Actuate and St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Awarded BeyeNETWORK's 2009 'Vision Award' for Performance Management

November 11, 2009 7:00 AM EST

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the people behind BIRT(TM), today announced that it and St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) have been named winners of the prestigious BeyeNETWORK 2009 "Vision Award for Business Impact" in the Performance Management category.

STEGH and Actuate won the award for an Actuate BIRT Performance Scorecard based application that helps STEGH to align, standardize and measure performance based upon the same data that supports the organization's mission to provide comprehensive 24 hour coverage in Medicine, Surgery, OB, Pediatrics, Anesthesia, Emergency and Family Medicine. Because of the Actuate's ability to extend BIRT content into layouts within BIRT Performance Scorecard, the hospital was able to extend its BIRT-based development to efficiently bridge strategic and operational Performance Management.

"We are excited to be honored with the BeyeNETWORK 2009 'Vision Award for Business Impact,'" said Malcolm Hopkins, vice president, corporate services at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. "Before utilizing BIRT Performance Scorecard, STEGH was measuring performance to varying degrees with different processes for different departments or initiatives. Recognizing the need for improvement, STEGH implemented one data repository and initiated open discussion to facilitate better understanding of the overall results."

STEGH adopted its groundbreaking approach to Performance Management as it sought to look beyond merely solving the business challenge at hand, but also to meet the hospital's four key goals which are becoming an employer of choice by keeping employees better-informed, happier and at work with fewer sick days, to better engage the patient community with continual measures and tracking of patient satisfaction, both while better managing internal hospital initiatives, strengthening current and forging new partnerships and targeting a bold fiscal strategy.

"In today's challenging macroeconomic environment, it is important that an organization's Performance Management solution allows all users to have easy access to the scores and trends related to their tactical strategies as well as the ability to track specific benchmarks, goals and information," said Mary Jo Nott, executive editor, BeyeNETWORK. "With Actuate, STEGH solved its Performance Management challenge and, in addition, realized significant cost savings and increased quality control. We are pleased to recognize both companies with a 2009 Vision Award for Business Impact."

Specific to its Performance Management strategy STEGH has implemented key metrics that pertain to the organization's four key goals that are tracked in BIRT Performance Scorecard and shared monthly with hospital management. This enabled the organization to not only overcome their fiscal challenges, but also allowed for employee and patient satisfaction to grow along with hospital efficiency. STEGH utilized key metrics to help ensure consistent interpretation across the organization.

"We are pleased to be honored alongside St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital by BeyeNETWORK," said Nobby Akiha, senior vice president, marketing, Actuate. "STEGH is showing great foresight in adopting best-of-breed solutions to drive performance management for cost savings, implementing and tracking actionable measures and therefore is improving the quality of care it gives."

For more information about the STEGH Performance Management initiative, please access a recent podcast interview on the BeyeNETWORK here: http://www.b-eye-network.com/listen/12038

Actuate - the people behind BIRT

Actuate founded and continues to co-lead the Eclipse BIRT open source project. BIRT is the premier development environment for Rich Information Applications that present data in compelling and interactive ways via the web on any device. Actuate and its people are dedicated to making BIRT the best environment for our customers to develop Web 2.0 applications that drive revenue through higher customer satisfaction/loyalty and improve operational performance. The people of Actuate continually participate in and provide resources for the vibrant open source community that has emerged around BIRT. Anybody can participate in the BIRT movement by visiting www.birt-exchange.com.

Actuate offers value-add BIRT products and services that speed the development process and bring additional functionality, interactivity and enterprise scalability to BIRT-based Rich Information Applications. Actuate has over 4,400 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ACTU. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.actuate.com.

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