activities as they are completed, and Silent Page(TM) each other for help -- simply by talking. Organizations using AccuNurse benefit from lower operating costs, maximized reimbursements and improved quality of care. Vocollect Healthcare Systems is a subsidiary of Vocollect, Inc., the global leader in Voice-Directed Work and delivering performance improvements in productivity, accuracy, cost reduction and worker satisfaction for mobile employees on six continents.

Vocollect is a registered trademark of Vocollect, Inc.; AccuNurse is a registered trademark of Vocollect Healthcare Systems.

http://www.accunurse.com/

Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Jennifer Clement of Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc.,+1-412-825-5336, jclement@healthcare.vocollect.com

Web site: http://www.horizonis.com/http://www.accunurse.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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