News Release: October 29, 2008

Presbyterian Healthcare Services has been selected as the recipient of Business Finance Magazine's 2008 Vision Award in recognition of its performance management program.

The Vision Award is presented to organizations in honor of successful development and implementation of integrated business performance management processes that increases the transparency of performance data.

"Our physicians, nurses and caregivers need timely, accurate data to make the best decisions for the patient, and this program allows for us to fulfill our purpose to improve the health of individuals, families and communities we serve," said David Scrase, M.D., executive vice president and chief operating officer.

The Vision Awards, now in their twelfth year, are the only awards developed specifically to recognize business performance management (BPM), which includes strategic planning, business planning and budgeting, performance measurement and business and financial reporting. Presbyterian was selected as a winner in the Large Business category.