CGI Signs $46 Million, Six-Year Contract with eHealth Ontario for a Diabetes Registry and Portal Solution
August 09 2010 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
TORONTO, Aug. 9 /CNW/ -- Stock Market Symbols GIB.A (TSX) GIB
(NYSE) www.cgi.com/newsroom TORONTO, Aug. 9 /CNW Telbec/ - CGI
Group, Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of
information technology and business process services, today
announced it has signed a six-year, $46.2 million contract with
eHealth Ontario, an agency of the Government of Ontario. CGI will
design, build, implement and manage a province-wide chronic disease
management system and portal which will be used initially to better
manage diabetes care, a top clinical priority for eHealth Ontario.
As the first system of its kind in Canada, the CGI solution will
result in faster diagnoses, more effective treatment and improved
management for Ontarians living with diabetes. Providing alerts to
physicians will help them better care for their patients. "Through
a rigorous procurement process, it became clear that CGI has the
capabilities and industry expertise we need," said Greg Reed, CEO
of eHealth Ontario. "This project will provide a secure, shared
registry, accessible by authorized clinicians, to manage diabetes
more effectively. It is an essential component for Ontario's
electronic health records. It will save lives, limbs and vision,
and it will help make Ontario's health care system more
sustainable." "We are very pleased to partner with eHealth Ontario
to implement an innovative chronic disease management and portal
solution to improve the health of so many people living with
diabetes," said Hitesh Seth, Vice-President, Consulting Services at
CGI. "As a leading provider of eHealth solutions in Canada, we're
focused on working in partnership with governments to harness the
power of technology to improve quality of life and support a
sustainable healthcare system," said Doug McCuaig, President,
Canada, CGI. CGI provides a full suite of health IT solutions that
reduce operating costs, advance the quality of care, and promote
health with an emphasis on electronic medical records (EMR), health
information exchange (HIE), quality initiatives and operational
efficiency improvements. As a trusted health IT services partner,
governments, provincial ministries, hospitals, health systems, HIE
organizations and health insurers rely on CGI's healthcare
solutions and services to achieve success. Website:
www.cgi.com/healthcare. About CGI Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc.
is one of the largest independent information technology and
business process services firms in the world. CGI and its
affiliated companies employ approximately 26,000 professionals. CGI
provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients
worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe and
Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North
America, Europe and India. As of June 30, 2010, CGI's order backlog
was $11.4 billion. CGI shares are listed on the NYSE (GIB) and the
TSX (GIB.A) and are included in both, the Dow Jones Sustainability
World Index and the FTSE4Good Index. Website: www.cgi.com.
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amended, and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange
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