Ridgeland, Mississippi August 10, 2006
Amedisys, Inc. (AMED), has selected Venture Technologies to supply products and services as part of its Point of Care (POC) initiative. Under the contract, Venture will provide procurement, configuration, and deployment services for some 5,000 tablet PC’s. These systems will be used by Amedisys Patient Care staff in delivering world-class health care services throughout the United States.
In addition, Venture will also provide post-deployment services including spares management, image management, hardware service and asset management. Under the asset management function, Venture will continuously track the location of every tablet unit using Altiris’ Service and Asset Management Suite (www.altiris.com). Venture will facilitate periodic audits and has agreed to a 99.9% asset accuracy Service Level Agreement (SLA).
The POC project is expected to continue through 2007.
About Amedisys
Amedisys, Inc. is a leading provider of home health services and operates sites across 17 Southern, Southeastern, and Mid-Atlantic states. In 1994, the Company became public and currently trades on The Nasdaq (NASDAQ) Market under the symbol "AMED." For more information about Amedisys, visit www.amedisys.com.
About Venture Technologies
Venture Technologies is an IT services company founded in 1985 by Gerard Gibert, CDP and Norman Katool, CPA and headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The company provides a variety of IT solutions including Network Design and Integration, Network Security, IP Telephony, Document Management, Web-Based Application Development and Data Center-Based Managed Services. Venture serves private and public sector clients across the Southeast with locations in Memphis, Birmingham, Baton Rouge and Fort Walton.
For more information, contact Mark Frye, VP Sales and Marketing - AL/MS/FL or email jmfrye@ventech.com or Tom Cormany, VP Sales and Marketing - TN 901-937- 7101 or e-mail wtcormany@ventech.com or Kim McCarty, Senior Account Manager, Lousiana or kmccarty@ventech.com.