News | May 21, 2008

ELM Technologies, Inc. Forms Strategic Business Development Partnership With HCIS

Houston, TX - ELM Technologies, Inc., the provider of innovative workforce modeling and scheduling solutions to the long-term care market, recently announced the signing of a strategic business development partnership agreement with Healthcare Information Systems (HCIS), the Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) focused on serving long-term care communities.

HCIS is an established GPO focused on cost containment and sustaining efficiencies for long-term care providers. HCIS contracts with leading manufacturers and distributors of quality products that deliver savings to LTC facilities on technology, groceries, nursing supplies, linens, paper, chemicals, and more.

"We are very excited about partnering with such a professional and respected organization that is focused on delivering value to their long-term care clients with our human capital optimization suite," said Barbara Rivera, President of ELM Technologies, Inc. "This alliance will provide the HCIS clients with the solution for their clients to discover new efficiencies."

ELM's key benefits are the introduction to HCIS's 500 plus clients which assist them in:

  • Lowering labor costs by reducing overtime, agency and excess staffing.
  • Increasing in staff productivity by allocating the appropriately skilled caregivers at the right time.
  • Increasing employee satisfaction & retention by producing schedules that align with their lives (on and off the job).

SOURCE: ELM Technologies, Inc.