ISS Solutions Contracts with the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania and Pelican Insurance Group to Provide Clinical Equipment Management Seminars

Langhorne, PA, April 5, 2006— ISS Solutions, a leading provider of specialized clinical engineering and information technology lifecycle management services, announced today that they have contracted with the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) and Pelican Insurance Group to provide a series of clinical equipment management seminars.

These six-hour seminars will be given to nursing home administrators and maintenance directors to convey best practices associated with clinical equipment maintenance and management. The seminar series will take place in five Pennsylvania locations throughout April and May: State College, Stroudsburg, Cranberry Township, Valley Forge, and Harrisburg.

After a routine safety committee meeting prior to a state inspection at one of CCAP’s Philadelphia nursing home facilities, they recognized ISS Solutions’ input related to accomplishing a successful inspection. It was decided to roll out this series of seminars to ensure all CCAP nursing homes could benefit from ISS Solutions’ experience with equipment care procedures and regulatory compliance.

Joe Hardisky, VP Clinical Engineering for ISS Solutions, said “The CCAP nursing homes take resident care just as seriously as acute care hospitals. I think the CCAP and Pelican Insurance Group are being very proactive with this initiative and I am confident it will help them improve an already stellar track record of resident care in their nursing homes.”

ISS Solutions offers clinical engineering consulting services as part of their ongoing mission to provide exceptional technology lifecycle management. In addition to clinical engineering consulting, ISS Solutions offers network infrastructure design and support, network security systems, help desk services, technology acquisition, asset management services, and other clinical equipment management solutions.

About ISS Solutions

ISS Solutions, a Geisinger company, provides specialized technology lifecycle management solutions to healthcare and commercial organizations in the mid-Atlantic region. For more than 30 years, their experts have helped organizations maximize performance through timely, accurate and cost-effective clinical engineering and information technology support services that increase productivity and ensure regulatory compliance. Their extensive service offering is customizable and can be applied selectively or as part of a single-source managed services program. For more information, visit www.ISSsolutions.com or contact Dawn Guerra at 215-752-2221 x150.

 

About County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania

The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania is a statewide, nonprofit, bipartisan association representing the commissioners, chief clerks, administrators, their equivalents in home rule counties, and solicitors of Pennsylvania's sixty-seven counties. For more information, visit www.pacounties.org.

About Pelican Insurance Group

Pelican Insurance, A Reciprocal Risk Retention Group (RRG), was organized in February 2003 under the direction of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) and the Pennsylvania Association of County Affiliated Homes (PACAH). PELICAN insurance provides Nursing Home General Liability and Professional Liability insurance coverage to nursing homes in Pennsylvania that meet the RRG’s underwriting standards. For more information, visit www.pacounties.org.