VisionWare, Inc.

        Ingalls Memorial Hospital

Ingalls Memorial Hospital Purchases TELE-SCOPE
CRM Enabling Software By VisionWare, Inc.

 
--Software Expected to Enhance Physician Referral Program and
Improve Enrollment, Scheduling, and Customer Services Activities--


Fort Worth, TX, June 17, 2002 -- VisionWare, Inc., a provider of adaptable CRM software for Customer Interaction Centers (CICs) and workflow management systems, today announced that Ingalls Memorial Hospital has purchased the company’s TELE-SCOPE software. TELE-SCOPE is a CRM enabling software solution that effectively manages all customer interactions and easily adapts to an organization’s current infrastructure and business processes. Ingalls will use the software to improve their physician referral program, Care Connection, and enhance member services and class registration activities in the SeniorLife department and Woman's & Children's Programs.

“We needed a software solution that would help us manage our resources better and improve customer service,” said Nancy Dornhecker, Referral Advisor/Marketing, at Ingalls Memorial Hospital. “Our current software was no longer going to be supported, so we looked into several options including upgrading to a newer, supported version of our current solution. We ultimately chose TELE-SCOPE because of price, flexibility and ease of use.”

The hospital’s current software solution was not very customizable, allowing a limited number of criteria to be used in their physician referral program. “TELE-SCOPE allows us to program in an infinite number of factors, such as physician location, specialty, insurance qualifications, years in practice, gender preference, etc.,” explained Dornhecker. “In addition, the flexibility of the software helps us spot any strengths or weaknesses we may have in our physician choices, thus improving our recruitment efforts.”

Dornhecker went on to say that the flexibility of TELE-SCOPE is making the software transition easier because it is able to match the flow of their previous solution, but at the same time improve ease of use and provide more functionality. “Overall, we believe that TELE-SCOPE will help us do a better job because it allows us to pull out our data in a format that is more user-friendly for our organization.”

TELE-SCOPE is unique among CRM software because it is a completely integrated product that interacts with and enables all three phases of communication that take place within the Customer Interaction Center (CIC) – communication setup, knowledge transfer, and fulfillment. By providing the most advanced CTI technology available, VisionWare allows companies to implement a successful CRM solution that not only improves customer communication, but also increases profits. TELE-SCOPE allows agents to become customer care advocates by equipping them with the knowledge and tools they need to achieve the ultimate goal of CRM – customer satisfaction.

“One of the key benefits of TELE-SCOPE is that it adapts to an organization’s business processes,” said Tim Davis, president of VisionWare, Inc. “TELE-SCOPE is a powerful tool that allows Ingalls Memorial Hospital to manage all of its data easily, quickly and more effectively. We are thrilled to be working with such an industry-leading hospital to improve their physician referral program and other customer service activities.”

Ingalls Memorial Hospital opened in 1923 with a vision to bring quality care to families in the Chicago’s South Suburbs. Over the years the hospital has grown and expanded into a multi-facility system that is now one of the largest, most comprehensive healthcare systems in the region. For more information about Ingalls Memorial Hospital, visit the organization’s Web site at www.ingalls.org

VisionWare, Inc., based in Ft. Worth, Texas, is a supplier of CRM enabling software designed to technologically advance the Customer Interaction Center, thereby providing the highest customer service available. The company’s flagship product, TELE-SCOPE, effectively manages all customer interactions and easily adapts to meet a company’s current infrastructure and business processes. VisionWare, Inc. acquired TELE-SCOPE in 2001 from Davis Software, a Dallas-based systems integrator, who originally developed the TELE-SCOPE product in 1988 as a software product for call centers. More information about the company can be found at www.visionware-inc.com.

 

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VisionWare, Inc.
Tel. 800-373-2668
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