EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation announced today that it has signed a 10-year, $1.35 billion information technology (IT) services contract with Ascension Health, the largest U.S. nonprofit health system.
The new agreement follows and is incremental to the award of a seven-year, $200 million IT services contract to CSC from Ascension Health in September 2003, under which CSC manages IT operations for the health system’s system office and the Carondelet Health Network in Tucson, Ariz.
Under the new contract, CSC will manage IT operations for 32 Ascension Health ministries and 80 facilities. The agreement includes responsibility for Ascension Health’s Enterprise Wide Infrastructure, which includes help desk, network, security and telecommunications services as well as server, mainframe and desktop computing. The agreement is effective January 1, 2005.
“This contract expansion underscores the business value CSC brings to Ascension Health,” said CSC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Van B. Honeycutt. “We look forward to leveraging our expertise in IT outsourcing and our experience in the healthcare industry to deliver service improvements and efficiencies to Ascension Health.”
“We are pleased to expand our existing relationship with CSC in signing this new agreement,” said Ascension Health Chief Information Officer Sherry Browne. “After a thorough review of our IT operations and requirements, which included extensive consideration of what was best for our IT associates, we are satisfied that extending our relationship with CSC will help further our healing Mission, enable achievement of our system priorities and offer exciting new opportunities for IT associates. We look forward to continuing to work successfully together.”
“We’re proud to support Ascension Health’s drive to provide healthcare that works, healthcare that is safe and healthcare that leaves no one behind,” said CSC President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Laphen. “We are committed to ensuring a smooth transition for the Ascension Health IT professionals joining CSC. They now will have unmatched opportunities for career development with one of the world’s premier IT services leaders.”
About Ascension Health
Ascension Health is the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system, with more than 100,000 associates serving in 67 acute care hospitals and dozens of related facilities in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Consistent with its mission to serve all people with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable, Ascension Health provides clinically excellent care with an emphasis on innovation and a focus on transforming the healthcare industry. Ascension Health has more than $11 billion in assets. For more information, visit the Web site at http://www.ascensionhealth.org/.
About CSC
Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global IT services company. CSC’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
With approximately 90,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC’s own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.9 billion for the 12 months ended July 2, 2004. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at http://www.csc.com/.
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CONTACT: Mike Dickerson, Director, Media Relations, +1-310-615-1647,mdickers@csc.com, or Bill Lackey, Director, Investor Relations,+1-310-615-1700, blackey3@csc.com, both of Computer Sciences Corporation; orShari Shane, Director, Communications, Ascension Health, +1-314-733-8211,sshane@ascensionhealth.org
Web site: http://www.ascensionhealth.org/
Web site: http://www.csc.com/