Alberta Health and Wellness Expands Long Standing Relationship with CGI with an Agreement Spanning the Next 4-10 Years
July 05 2011 - 8:30AM
Marketwired
Alberta's ministry of Health and Wellness and CGI Group Inc. (TSX:
GIB.A)(NYSE: GIB) today announced the signing of a contract that
would see CGI continue to provide them with application maintenance
services and also includes the provision for additional application
development and business intelligence services. The initial
contract term runs through to March 31, 2015 and includes an option
for extension of up to six additional years. Won through a
competitive tender, this new agreement builds on an existing
contract for application management and managed services, first won
by CGI in 2001.
As part of its five-year Health Action Plan, Alberta Health and
Wellness is committed to continuously improving its electronic
information management systems with ongoing measurement of its
processes, procedures, tools and people. As its trusted IT services
partner, CGI will deliver day-to-day application management support
on over 100 applications, application development services and
business intelligence services.
Leveraging its local delivery model, CGI will deliver this work
from its Edmonton office, maintaining 120 highly IT skilled jobs in
Alberta.
"Technology is a leading driver of innovation in healthcare, and
Alberta Health and Wellness is at the forefront in Canada," said
Dean Bosch, Vice-President at CGI. "For innovation to flourish, the
business and technology fundamentals that support Alberta Health
and Wellness need to be reliable, cost-effective and flexible. With
a keen eye on measurement and continuous improvement, CGI is proud
to continue to work with Alberta Health and Wellness."
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 health record initiatives, health
information exchange, quality initiatives and operational
efficiency improvements. As a trusted health IT services partner,
governments, provincial ministries, hospitals, health systems,
health information exchange organizations and health insurers rely
on CGI's healthcare solutions and services to achieve success.
Website: www.cgi.com/healthcare
About Alberta Health and Wellness
As the Ministry of Health for the province of Alberta, AHW's
mission is to "set policy and direction to lead, achieve and
sustain a responsive, integrated and accountable health system".
AHW's vision is "Healthy Albertans in a healthy Alberta". AHW's
goals are: Effective health system accountability; Strengthened
public health and healthy living; Appropriate health workforce
utilization; and Excellence in health care. Alberta Health and
Wellness provides leadership and encourages innovation for the
purpose of encouraging and supporting healthy living; ensuring
quality health services; leading the health system; and working
collaboratively with partners.
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 31,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and
business process services to clients worldwide from offices and
centers of excellence in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia
Pacific. As at March 31, CGI's annualized revenue was approximately
C$4.5 billion and its order backlog was approximately C$12.6
billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE
(GIB) and are included in both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
and the FTSE4Good Index. Website: www.cgi.com.
Contacts: Investors Lorne Gorber Senior Vice-President Global
Communications and Investor Relations lorne.gorber@cgi.com
514-841-3355 Media Carolyn Rouse Director, Media Relations
carolyn.rouse@cgi.com 416-304-7323
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