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Press Release: Cogent Integrated
Solutions
COGENT INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
TSX-V Symbol: CSO
DATE: December 17, 2003
NEWS RELEASE
VANCOUVER, BC
COGENT INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS COMPLETES
A MARKETING AND TEAMING AGREEMENT WITH THE RSC GROUP
ADDS BILLING MODULE TO ITS EQUICARE CLINICAL
CASE MANAGEMENT OFFERINGS
Vancouver, BC March 29,2004.
Cogent Integrated Solutions Corp. a supplier of clinical case
management software to the Healthcare Industry announced a
comprehensive agreement with The RSC Group, a licensed reseller
of Great Plains Software a billing system for industry.
This agreement not only licenses the Great Plains billing
system for the use of Cogent clients and will be integrated
into the installation; but provides for extensive cross marketing
opportunities to maximize the complimentary capabilities not
available to each company.
The marketing portion of this agreement is backed by a royalty
agreement providing for payments as part of the contract whereby
Cogent will only market the RSC Great Plains Software Billing
Module as the preferred billing functionality module and RSC
will exclusively market the Great Plains billing system in
conjunction with Cogent where additional interface is required
within the health care market to the exclusion of all competing
products.
Both companies look forward to this agreement expanding
their marketing outreach and providing superior product to
all their clients within the healthcare sector who require
the additional functionality of each company.
Since 1989, The RSC Group has implemented Microsoft Business
Solutions for over 350 companies (5% market share nationally,
almost 40% market share in BC).In addition to be the only
Gold Certified Microsoft Business Solutions company in Western
Canada, The RSC Group is one of only fourteen Microsoft Business
Solutions Education Centers in the world. RSC has developed
a number of products that enhance Microsoft Great Plains including
MyEnterpriseOnline. The company has clients throughout North
America. Richard Rosenbaum, RSC Group's president stated "We
are confident that our two companies will provide an unmatched
solution for the long term care industry". The RSC Group is
a privately held company. Please contact askus@rsc.com or
visit http://www.rsc.com
Cogent Integrated Solutions Corp. is a growing clinical
healthcare software company whose primary product, EQUICARE
tm, integrates client care, existing systems and legacy data
with proven collaboration and case management tools. Through
the use of Microsoft's .NET products, Equicare clinical modules
are web based health and social care applications that improve
the efficiency and quality of care delivered to clients served
by multidisciplinary teams. Equicare is offered on a hosted
or enterprise basis. New releases feature a community referral
network, the MDS 2.0, extensive clinical assessment modules
as well as features for employment based agencies. The company
has clients in Canada and the US covering a broad variety
of healthcare and community service organizations. Information
is available at www.cogent-is.com or please contact IR@cogent-is.com.
The stock trades on the TSX-V under the symbol CSO.
Information
Corporation Contact: Sidney Stern, CFO
Corporation Address: 501 - 321 Water Street
Vancouver V6B 1B8
Corporation Phone Number: 604-708-9075 ext. 109
Corporation Fax Number: 604-687-6942
Corporation Email Address: IR@cogent-is.com
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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