Netsmart Technologies Signs Upgrade Contract With County of Fresno
April 15 2004 - 3:23PM
PR Newswire (US)
Netsmart Technologies Signs Upgrade Contract With County of Fresno
Netsmart will Implement Its New Avatar Addictions Management
Product and Upgrade to Avatar RAD 2004 GREAT RIVER, N.Y., April 15
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc. , a leading
supplier of enterprise-wide software for health and human services
providers through its wholly owned subsidiary, Creative
Socio-Medics (CSM), today announced that CSM has been awarded an
upgrade contract by the County of Fresno's Adult Services
department. The contract includes software license and professional
services agreements to install the Avatar AM (addictions management
for methadone) software product. In addition, the department will
be upgrading to the latest Intersystems Cache database to run
Creative's Avatar RAD (rapid application development) 2004 product.
Jerry Koop, CEO of CSM commented, "Although the total value of this
contract is not expected to significantly increase our revenue,
this contract reinforces our belief in our program for implementing
a total solution for health and human service providers. Now the
County has the full complement of the latest Avatar suite across
Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Public Health, and will receive
the full benefit from the efficiencies generated in its complete
operation." Koop went on to say: "Fresno was our first California
county project started in the mid-1980's and we value the
continuation of our long-term partnership." According to Kannika
Toonnachat, senior systems analyst at Fresno county: "A few years
ago, Fresno County had acquired the CSM upgrade to the Windows-
based products. These new system additions exposed the need for
Fresno County to consider a consistent approach to its data
architecture to ensure a seamless linkage of all the CSM product
line." She continued: "Consequently, the Department of Adult
Services recently made a decision to upgrade the MS Access based M4
Methadone Dispensing system to the Avatar AM." The Department of
Adult Services provides mental health and social services to adults
within the County of Fresno. The programs within our department
focus on delivering the highest quality of service. There are over
600 professionals and staff dedicated to providing services in both
metropolitan and rural areas. The diversity of the staff creates a
department that is sensitive to cultural differences and attempts
to bridge the language barriers with our consumers. "We continue to
separate ourselves from the competition in the California county
marketplace. We are proud of this win and what it says about CSM's
product stability and customer satisfaction," said James Conway,
CEO of Netsmart. About Netsmart Technologies, Inc. Netsmart
Technologies, Inc. of Great River, NY, through Creative Socio-
Medics, is an established, leading supplier of enterprise-wide
software solutions for health and human services providers with
over 580 clients, including 26 systems with state agencies.
Creative's clients include health and human services organizations:
public health agencies, mental health and substance abuse clinics,
psychiatric hospitals, and managed care organizations. Avatar
Practice Management and the Avatar Clinician Work Station,
Creative's core products, are full-featured information systems
that operate on a variety of operating systems, hardware platforms,
and mobile devices and offer unlimited scalability. Statement on
Behalf of Netsmart Technologies, Inc. Statements in this press
release may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as
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expressions, as they relate to the company or its management,
identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on
current expectations, estimates and projections about the company's
business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.
Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and probably will,
differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such
forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those
described above and those risks discussed from time to time in
Netsmart's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In
addition, such statements could be affected by risks and
uncertainties related to product demand, market and customer
acceptance, competition, pricing and development difficulties, as
well as general industry and market conditions and growth rates,
and general economic conditions. Any forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the company
does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
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release. Information on Netsmart's or Creative's website do not
constitute a part of this release. DATASOURCE: Netsmart
Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Ron Marge, Netsmart Technologies,
1-800-421-7503, ext. 2026, ; or Stuart Fine of Carpe DM, Inc.,
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