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LOMBARDI'S TEAMWORKS SOFTWARE HELPS REM MEDICAL SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT
Sleep Medicine Practice Automates Patient Referral Process with TeamWorks BPM Platform
AUSTIN, Texas – July 17, 2006 – Lombardi Software®, the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies, today announced that REM Medical is deploying the award-winning TeamWorks® BPM platform to support its patient referral processes from its medical partners.
"Process consistency is critical to REM's business model," said Eric Page, President and COO at REM Medical. "Quality medicine is obtained through delivering consistent patient care to every patient that walks in our door. Lombardi's software is helping us to do that."
Operating in one of the fastest growing medical segments, REM Medical manages full service sleep medicine clinics to diagnose and treat the entire range of sleep-wake disorders. The company's mission is to enable people to live more productive, happy and healthy lives - starting with a better night's sleep.
"We reviewed a number of BPM technologies and felt Lombardi offered us the most functionality and flexibility," said Jeff Cox, Director of Information Technology at REM Medical.
The initial implementation of TeamWorks focuses on REM Medical's patient lead referral process. The purpose of the project is to automate and improve the process of patient referrals, with the ultimate goal of increasing their patient conversion rate. REM Medical also plans to utilize TeamWorks to automate the entire patient lifecycle to improve efficiency, increase the quality of care, increase patient satisfaction, and ensure that patients receive the appropriate treatment. The company believes that BPM can help contribute significantly to its competitive advantage.
"Leading healthcare providers are becoming process-driven," said Rod Favaron, President and Chief Executive Officer at Lombardi. "We are proud to be helping REM Medical in its efforts to improve the lives of its patients through better process efficiency."
TeamWorks is the leading BPM software platform for designing, executing, and improving business processes. The product is built on open standards and provides ongoing process visibility and control, increasing the speed and flexibility with which organizations can manage process activity and decision-making. TeamWorks includes a rich, cohesive Eclipse-based modeling environment for building all aspects of a business process, a highly collaborative web-based work portal for process participants, and provides industry-leading optimization technologies for analyzing and improving business processes.
About REM Medical
REM Medical is dedicated to the practice of sleep medicine – helping people of all ages with sleep-wake concerns to regain life's balance. With more than 75 years combined experience, REM's clinical team is made up of nationally-recognized, board-certified sleep physicians. The team uses the latest sleep medicine advances to diagnose and treat a range of sleep disorders. For more information, visit www.remmedical.com.
About Lombardi Software
Lombardi is a leader in business process management (BPM) software for Global 2000 companies as recognized by both Gartner and Forrester Research, in the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites, 2006, and Human-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q1 2006 research reports respectively. Lombardi offers award-winning technology, know-how and services to help its customers become Process-Driven. Lombardi's TeamWorks® is built on open standards and provides ongoing visibility and control of business processes, increasing the speed and flexibility with which organizations can manage their process activity and decision-making. Lombardi customers include Allianz Life, Applied Materials, Dell, Hasbro, Renault F1 Team, Sprint, T-Mobile, Universal Music Group and the U.S. Government. For more information, visit www.lombardisoftware.com.
Lombardi and TeamWorks are registered trademarks and TeamWorks Process Optimizer, TeamWorks Portal, TeamWorks Rule Service and Lombardi for Office 2003 are trademarks of Lombardi Software, Inc. All other company/product names and service marks may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
For more information:
Wayne Snell
Sr. Director of Marketing
+1.512.382.8200 ext. 377
Wayne.Snell@lombardi.com


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