St. Louis healthcare system signs five-year deal with CareTech

CareTech Solutions, a healthcare IT services provider, has signed a five-year agreement to provide a suite of web products and services to facilities within the BJC HealthCare family of St. Louis.

The Troy, Mich.-based CareTech said its Web Services will provide BJC, and 11 of its affiliated hospitals, with its CareWorks CMS web content management system and BoardNet communications portal for hospital boards of directors. CareTech will also provide design expertise, web analytics and search-engine optimization consulting.

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