Company Press Release
SOURCE: Oracle Corp.
Kaiser Permanente Selects Oracle
Largest U.S. HMO Standardizes on Oracle(R) Database
OAKLAND, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL - news) today announced that Kaiser
Permanente has selected Oracle to provide the national standard for Kaiser's database development efforts. The largest U.S.
health maintenance organization, Kaiser Permanente is using Oracle(R) products to integrate previously disparate database
systems, enabling the health-care provider to centralize clinical information as well as accounting and care management
information.
''We wanted to go with a market leader that would help us map and execute our information technology strategy into the 21st
century,'' said Tim Sullivan, Kaiser Permanente senior vice president and chief information officer. ''Oracle presented us
with the best and most complete solution to ensure our long-term success.''
Using the Oracle8(TM) database as its corporate standard, Kaiser will implement the National Clinical Information System
(NCIS), which will connect patient records and create the world's largest clinical database, enabling the best treatment
decisions to be made at the point of care. Kaiser will spend more than $1 billion on NCIS during the next five years, making
it the largest information technology project in the company's history. Kaiser's ability to use the Web will significantly
reduce the costs of deploying applications, while bringing secure Internet access to members nationwide so they can
schedule appointments and receive health-care advice online as well as search for information about the company and
treatment options
In addition to the Oracle8 database, Kaiser Permanente will use Oracle Parallel Server, Performance Pack and Advanced
Networking Option to provide secure, high-performance computing. For integration with the Internet, Kaiser will use Oracle
Application Server, Enterprise Edition, and Oracle's platform for Web-based Java applications.
Kaiser is a model for integrated and coordinated care. With 8.8 million members and approximately 100,000 employees, it
boasts the country's largest repository of patient information and is developing large state-of-the-art data centers through two
projects -- NCIS and the National Insurance Solution (NIS). NIS will provide improved service to Kaiser members, make
transactions more efficient, and consolidate dozens of systems into one program. NIS incorporates a Kaiser-designed
membership and customer service system with a vendor system from Oracle partner Health Systems Design for claims,
referrals, provider contract administration, benefit administration and membership.
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