ECRI Institute Selects IntraLearn's LearningServer for SharePoint to Deliver Online Education to Healthcare Industry
Northboro, MA (PRWEB) May 6, 2009 -- IntraLearn Software Corporation (ISC), a leading provider of eLearning software applications, today announced that ECRI Institute®, an independent nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, has selected the LearningServer for SharePoint eLearning platform from ISC.
ECRI Institute provides many services to the acute care and aging services healthcare industries, including education and training for physicians, nurses, other allied professionals, healthcare risk managers and patient safety officers. "With hundreds of courses planned for tens-of-thousands of learners, it was important to have an eLearning system capable of providing a catalogue of targeted courses of varying sizes industry while tracking the continuing education credits for each individual course and student," says Anthony Montagnolo, chief operating officer, ECRI Institute. "LearningServer for SharePoint has enabled us to quickly enter an important and competitive market at a reasonable cost."
"LearningServer for SharePoint filled ECRI's need for an affordable eLearning system to work within their existing SharePoint environment," said ISC's VP of Business Development, Evan Lenson. "Additional ECRI requirements for handling both HTML and flash-based courses, facilitating peer-to-peer interaction, and distributing, recording, and archiving course completion for individuals are already built into all our products."
About ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ECRI Institute is designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ECRI Institute PSO is a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For more information, visit www.ecri.org.
About IntraLearn Software Corporation
IntraLearn Software Corporation of Northboro, MA is a leading provider of configurable eLearning software applications for corporate enterprises, academic institutions and not-for-profit organizations. ISC's software is distributed worldwide through authorized resellers and hosting / Application Service Providers to more than 2,000 organizations in 45 countries and 17 languages. ISC's Learning Management System (LMS) products offer affordable, customizable, highly functional, and easy-to-use solutions for the Windows Server platform including support for .NET and SharePoint. IntraLearn Software is in its eighth year as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. For more company information, visit www.intralearn.com.
Copyright 2009 IntraLearn Software Corporation. All rights reserved. IntraLearn is the trademark of IntraLearn Software Corporation. Other brands and products are trademarks of their respective owners.
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