Marietta Memorial Hospital Extends IT Outsourcing Contract with CareTech Solutions

TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareTech Solutions announced today that Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, Ohio extended its IT services contract with the company, including responsibility for: IT strategy, IT leadership, data center management, clinical help desk, and remote monitoring of infrastructure and applications. This new three year extension that began in 2009 brings the partnership agreement to a total of eight years.

“The requirements for health IT have changed dramatically in the three years since Marietta Memorial Hospital began its partnership with CareTech Solutions”

“The requirements for health IT have changed dramatically in the three years since Marietta Memorial Hospital began its partnership with CareTech Solutions,” said Scott Cantley, president and CEO of Marietta Memorial Hospital. “And in that period of time, CareTech has led us through every strategic IT consideration, including integrating a multitude of disparate systems in order to meet early Meaningful Use requirements, all while staying within our hospital IT budget. Because it’s so rare to find professional services partners who can make the right things happen as quickly as CareTech did, it was critical to Marietta Memorial’s ongoing success to keep them as a part of our team.”

About Marietta Memorial Hospital

Marietta Memorial Hospital is the foundation of a high-quality, wide-ranging health organization known as Memorial Health System which operates a variety of specialized facilities, including Selby General Hospital, a 25-bed osteopathic hospital accredited by the American Osteopathic Association. Marietta Memorial is a 199-bed accredited, not-for-profit, full-service acute care hospital with more than 90 physicians representing more than 37 medical specialties, offering emergency and surgical departments, a birthing center, a cancer center, inpatient rehabilitation and specialized cardiac services. It was recently named in the Top 5% in the nation in patient safety by HealthGrades.

About CareTech Solutions

CareTech Solutions, Inc., an information technology and Web products and services provider for more than 200 U.S. hospitals and health systems, creates value for clients through customized IT solutions that contribute to improving patient care while lowering healthcare costs. From implementing emerging technologies to supporting day-to-day IT operations, CareTech offers clients expert health information technology services across the entire patient data lifecycle earning it the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Best in KLAS award for IT Outsourcing (Extensive) as ranked by healthcare executives and professionals in the ”2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” report.

For more information, please visit www.caretech.com.