CBORD Awarded Supplier Contract by HealthTrust

For Immediate Release

Ithaca, New York—The CBORD Group, Inc., the leading provider of food and nutrition management solutions, cashless card systems, and integrated security solutions to healthcare facilities and colleges and universities, announced it has been awarded a supplier contract by HealthTrust Purchasing Group.

As part of this new contract, HealthTrust members and affiliates can benefit from preferred pricing on CBORD's foodservice management and transaction processing systems through January 31, 2011. CBORD®'s solutions improve operational efficiencies which reduce food cost, generate revenue, and increase patient safety and satisfaction.

"CBORD is proud to be selected by HealthTrust. For more than 30 years we have focused on providing our clients with the tools necessary to make an immediate impact on their operation. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting partnerships with our clients so they can provide the best service possible for theirs," said Tim Tighe, CBORD's President and CEO.

About The CBORD Group

The CBORD Group serves healthcare facilities, colleges and universities, chain restaurants, supermarkets, continuing care facilities, corporations, and a host of other market segments. CBORD's products are used in food service, catering, nutrition services, online ordering, cashless dining, campus ID card privilege control, access control, integrated security, housing services, and other institution-wide activities. The CBORD Group serves more than 6,000 clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, New Zealand, and Australia.

The CBORD Group was founded in 1975. Today it employs more than 450 professionals. To learn more about CBORD, visit us at www.cbord.com.

About HealthTrust Purchasing Group

HealthTrust Purchasing Group, headquartered in Brentwood, TN, is a group purchasing organization that supports nearly 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute-care facilities, as well as ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, and alternate care sites. With an annual purchasing volume by its members of more than $15 billion, HealthTrust is committed to obtaining the best price for clinically recommended products, ensuring their timely delivery and continuously evaluating and improving its services to the patients, physicians and clinicians it serves. HealthTrust is located at 155 Franklin Road, Suite 400, Brentwood, TN 37027. Their web site is www.healthtrustpg.com.

“We could not do what we do each and every day without the integration of our CBORD software. System integration is key to our success.”

— Joan Dolezal, RD, LD
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics