MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Auxilio, Inc. (OTCBB:AUXO) announced today that it has entered into an agreement for the renewal of its Document Image Management services with Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California. Huntington Hospital has been a customer of Auxilio since April 2004 and the new agreement extends the relationship between the organizations for another three-year period.
Under the terms of the extended agreement, Auxilio will continue to provide Huntington Hospital with their full complement of document services, tools and technologies. Auxilio personnel will remain onsite full-time to ensure service levels remain high and initiatives are pursued to the satisfaction of the hospital's leadership.
"We are pleased to continue our relationship with Auxilio for another three years," said Scott Cebula, Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Services for Huntington Hospital. "Auxilio has a strong history of providing quality customer service to the hospital. We are looking forward to enjoying improved efficiency as it relates to the hospital's document processes. Further, our agreement with Auxilio will provide immediate cost savings to the hospital."
"We are thrilled to renew our partnership agreement with Huntington Hospital," stated Sasha Gala, Chief Operations Officer of Auxilio. "We are fortunate that the leadership team at Huntington is sincere in its commitment to drive environmentally sustainable practices. Auxilio plans on using this opportunity with Huntington Hospital to drive our most comprehensive and aggressive green initiative. We look forward to saving the hospital money and eliminating waste while also providing a high level of customer service."
About Huntington Hospital
For more than 117 years, Huntington Memorial Hospital has provided quality, uninterrupted healthcare to the residents of the San Gabriel Valley and beyond. Today, the 636-bed, not-for-profit hospital is home to the only trauma center in the region. Renowned for programs in cancer care, neurosciences and cardiovascular services, Huntington is also an active teaching hospital with a residency program with tracks in internal medicine and general surgery. In addition, the hospital has the only Regional neonatal intensive care unit in the area, treating infants with the highest acuity.
Consistent with its mission of excelling in the delivery of quality care, Huntington provides millions of dollars in charity care, benefits for vulnerable populations, health research, education and training. They offer many programs -- free to the community -- that might otherwise be nonexistent -- including geriatric psychiatric services, children's asthma management and diabetes workshops in English and Spanish.
About Auxilio, Inc.
Auxilio provides healthcare document 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, Scottsdale Healthcare, St. Joseph Health System, Memorial Care and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. For more information, see the company's website at www.auxilioinc.com.
For more information, see the company's website at www.auxilioinc.com.
Forward-Looking Information
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