Sutter Health Selects Authoria HR for Employee Self-Service Benefits Solution

Authoria, Inc., the world leader in personalized, Web-based human resource communication, today announced that its flagship product, Authoria HR has been selected by Sutter Health, one of the nations leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care services.

Because many of the 36,000 individuals employed by Sutter Health and its affiliates work during non-traditional hours, the networks Human Resources leadership recently began a project to expand employee access to personalized benefit information after 5 p.m. and before 8 a.m. Sutters new Web-based HR solution, powered by Authoria HR, will provide activated employees with convenient access to personalized and secure benefit information 24 hours a day, from any location. Initially, the application will be available to employees in its network support offices, but Sutter Health hopes to expand the service to its affiliated hospitals and physician organizations.

Employees throughout our network play a vital role in meeting the health care needs of their local communities. In return, we strive to remain their employer of choice by not only offering competitive compensation and benefits, but also devising solutions that help make their life after work a little easier, said Sutter Health Vice President of Human Resources Ken Buback. Authoria HR can provide our employees with another useful tool for managing personal benefits information.

As is true with the majority of our customers, Sutter Health faced the challenge of providing dynamic benefit information to employees spread across multiple locations, said Tod Loofbourrow, president and CEO of Authoria. By incorporating Authoria HR into its employee portal, Sutter Health will allow employees to access information that is pertinent to them, exactly when they need it.

Authoria HR allows employers to deliver intelligent, personalized, Web-based answers to thousands of benefits and HR policy questions and move employees from self-service to self-sufficiency. Authoria HR which can be deployed via the Web, HR Intranets for employee self-service (ESS), or within call centers uses knowledge applications designed to handle the complex nature of employee information, benefit plan design and HR policy design.

About Sutter Health

Sutter Health is one of the nations leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers, delivering high-quality care in more than 100 Northern California communities. It is the regional leader in infant deliveries, neonatology, orthopedics, pediatrics and cancer care services. Sutter Health supports more than two dozen locally run acute care hospitals as well as physician organizations; medical research facilities; region-wide home health, hospice and occupational health networks; and long-term care centers. For more information, visit www.sutterhealth.org.

About Authoria Authoria is the world leader in personalized, Web-based human resource communication. Over one hundred organizations worldwide rely on Authoria to dramatically improve employee communication while streamlining costs. Authoria's knowledge applications manage and communicate complex information to millions of people at some of the world's largest companies, including Boeing, Motorola, Weyerhaeuser and Wells Fargo. Among Authorias partners are industry-leaders PeopleSoft, Towers Perrin, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture. Based in Waltham, MA, Authoria has been ranked three times by Inc. Magazine as one of America's fastest-growing private companies and has been recognized by Deloitte & Touche in the New England Fast 50 three times and the National Fast 500 twice. For more information, please visit www.authoria.com.

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