Liberty Healthcare Management Signs Multi-Suite Lawson Software Contract

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 21, 2009-- Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced that Liberty Healthcare Management licensed Lawson Human Resource Management, Lawson Workforce Management and Lawson S3 Enterprise Financial Management. Lawson made the announcement during the 2009 Lawson Conference and User Exchange (CUE) in San Diego. Liberty Healthcare selected the Lawson solutions to help reduce annual administrative costs and meet unique payroll and human resources needs. The contract was signed during Lawson’s third quarter of fiscal 2009, which ended Feb. 28, 2009. Lawson Professional Services will provide implementation support for the project.

Based in Wilmington, N.C., Liberty Healthcare manages 17 long-term care facilities, more than 20 home health care offices, more than 20 hospice offices and four assisted living centers. The organization provides operational, financial and regulatory management services.

“We believe Lawson uniquely fit our needs,” said Joe Calcutt, chief financial officer of Liberty Healthcare Management, Inc. “Lawson has great credibility in the industry, and we’re confident the Lawson system will help us significantly.”

Liberty Healthcare chose Lawson to help it integrate financial and human resource management capabilities and enable the company to automate routine administrative tasks and transactions. For example, Lawson Workforce Management will help improve and automate employee scheduling and time and attendance activities.

Liberty Healthcare also will gain greater visibility into organization-wide data to help track critical financial and staffing information to help enhance decision-making. Lawson Enterprise Financial Management will help the healthcare organization improve its finance operations support.

“In today’s environment, long-term care providers must work to simplify their administrative processes and reduce costs,” said Nam Vo, vice president of global healthcare strategy for Lawson. “As the leading provider of business applications for the healthcare industry, our products and services help organizations like Liberty Healthcare improve business and operations so their staff can focus on caring with excellence.”

Lawson serves more than 500 healthcare industry customers representing more than 4,500 facilities, including eight of the top 10 integrated delivery networks. The company also serves managed care systems, academic medical centers, hospitals, clinics, physician group practices, home healthcare, long-term care and other health services enterprises. Lawson solutions help healthcare organizations manage their business so they can focus on their patients, automate and streamline materials management for a better bottom line, and overcome the challenges of the labor shortage.

About Lawson

Lawson Software provides software and service solutions to 4,500 customers in healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, maintenance, public sector and service sector industries across 40 countries. Lawson's solutions include Enterprise Performance Management, Human Capital Management, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Asset Management and industry-tailored applications. Lawson solutions assist customers in simplifying their businesses or organizations by helping them streamline processes, reduce costs and enhance business or operational performance. Lawson is headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., and has offices around the world. Visit Lawson online at www.lawson.com.

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