MISSION VIEJO, Calif., March 18, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Auxilio, Inc. (OTCBB:AUXO), a leading provider of Document Management Services for Healthcare, announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the renewal and expansion of its Outsourced Document Management Services with St. Joseph Health System - Humboldt County, California. St. Joseph has been a customer of Auxilio since 2004. The new agreement extends the relationship between the organizations for another five year period.
Under the terms of the extended agreement, Auxilio will continue to provide St. Joseph with their full complement of services, including decision support, change management, vendor selection, contract negotiation, billing administration and consolidation, document management efficiency planning, equipment supply and maintenance, digital connectivity and software recommendation and integration. In addition, Auxilio will now provide clinical and business forms management strategy, as well as an onsite print on demand center. Auxilio personnel will continue their full-time onsite work at the hospital campuses to ensure service level excellence throughout the length of the contract.
"We are pleased to extend our relationship with Auxilio for another five years," stated JoAnn Warzynski, Vice President of Operations of St. Joseph Health System - Humboldt County, California. "Auxilio's program has delivered a great degree of value and tangible results across our hospitals. We look forward to their continued support as we further integrate our forms and document management processes," added Warzynski.
"We are honored and thankful that St. Joseph made the decision to extend and expand their agreement with Auxilio. We look forward to driving further improvement through our services and to providing more value to employees at the hospital campuses, enabling them to focus on the high quality of care they provide," stated Etienne Weidemann, President & CEO for Auxilio.
About St. Josephs Health System
St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) is an integrated healthcare delivery organization that exists to extend the Catholic healthcare ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. SJHS provides a broad range of medical services within three geographic regions -- Northern California, Southern California, and West Texas/Eastern New Mexico. With net revenues of $3.0 billion, the system family includes 15 hospitals and three home health agencies, as well as hospice care, outpatient services, skilled nursing facilities and physician organizations. St. Joseph Health System-Humboldt County (SJHS-HC) is comprised of two campuses, St. Joseph Hospital and the General Hospital. In addition, SJHS-HC includes the Outpatient Surgery Center and Outpatient Imaging Center of Eureka, as well as the Redwood Women's Health Center and Redwood Surgical Clinic. There are roughly 1,200 individuals working for SJHS-HC, making it one of the largest employers in Humboldt County. SJHS-HC is known for its commitment to meeting the highest standards in healthcare since its founding in 1920.
About Auxilio, Inc.
Auxilio provides turnkey healthcare document management services including situational analysis, strategy development and implementation. The company helps health systems streamline and align processes and infrastructure to create manageable, dependable document management programs that reduce cost and increase productivity. Auxilio's Image Management programs guarantee our clients immediate measurable savings, a fully outsourced process, and unparalleled service. Auxilio's target market includes medium to large hospitals and health care systems. Customers served by Auxilio include health systems such as Saint Barnabas Medical Center, California Pacific Medical Center, St. Joseph Health System, MemorialCare and Huntington Hospital.
For more information, see the company's website at www.auxilioinc.com.
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