Award Winning Health System Selects Halogen for Performance Management

Ottawa, ON ­ September 30, 2009 ­ Halogen Software today announced that it
has been selected by award-winning St. Luke¹s Health System as its
performance management vendor of choice. The health system will be relying
on Halogen to drive accountability, consistency and performance alignment
organization wide, and to support the organization¹s reputation for
excellence in patient care.

HR professionals in the healthcare industry face many unique challenges. A
weakened economy has not mitigated critical looming talent shortages across
many clinical positions. Progressive healthcare providers are transforming
outdated and ineffective performance management processes and opting for
models and systems that drive employee engagement and development, alignment
of goals, and focus on patient outcomes.

Patient care is the number one priority for St. Luke¹s. The organization¹s
ongoing work in this area has been nationally recognized. St. Luke¹s Boise
and Meridian campuses have received the prestigious Magnet designation for
nursing excellence, and its Boise campus was named a Thomson Reuters 100 Top
Hospital in 2008. St. Luke¹s will use Halogen applications to support its
core pillar of excellent patient care by modernizing the performance
management process and supporting compliance requirements set by the Joint
Commission and Magnet. The solution will be used at its three acute care
hospitals and numerous clinic locations in southwestern Idaho. St. Luke¹s
is the only Idaho-based health system. St. Luke¹s selected Halogen out of a
competitive field of vendors to provide online performance management for
the organization¹s 7500 employees.

³One of our primary goals in implementing a new performance management
system is to align individual performance with system objectives established
and agreed upon by senior management from throughout the system,² said
Margaret Block, Director of HR for St. Luke¹s Treasure Valley locations.
³We selected Halogen based on the flexibility of its solution, its
healthcare-specific applications, and the company¹s deep commitment to the
healthcare market.²

Halogen¹s healthcare specific performance management solution has become the
de facto standard for the industry. The American Hospital Association (AHA)
has identified and exclusively endorsed Halogen eAppraisal Healthcare as its
employee performance and talent management solution of choice for member
hospitals and healthcare organizations across the United States. More than
500 healthcare facilities across North America currently rely on Halogen.

About Halogen Software
Halogen Software is recognized as a market leader by industry analysts and
is strongly endorsed by the thousands of HR professionals who use their
talent management solutions. The company offers a complete suite of
web-based products that automate, simplify and integrate performance
appraisals, 360 degree feedback, compensation management, succession
planning and learning management. Halogen¹s offering makes HR best-practices
accessible to companies of all sizes and its healthcare, financial services
and professional services specific suites meet the unique needs of these
industries. Halogen is consistently recognized by the industry and its
customers for its exceptional implementation and support services. Halogen
was named a leader in Gartner¹s Magic Quadrant for employee performance
management software in 2009 and has won multiple awards for its corporate
leadership and product innovation, including HR Technology Product of the
Year. For more information, visit www.halogensoftware.com.

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