Combined Offering Positions Covisint as a Leader in Physician Connectivity
DETROIT, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compuware Corporation
(Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced that it has acquired privately held
Hilgraeve, Inc. of Monroe, Mich. This acquisition makes Compuware Covisint
the world's largest on-demand collaboration platform for lab and
prescription data sharing. Through Hilgraeve technology, physician
practices will now enjoy the ability to rapidly connect to Covisint and
securely share key patient information, reducing the cost and improving the
quality of healthcare.
"As a practicing physician in a rural community for 17 years, I know
that access to key information has always been a barrier to delivering the
highest quality and most efficient care," said Dr. Tom Stevenson, Chief
Medical Officer for Covisint. "With Covisint, physicians can now receive
comprehensive and accurate information about their patients, regardless of
geography or technical ability."
Hilgraeve has helped enterprises connect complex systems for more than
25 years and has served as a standard part of every Microsoft Windows
operating system for the past decade. Recently, the company has focused on
solving connectivity problems in the healthcare, automotive and financial
industries. In the healthcare industry in particular, physicians use
Hilgraeve solutions to connect to practice management systems and to
securely communicate with electronic medical records systems and healthcare
payers.
"The healthcare industry must control costs and increase efficiency,
and we have been working closely with physicians to help achieve this,"
said Jeff Beamsley, President for Hilgraeve, Inc. "By joining Covisint, we
will improve the future of healthcare connectivity and make a tremendously
positive impact on both Covisint and the industry."
"This acquisition gives Covisint the foremost technology and expertise
available to help physicians connect to healthcare providers and payers,"
said Bob Paul, Covisint President and COO. "Hilgraeve technology
complements the Covisint platform and will deliver cost-effective,
automated and easily implemented connectivity to physicians around the
world."
Covisint turns the extended enterprise into a competitive advantage for
45,800 organizations worldwide. Covisint's highly available platform
provides an on-demand infrastructure for secure collaboration,
interoperability and access to information. Covisint streamlines and
automates business processes, globally connecting business communities,
organizations and systems in the automotive, manufacturing, healthcare,
public sector and financial services industries.
Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation maximizes the value IT brings to the business by
helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware
solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the
performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and
govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and
employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973,
Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than
90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at
http://www.compuware.com/.
Press Contact
Lisa Elkin, Vice President, Compuware Communications and Investor
Relations, 313-227-7345
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