Yale New Haven Health System Selects Instantis to Automate Six Sigma Project Management and Knowledge Sharing Across the Organization

Leading Six Sigma Project Lifecycle Management Solution Continues Six Sigma Customer Adoption in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Vertical

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 8, 2003 -- Instantis, a leading provider of Enterprise Performance Excellence solutions today announced that the Yale New Haven Health System has selected the Instantis Six Sigma Project Lifecycle Management System (SSPLM) for deployment and use by Six Sigma practitioners across the organization.

Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) is the largest and most comprehensive integrated health care delivery system in Connecticut, and is recognized for advanced clinical care, quality, service, cost effectiveness and commitment to improving the health status of the communities its members serve. YNHHS (yalenewhavenhealth.org) comprises three member hospitals, including Yale-New Haven Hospital, a 944-bed tertiary referral center that includes a general acute care hospital, a children's hospital and a psychiatric hospital, Bridgeport Hospital, a 450-bed teaching hospital and Greenwich Hospital, a 160-bed community hospital and serves patients in Connecticut, eastern New York and southwestern Rhode Island.

In an attempt to enhance health care processes and increase efficiency, YNHHS first piloted the Six Sigma Performance Improvement methodology at YNHH in 2001. The program is targeted at delivering safer, higher quality care and service to patients and other customers while managing resources more efficiently. With Instantis SSPLM, YNHHS will improve Six Sigma idea selection, project management and tracking, increase communication of Six Sigma results and facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices.

Instantis will customize SSPLM to meet the specific roadmap requirements of YNHH. The solution will include an Idea Portal, Project Deliverables Tracker, Documents and Tools Manager, Global Team Manager, Financials Manager, Reports Dashboard, and a Project Alert Messenger.

"Healthcare services organizations like YNHHS are fast recognizing the benefits of adopting Six Sigma. Instantis' SSPLM delivers a comprehensive Six Sigma Project Lifecycle Solution for healthcare providers to better manage their Six Sigma deployment, and track and monitor results," said Prasad Raje, CEO and Founder, Instantis.

Ease of use, flexibility, and speed of deployment of the Instantis Six Sigma solution are consistently rated as outstanding by Instantis customers. Companies can choose to deploy Instantis SSPLM either inside their enterprise or from Instantis datacenters. The solution is highly customizable to the specific needs of an enterprise, and the modular table-driven architecture enables parameterization of many elements of the solution, including look and feel, workflow, and arbitrary roadmaps.

About Instantis

Instantis is a provider of a suite of software solutions that enable Fortune 500 and Global 2000 corporations to achieve Enterprise Performance Excellence. The solutions in this suite are targeted at supporting C-level executives in companies championing cross-enterprise business initiatives that drive performance. The applications are all built on Instantis' Java-based service-oriented application infrastructure that enables each solution to have the best combination of out-of-the-box functionality, unmatched customizability and easy integration. The first application in this suite is the Six Sigma Project Lifecycle Management (SSPLM) solution. This solution enables companies to centrally manage all aspects (project selection, tracking, knowledge sharing, and reporting including financials) of Six Sigma, Lean, and other Quality improvement projects. Instantis customers include market leaders like BellSouth Corporation, Cooper Cameron Corporation, McKesson Corporation, Takata, Wells Fargo Bank, Xerox Corporation, and Yale New Haven Health System.

CONTACT: Shekar Ayyar of Instantis, +1-408-732-8800, or shekar@instantis.com; or Mandy Mladenoff, +1-415-591-8420, or amladenoff@sterlinghager.com, for Instantis.

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