Netsmart Technologies Partners With the Betty Ford Center
May 21 2004 - 12:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
Netsmart Technologies Partners With the Betty Ford Center Netsmart
will incorporate the Betty Ford Center's 'best practices' clinical
protocol into Avatar productline GREAT RIVER, N.Y., May 21
/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 Corp. (Creative), announced today that Creative has
entered into an agreement with MSJ Communications Corporation, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Betty Ford Center, to incorporate
MSJ Communications' SATIS (Substance Abuse Treatment Information
System) product with Creative's Avatar productline. MSJ
Communications provides IT solutions to organizations offering
alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services. Its SATIS
productline is used by approximately 30 treatment centers including
the Betty Ford Center. Creative's CEO, Jerry Koop, said in a
statement: "We are excited about becoming a partner of the Betty
Ford Center, a leading alcoholism treatment organization. We
anticipate that a major benefit of this new partnership will be the
incorporation of the Center's SATIS software into Creative's Avatar
product suite. We believe that the integration of these two dynamic
software packages could become the industry standard." Michael
Neatherton, Betty Ford Center's Executive Vice President and COO
commented: "When we first decided to look for a partner, we
performed an industry search and due diligence on firms that not
only had a reputation for excellence in software and services for
the health and human services industry, but also demonstrated
commitment to client satisfaction in both product and technology
vision. At the top of our final list was Creative Socio-Medics."
The Betty Ford Center created MSJ Communications to further its
mission of providing effective alcohol and other drug dependency
treatment services to help women, men and families begin the
process of recovery. MSJ Communications is a consulting and
information technology company that specializes in improving the
performance of organizations that treat alcohol and other drug
dependencies. MSJ Communications fulfills this mission by working
in partnership with other organizations that share a commitment to
excellence in providing health care and other related services.
James Conway, CEO of Netsmart, said: "We are excited about the
opportunity presented by our partnership with the Betty Ford
Center. This added capability is consistent with our plans to
become the leading supplier of information services into the
behavioral health marketplace. " 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.
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