New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Selects performancesoft pbviews to Drive Organizational Performance Management

DOHMH becomes the latest New York City government agency to enhance performance with pbviews. The system is to be implemented department-wide to encompass the various performance programs being undertaken.

Toronto, ON (PRWEB) June 13, 2005 -- performancesoft Inc., the leading provider of Performance Management solutions for local government, announced today that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has become the latest New York City government agency to implement pbviews to drive performance. DOHMH is responsible for all health policies of the City of New York.

Looking for a system to help improve organizational performance and to provide a clear and concise method for measuring key performance indicators, pbviews will help DOHMH: increase transparency and alignment through color-coded performance measures, determine the quantitative output of a particular program or initiative, highlight the outcomes of a project, thereby increasing transparency and accountability and streamline the efficiency of programs and initiatives.

By implementing pbviews to help drive its Performance Management initiative, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is once again showing its commitment to the citizens of New York by ensuring the most effective use of resources and by providing true transparency to its citizens", said Michael Tipping, President & CEO, performancesoft Inc. Having access to real-time Performance Management information will allow the Department to assess different programs and alter priorities when necessary."

About New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
New York City is the greatest city in the world, and one of the healthiest. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has, throughout its history, paid special attention to improving the health of the City's most vulnerable residents. From the late 1800s, when the Department developed sanitation programs to improve living conditions in tenement neighborhoods, to the early 1900s, when public health physicians were dispatched door-to-door in poor areas of the City, to the 1990s, when new programs were developed to fight tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the Department has recognized that social and economic factors are inextricably linked to health. For more information, please visit www.nyc.gov/health.

About performancesoft Inc.
Founded in 1993, performancesoft Inc. is the acknowledged leader in the Performance Management and Balanced Scorecard categories, with the richest, most intuitive and easiest to use product, and the largest number of successful deployments worldwide. Its state of the art software, practical expertise and unparalleled customer support makes pbviews the solution of choice for todays performance driven local government organizations, which include: NYC Department of Citywide Administration Services, Mecklenburg County, City of Chula Vista, County of Simcoe, City of Columbus and many more. For more information, please visit http://www.performancesoft.com.

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