PRESSRELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
University of California San Diego Medical Center
Contact:
Dustin Taylor, Vice President, Sales and Marketing
TMA Systems, LLC
5100 East Skelly Drive, Suite 900
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135
(918) 858-6600
dustin.taylor@tmasystems.com
Contact:
Ron Vincente, Facilities Project Manager
University of California San Diego Medical Center
7187 Convey Court
San Diego, California 92111
(619) 543-2857
rvincente@ucsd.edu
University of California San Diego Medical Center Selects TMA as Their Maintenance Management Tool
PRESS RELEASE. TULSA, OK, December 21, 2007 – The University of California San Diego Medical Center, one of the premier medical facilities in California, announced today the selection of TMA's maintenance management system for their Facilities Maintenance Department. UCSD will utilize TMA Enterprise for online work requests, managing their preventive maintenance program, and to gain better control over in-house inventory.
In addition, with the capabilities of mobileTMA for Pocket PC and UCSD's wireless environment, the medical center will become wireless and paperless. Most importantly, it will enhance their technicians' productivity by allowing them to more effectively manage their work orders and other facility data.
John C. Smith, Chief Executive Officer of TMA, stated, "We're very pleased that the University of California San Diego Medical Center chose to partner with TMA. It is the partnerships we have with organizations, such as UCSD, that continue to make us the leading CMMS provider for the healthcare industry."
About TMA Systems (www.tmasystems.com)
TMA Systems, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a leading provider of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) that include desktop and web-based solutions. These solutions automate and streamline maintenance operations; providing cost-effective methods that ensure reliability and increase productivity for organizations. Worldwide, more than 1,300 TMA clients maintain in excess of 37,000 facilities, representing 2.5 billion square feet of space. These world-class organizations have a deep appreciation of the complexity and challenges of managing facilities. Their bottom-line focus is on their assets, the services they perform, and the contributions they make in meeting the objectives of these organizations. During the past two decades, TMA software solutions have become a standard for asset management and facilities maintenance departments throughout the world.
About the University of California San Diego Medical Center (www.ucsd.edu)
Year after year, U.S. News & World Report rankings have recognized UCSD for its clinical and research excellence in a wide range of specialties, including cancer care, orthopedics, respiratory care, and gynecology. UCSD physicians have been honored consistently by "The Best Doctors in America," "America's Top Doctors" and "San Diego's Best Doctors."
UCSD ranks fourth in the nation in research impact in a report compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information and its General Clinical Research Center is one of the nations top-funded. Since 1996, UCSD Healthcare increased hospital census by 36%, or 90 patients a day.
