InfoGenesis, Ameranth Wireless and Computrition to Create the 21st Century Healthcare Solution
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. / Oct. 17, 2001--InfoGenesis, a leading provider of hospitality information technology, today announced a partnership with Ameranth Wireless® and Computrition Inc. to deliver the 21st Century Healthcare solution.
During 2001, InfoGenesis and Ameranth have developed a next generation handheld solution linking Revelation, the InfoGenesis point-of-sale (POS) solution, with Ameranth's advanced handheld application. Combined with Computrition's Hospitality Suite® software, this partnership revolutionizes how foodservice is managed in the healthcare industry.
The partnership will offer patients and guests in acute care and other healthcare environments in-room phone ordering of meals, a service previously unavailable.
"We're very excited about this partnership and the possibilities it holds for future growth of the industry," said Scott Martiny, Vice President, Sales and Marketing for InfoGenesis. "Utilizing technology to create this improvement in guest service is a great advantage in the healthcare environment."
WJ Kitchen, Chairman and CEO of Ameranth Wireless added, "InfoGenesis and Ameranth have a history of partnering together to provide cutting edge solutions. We believe that extending the wireless interface we have established with InfoGenesis to the Computrition Hospitality Suite and providing the first totally integrated food-ordering solution in the healthcare market will enable our partnership to offer breakthrough solutions for patient care."
The benefits of this partnership also extend beyond the patient, to make foodservice operators more efficient. "By automating day-to-day foodservice functions, we provide foodservice operators with the tools necessary to control cost and increase efficiency," commented Ellyn Luros-Elson, R.D., President of Computrition.
Computrition, Inc. is the leading provider of fully integrated foodservice and nutrition care management software systems. With over twenty years in the hospitality and healthcare industries, Computrition has over 4,000 customers throughout the United States and Canada. Computrition's all-encompassing software systems are designed to increase efficiency and productivity in the foodservice and/or nutrition services operation, by providing menu management, inventory control, nutrition office management, HACCP guidelines, nutrient analysis and more. Computrition can be reached at www.computrition.com.
Ameranth Wireless is a leading provider of wireless system software to the hospitality and healthcare markets. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Ameranth Wireless systems software gives functionality to Microsoft Pocket PC handheld computers – moving the point of activity from fixed terminals to where it belongs: by the customer's side. Ameranth Wireless's 21st Century Restaurant® is set to become the industry standard for mobile wireless ordering and payment processing in restaurants. Ameranth Wireless can be reached at www.ameranth.com.
InfoGenesis develops and markets point-of-sale solutions for hospitality and foodservice. Revelation, a hospitality point-of-sale application designed and marketed by InfoGenesis for table service restaurants, hotels, resorts, casinos, cruise ships and food service, is the winner of multiple industry awards, including the Microsoft Retail Application Design (RAD) Award for 2000. InfoGenesis can be reached at www.infogenesis.com.
Nancy Naretto
805-681-8600 ext. 415
InfoGenesis
