Baylor Health Care System Uses IT Portfolio Management for $140 Million Clinical Transformation Initiative

Healthcare Provider Enlists Planview to Align Strategic Goals with Organizational Objectives

AUSTIN, Texas — July 27, 2005 — Planview, the leading provider of comprehensive IT portfolio management solutions today announced that Baylor Health Care System has implemented the company's solution to align, manage and track projects and resources across the healthcare provider's network of hospitals, in conjunction with the organization's $140 million clinical transformation initiative, the largest project of its kind in the Dallas Metroplex and throughout the Southwest.

Through its system-wide clinical transformation initiative, Baylor will guide the way healthcare is delivered throughout the organization, with an overall goal of delivering the most ideal patient experience every time.

Planview will provide the foundation for consistent program management process across the entire healthcare system. Baylor Health Care System chose Planview because the company offered a single solution to manage and track projects throughout the clinical transformation initiative by providing a best-practices solution that was repeatable, auditable and measurable.

"As Baylor Health Care System continues to align itself with a strategic vision towards the future of healthcare, the need to accurately measure and manage programs, projects and resources has become increasingly important," said Marc Andiel, vice president of strategic business management for Baylor Information Services. "This includes the ability to facilitate and implement consistent project management processes as well as provide a mechanism for measuring the alignment of resources to strategic initiatives."

According to Gartner "An effective healthcare IT organization led by a confident CIO is becoming a far more-significant enabler of business agility and quality of care than in the past. The healthcare industry is moving from an era of incremental cost control to an era in which the overarching need will be managing the growing demands of an aging population in a creative and affordable way. Stimulating innovation in healthcare IT is seen as a crucial step."¹

"We recognize that healthcare providers like Baylor Health are looking for consistent processes aligned with the organizational goal of better serving their patients and physicians," said Jeff Durbin, senior vice president of business solutions at Planview. "Our PRISMS IT management best practices are designed to help these organizations achieve their goals quickly and successfully - resulting in the optimum return on investment."

Planview PRISMS is the culmination of the company's sixteen year's best-of-breed portfolio and resource management experience. PRISMS allows organizations across multiple industries to achieve faster process maturity improvements and benefits realization.

¹Gartner "Top 10: IT Innovation Marks the Path to Leadership", Vi Shaffer, June 2005

About Baylor Health Care System

Baylor Health Care System, a not-for-profit health care provider based in North Texas, is a growing network of hospitals, primary care physician centers and practices, rehabilitation clinics, senior health centers, and affiliated ambulatory surgery centers. Baylor Health Care System also provides cohesive and coordinated research efforts throughout the Baylor Research Institute.

Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Health Care System's mission is to serve all people through exemplary health care, education, research and community service.

About Planview

Since 1989, Planview has been a market leader and trusted partner in software for comprehensive IT management. Our flagship product, Planview Enterprise, brings the most comprehensive IT management solution to the market, combining adaptive IT management best practices, best of breed resource management and portfolio management software. Planview enables business leaders to integrate the decision-making process to improve alignment of IT resources with business strategies. We serve an active and growing global customer community of over 400 organizations in the financial, insurance, healthcare, government and other industries. Planview is privately held and has been profitable for over a decade. For more information, visit www.Planview.com.

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