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To: Chilbert who wrote (133)	6/26/1998 10:16:00 AM
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Friday June 26, 8:02 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Netsmart Technologies Inc. Netsmart Technologies Awarded Contract with City of Richmond For Behavioral Healthcare Information System ISLIP, N.Y., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsmart Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: NTST - news) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Creative Socio-Medics Corporation (CSM), signed a contract for $1.3 million with the City of Richmond's (Richmond, Virginia) Human Service Agencies and the Human Services Automation Committee to incorporate CSM's Windows(R)-based Behavioral Healthcare Information System (BIHS) and Clinician Workstation (CWS) products. The City of Richmond's Human Service Agencies respond to the needs of local human service delivery organizations to design and develop systems that integrate and coordinate services so that customers have access to an array of services regardless of where they are in the system. The City's Human Services Automation Project (HSAP) initiative will put in place a computer network and state-of-the-art applications among Richmond human services agencies on a pilot basis in the East District. Mr. Michael Evans, Director of Social Services, commented on the project as follows: ''This contract represents an exciting opportunity for the human service agencies in the City of Richmond to enhance our customer service. The CSM system will allow us to fulfill a major part of our strategic vision by increasing citizen access to services. It will also offer us many new possibilities to collaborate with other providers on service planning and delivery. It will place us in the forefront of technology for human services.'' ''We are very excited about this project and of being chosen in this very competitive bid,'' said Jerry Koop, Chief Executive Officer of Creative Socio-Medics. He added: ''Creative is committed to providing government and community agencies with the best enterprise-wide behavioral healthcare management information systems in the country.'' Netsmart Technologies Inc., through CSM (www.csmcorp.com) is a leading supplier of enterprise-wide software solutions for the mental health and behavioral health markets since 1968. Any statements in this release that are not statements or descriptions of historical facts may be ''forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under the Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, but not limited to, those described in Netsmart's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE: Netsmart Technologies Inc. More Quotes and News: Netsmart Technologies Inc (Nasdaq:NTST - news) Related News Categories: computers, health care