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Novi, Michigan – Trinity Health today announced that Chief Information Officer Paul Browne has been recognized by IDG’s Computerworld, the worldwide source for technology and management news, as one of the international business world’s Premier 100 IT Leaders. The award honors individuals who have creatively applied technology to execute their organization’s business strategy.

The complete list of honorees appears online at http://premier100.com and in the Dec. 11 issue of Computerworld. Of the 100 honorees featured on the international list, Browne is the only CIO from the health care industry and one of only three from Michigan-based organizations.

”We at Trinity Health are proud of Paul Browne’s innovative leadership and dedicated IS team,” said Joseph Swedish, President and CEO, Trinity Health. “Under Paul’s leadership, the IT infrastructure at Trinity Health is enabling enhancements in both patient safety and quality of care across our 44 owned and managed hospitals. Paul also is a major supporter of our efforts to build a culture that embraces technology as a critical tool for safe and effective care delivery and information sharing.”

Trinity Health is one of the largest health systems undertaking full electronic health records (EHR) integration, including computerized physician order entry (CPOE), Adverse Drug Event (ADE) alert systems and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). As CIO, Browne oversees the implementation of the $315 million initiative that will integrate computer systems within 24 Trinity Health-owned community health systems in seven states. Hospitals will use common information systems to manage patient records, enter physician orders and manage finances and supplies. Once complete, Trinity Health will have one of the largest central data repositories of evidence-based patient information in the country.

“Implementing just one of these systems in an individual hospital would be a tall order,” said Swedish. “Trinity Health recently notched the system’s ninth successive activation of clinical and revenue management information systems, and we’re getting ready to activate our tenth hospital in March 2007.”

Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders Awards program honors executives who show exemplary technology leadership in resolving pressing business problems. Honorees demonstrate the ability to foster creativity and challenging work environments, envision fresh approaches to business challenges and effectively manage IT investments.

“The professionals honored in Computerworld's 2007 Premier 100 IT Leaders program, and by extension the organizations they represent, are clearly mindful of their role and obligation as leaders of the global IT community,” said Don Tennant, editor-in-chief, Computerworld. “Their willingness to brave the scrutiny of the limelight as they share their experiences with their peers has won our respect, appreciation, and deep admiration.”

About Trinity Health
With hospitals in seven states, Trinity Health is the fourth-largest Catholic health care system in the nation based on total revenue. Headquartered in Novi, Mich., Trinity Health operates 44 owned and managed hospitals, 384 outpatient facilities, numerous long-term care facilities, and home health offices and hospice programs. Employing approximately 45,100 full-time staff, Trinity Health reported $6.1 billion in revenues and $307 million in community benefit ministry in fiscal year 2006. For more information about Trinity Health, visit www.trinity-health.org.

About Computerworld
Computerworld is recognized worldwide as the premier source for news, information and opinion on the critical technology and management issues affecting senior technology professionals. Computerworld’s award-winning weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series and custom research, form the hub of the world’s largest (58-edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and Folio Magazine’s 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for the best technology/computing magazine. Computerworld has an online audience of over 1.5 million unique monthly visitors (Omniture) and a total print audience of 1,337,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS Spring 2006). Computerworld is on the Web at www.computerworld.com.

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including Storage Networking World®, Premier 100®, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo®, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO® and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.