WEST DES MOINES, IOWA, September 26, 2006 --
GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning platforms, announced today that Health Quest has selected the GeoMaestro Learning Management Suite (LMS) to deliver and manage training for 2,600 employees with plans to expand future usage to 4,500employees.
Health Quest, a not-for-profit New York-based health care system, has deployed the GeoMaestro platform toexpedite technical and clinical training, to ensure all levels of the organization have an in-depth understanding of regulatory, legal and compliance obligations and to leverage best practices across its organization of three hospitals and eight health care affiliates. The LMS will be used by clinical, technical and professional employees to launch, track and report online and instructor-led training activities. Health Quest learning leaders will use the LMS to accelerate critical training initiatives and rapidly deploy learning to improve skill retention and efficiency within the organization.
"We selected GeoLearning because of their unique position as the leading managed learning services company," said Mark Kochanowski, Vice President of Human Resources at Health Quest. "Throughout the GeoMaestro implementation process, they delivered on their promise by providing our organization outstanding service and meticulous attention to detail."
"GeoMaestro provides us with the ability to configure our LMS to meet the performance, regulatory compliance and technical training needs of our organization," added Betsy Kennally, Health Quest´s Director of Professional Development. "We also expect to drive best practices by creating and uploading our own custom learning content. This will allow learning to be a catalyst for performance within our organization."
GeoLearning´s award-winning Software as a Service (SaaS) model means the GeoMaestro platform is delivered entirely over the Internet, eliminating the hosting and delivery challenges that can accompany traditional hardware and software implementations. The Internet-hosted learning management platform enables organizations to capture, create, manage and share knowledge to improve workforce productivity, accelerate critical business processes, and drive organizational performance. The system centralizes and automates the entire learning management process, making the administration of enterprise learning and development both effective and efficient.
Health Quest´s GeoMaestro implementation leverages several of the platform´s configurable features, including GeoLearning´s Dynamic Reporting Engine to transform raw LMS data into actionable analysis and meaningful business measurements, MyPlan Electronic Individual Development Tool to track and manage individual development plans, the Class & Event Scheduler to manage traditional and Web-based instructor-led training, as well as the system's competency & performance management capabilities.
GeoLearning will also provide Internet hosting, security and maintenance services, and 24x7 Help Desk support for Health Quest administrators and employees as part of the 4-year managed learning services contract.
About GeoLearning, Inc.
GeoLearning is the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning technology. The company´s products and services are used by corporations, government agencies and
non-profit organizations to manage human capital development, accelerate critical business processes and drive organizational performance. GeoLearning´s Software-as-a-Service model means there is no hardware or software for clients to install. As a result, the company´s Web-based GeoMaestro and GeoExpress learning management platforms can be deployed quickly, allowing clients to efficiently manage enterprise-wide learning, development and knowledge acquisition. Additional information is available at www.geolearning.com.
About Health Quest
The Mid-Hudson Valley's largest healthcare system, Health Quest provides the highest quality care across a broad spectrum of services with 697 beds and 31,500 patient admissions and 91,000 emergency room visits annually. Offering the full range of hospital services, pre-hospital emergency care, homecare and nursing home care, the not-for-profit Health Quest system provides immediate and caring service to the one million people who reside in the New York counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam and northern Westchester. For more information visit www.health-quest.org.
Media Contact:
Will Hipwell
SVP of Marketing
GeoLearning, Inc.
(515) 222-6259
willh[at]geolearning.com