Africa : ORTEC’s Corridor Medical Transfer System Wins Computerworld Award

By AHIN:
In 2012, 218,762 people visited North Star clinics to receive counselling  testing, and treatment, all registered with a passport system developed by ORTEC. ORTEC’s Corridor Medical Transfer System COMETS system facilitates the collection of site-specific health and demographic data. COMETS innovation – it is the first medical patient system in Africa where individual patient files can be accessed at different locations regardless of national borders.
“Technology continues to play a pivotal role in transforming how business and society functions. For the past 25 years the Computerworld Honours Program has had the privilege of celebrating innovative IT achievements,” said John Amato, vice president & publisher, Computerworld. “Computerworld is honored to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the 2013 class of Laureates and to share their work. These projects demonstrate how IT can advance organizations’ ability to compete, innovate, communicate and prosper.”
“Innovation and social responsibility is in the ORTEC DNA,“ stated ORTEC Consulting CEO Lambert van der Bruggen. “We are very proud that 29 RWCs across Africa are helping save displaced people’s lives and in the next 18 months we will open 21 new RWCs along with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. We will continue to work with North Star to facilitate adoption of the COMETS system to treat more people and mitigate disease outbreaks.”
ORTEC was the 2012 recipient of the Franz Edelman Award for operations research excellence, optimizing supply chain operations for TNT Express and saving the company more than $265 million over a three year period. The Edelman Award is considered the highest honor in the field of operations research, the discipline of applying analytical methods to help make better business decisions. ORTEC has won numerous other awards and was just named a finalist for the GBCHealth Business Action on Health Award for its work on behalf of North Star Alliance. The Computerworld Honors Program awards will be presented at the Gala Awards Ceremony on June 3, 2013 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
About ORTEC  ORTEC is one of the largest providers of advanced planning and optimization solutions and services. ORTEC’s products and services result in optimized fleet routing and dispatch, vehicle and pallet loading, workforce scheduling, delivery forecasting, logistics network planning and warehouse control. ORTEC offers stand-alone, custom-made and SAP® certified and embedded solutions, supported by strategic partnerships. ORTEC has over 1,750 customers worldwide, 700 employees and offices in Europe, North America, South America and the Pacific Region.
About The Computerworld Honours Program Founded by International Data Group (IDG) in 1988, The Computerworld Honours Program is governed by the not-for-profit Computerworld Information Technology Awards Foundation. Computerworld Honours is the longest running global program to honor individuals and organizations that use information technology to promote positive social, economic and educational change. Additional information about the program and a Global Archive of past Laureate case studies, as well as oral histories of Leadership Award recipients can be found at the Computerworld Honours website.
About Computerworld 
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