Netsmart will incorporate the Betty Ford Center’s ‘best practices’ clinical protocol into Avatar productline

May 21st, 2005 | Broadcast Technology , Computer & Electronics , Computer Software , Internet , Technology | 0 Comments »

Netsmart Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTST – News), a leading supplier of enterprise-wide software for health and human services providers through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Creative Socio-Medics Corp

Great River, New York (May 21, 2005) –

Netsmart Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTST – News), a leading supplier of enterprise-wide software for health and human services providers through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Creative Socio-Medics Corp. (Creative), announced today that Creative has entered into an agreement with MSJ Communications Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Betty Ford Center, to incorporate MSJ Communications’ SATIS (Substance Abuse Treatment Information System) product with Creative’s Avatar productline. MSJ Communications provides IT solutions to organizations offering alcoholism and drug dependency treatment services. Its SATIS productline is used by approximately 30 treatment centers including the Betty Ford Center.

Creative’s CEO, Jerry Koop, said in a statement: “We are excited about becoming a partner of the Betty Ford Center, a leading alcoholism treatment organization. We anticipate that a major benefit of this new partnership will be the incorporation of the Center’s SATIS software into Creative’s Avatar product suite. We believe that the integration of these two dynamic software packages could become the industry standard.”

Michael Neatherton, Betty Ford Center’s Executive Vice President and COO commented: “When we first decided to look for a partner, we performed an industry search and due diligence on firms that not only had a reputation for excellence in software and services for the health and human services industry, but also demonstrated commitment to client satisfaction in both product and technology vision. At the top of our final list was Creative Socio-Medics.”

The Betty Ford Center created MSJ Communications to further its mission of providing effective alcohol and other drug dependency treatment services to help women, men and families begin the process of recovery. MSJ Communications is a consulting and information technology company that specializes in improving the performance of organizations that treat alcohol and other drug dependencies. MSJ Communications fulfills this mission by working in partnership with other organizations that share a commitment to excellence in providing health care and other related services.

James Conway, CEO of Netsmart, said: “We are excited about the opportunity presented by our partnership with the Betty Ford Center. This added capability is consistent with our plans to become the leading supplier of information services into the behavioral health marketplace.”

Source: Netsmart