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To: brad greene who wrote (8920)	6/23/1998 8:53:00 AM
From: Loretta Fern	Respond to of 26039

A tantalizing tid-bit. Excerpt from press release today. 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.