Human Resources: Halogen Delivers Talent Management Industry's Most Comprehensive Value- Add Content for Healthcare

Ottawa, ON – June 2, 2009 – Halogen Software today announced that the
company is now delivering the talent management industry's richest and most
comprehensive healthcare content as standard features with every
healthcare-specific talent management suite shipped. This new best
practices-driven healthcare content is designed to help healthcare
organizations meet strategic organizational goals such as delivering
outstanding patient care and ensuring patient satisfaction.

Healthcare organizations face a number of unique talent management
challenges including a tight labor market and numerous regulatory
requirements. Halogen's new healthcare content pack will help organizations
save start up time with rich, healthcare specific content aligned with best
practices, and ensure they are able to quickly and easily establish processes
in support of Joint Commission requirements.

"Halogen is very responsive to our needs, and this new content pack reflects
their unparalleled understanding of the healthcare industry's talent
management requirements," said Susan Clapper, Human Resources Director,
Lutheran Life Communities. "We are particularly excited about the new
comment helper text and development tips – they are unique and unlike
anything we've seen available. These tools will support employee focus on
organizational goals and values, such as exceptional care and high resident
satisfaction."

Halogen's new content pack was developed by industry experts with
assistance from leading healthcare providers across North America to ensure
it addresses the current talent management requirements for healthcare
facilities. The pack provides specific content which is unmatched in the
industry for depth and breadth including:
• A library of healthcare-specific performance standards including
behavioral descriptions related to patient care;
• Healthcare-specific comment helper text and coaching/development
tips supporting these performance standards;
• A competency library containing over 1000 clinical competencies;
• A set of competency and orientation checklists; and
• Over 250 position-specific performance appraisal forms.

"In healthcare we have a number of complex reporting and accreditation
requirements, so selecting the right talent management vendor was very
important to us," explained Heather Parsons, Senior Human Resources
Generalist, Critical Care Systems. "We reviewed a number of solutions but
Halogen was the only vendor that demonstrated they truly understood our
unique needs, and was able to offer the level of flexibility we required. Using
the Halogen healthcare-specific solution we have seen a tangible, positive
impact on everything from our Joint Commission reviews to recruiting and
retention."

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. Halogen's 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 Gartner's 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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