Lionbridge Announces Two-Year Agreement With Extendicare Subsidiary VCPI
Relationship Expands Lionbridge's Leadership in the Healthcare Industry; Provides a Range of Offshore IT Solutions for a Market Leader in Extended Care
WALTHAM, Mass., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionbridge (Nasdaq: LIOX), today announced a two-year IT services outsourcing agreement with Virtual Care Provider Inc. (VCPI), a subsidiary of Extendicare, a $2.5 Billion long term care company. As VCPI's strategic outsourcing provider, Lionbridge will provide development, testing, maintenance and support services for the company's enterprise technology applications and systems that support the operations of more than 264 skilled nursing facilities, including financial applications and various front-office web-based applications
"Lionbridge's healthcare industry expertise, program management skills and proven experience will help us improve and streamline our Information Technology operations and enable us to provide a higher level of customer service in our VCPI facilities," said Loren Claypool, CIO of Extendicare. "Our partnership with Lionbridge will provide increased flexibility and efficiency, improved productivity and better financial and business decision making. It will allow us to focus on providing quality care to the patients we serve."
Using its global infrastructure and sophisticated development processes, Lionbridge will combine program management experts onsite at VCPI with a team of application engineers, developers and support professionals offshore in Lionbridge's solution center in Chennai, India. This proven onsite/offshore model will provide VCPI with comprehensive IT services and support for back office applications, data processing systems, data warehousing and data mining activities while allowing the company to improve its processes with fully integrated, web-based user applications.
"By working with Lionbridge, VCPI can increase the efficiency of its IT processes, improve quality and enhance customer experience," said Satish Maripuri, Chief Operating Officer, Lionbridge. "This agreement reflects our ongoing expansion of our healthcare practice and underscores the power of our global outsourcing model that enables organizations in all industries to reduce costs, optimize their existing resources and improve processes."
About Lionbridge
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) is a provider of translation, development and testing solutions. Lionbridge combines global resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client's product and content lifecycle - from development to translation, testing and maintenance. Global organizations rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge and VeriTest brands. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com
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