Time and Attendance and Workforce Management Solutions

Stromberg Implements Time and Attendance System for 6,000 Healthcare Associates

Georgia based Ethica Health and Retirement Communities goes live on time tracking and scheduling software.

Lake Mary, FL, (February 23, 2004) – Stromberg, a leading provider of enterprise time and attendance solutions, today announced that Ethica Health and Retirement Communities, a nonprofit organization that has long term care facilities throughout Georgia, has fully integrated the Stromberg Enterprise Edition time and labor management application in all of their locations. Ethica Health chose Stromberg because of its commitment to the enterprise market for time and attendance and for its extensive knowledge of the healthcare industry. Stromberg releases this announcement from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference being held February 22-February 27 in Orlando, Florida. Stromberg is exhibiting in booth #1806.

Ethica Health and Retirement Communities has enrolled all 6,000 employees on the Stromberg system. Over the past several years, Ethica Health has increased its rollout from a single location to all of their facilities. “Stromberg Enterprise Edition has given us the opportunity to focus on delivering skilled nursing care to patients during a most critical phase in their lives,” said Freddie Walter, Chief Financial Officer for Ethica Health. “Our employees can focus solely on the patients and worry less about administrative details.”

In addition to expanding on their existing Stromberg Enterprise Edition, Ethica Health went a step further and implemented Stromberg Pro Shift Scheduler. “The Stromberg Pro Shift Scheduler has been a vital addition to our line of products,” said Seth Bernstein, CEO and President of Stromberg. “Healthcare organizations rely on full time, part time, hourly and salaried employees and that can cause issues during the scheduling process. Staffing is critical and this product removes the complexity throughout the entire system” said Bernstein.

Ethica Health and Retirement Communities relies on Stromberg to organize and plan staffing issues on the front-end, track and manage employee hours while on-site and feed employee hours and reports to payroll for compensation. The full circle treatment and management of employees throughout the entire system is what makes Stromberg a leader in time and attendance solutions for mid to large organizations. For more information on Stromberg Enterprise Edition and Stromberg Pro Shift Scheduler, please call 1-800-910-0211 or visit the company’s Web site at www.stromberg.com.

About Stromberg

Stromberg is a leading provider of enterprise time and attendance solutions. The Lake Mary, Florida based company is the only time and labor management vendor that specializes in time and attendance as well as scheduling software for large companies. Stromberg products help over 10,000 organizations proactively control labor costs, prepare accurate and timely payrolls, calculate labor analytics, manage human resources integration and much more. Additional information can be found at the company Web site www.stromberg.com.

About Ethica

Ethica Health and Retirement Communities, a Georgia-based non-profit company, provides management services for more than 40 skilled nursing facilities in Georgia. Ethica and their related companies have provided services to skilled nursing facilities since 1971 and considers itself at the forefront in using today’s technology to enhance it patient care delivery systems. Ethica and or related companies have been business partners with Stromberg since 1992.

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