Streamline Health Announces New Vice President, Product Engineering and New Vice President, Client Services

CINCINNATI, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NasdaqCM: STRM), a leading provider of enterprise and departmental document management solutions and business process workflows for healthcare, today announced the hiring of Tom Dean as vice president, product engineering and the promotion of Michael Brooks to vice president, client services. Mr. Dean and Mr. Brooks report to Gary Winzenread, Streamline Health's chief operating officer.

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Mr. Dean brings to Streamline Health over 28 years of experience in the healthcare information systems industry. In his new role he will be responsible for the continued advancement of the STRM 5 architecture and the successful delivery of new Streamline Health products to the market. Prior to joining Streamline Health, Mr. Dean served as vice president of research and development for CareCentric, a healthcare solutions company that offered industry-leading software and services to post-acute care providers. Prior to CareCentric, Mr. Dean was vice president of product development for DocuSys, an anesthesia information management system vendor. Before joining DocuSys, Mr. Dean was employed by Eclipsys Corporation, where he was the vice president of platform engineering and led a team of over 70 employees. Mr. Dean graduated from Emory University with a BA in Mathematics-Computer Science and holds an MBA from the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University.

Mr. Brooks has been with Streamline Health for more than two and a half years. He began his career at Streamline Health as director of implementation services, and sequentially expanded this role to executive director, adding responsibility for Support Operations and Software as a Service (SaaS) Operations. In his new role he will be responsible for the Software as a Service business, the Software Maintenance and Support business, and client implementations, essentially consolidating all aspects of ensuring clients' success with the Streamline Health products across the enterprise.

"The hiring of Tom Dean and the promotion of Michael Brooks are consistent with our stated goal of acquiring, and developing, the best and brightest associates," said Robert Watson, president and chief executive officer of Streamline Health. "The right human capital is a critical part of ensuring the success of not only our company, but our clients. In their new roles they will each work to develop solutions and services that continue to meet our clients' needs, and ensure that we continue to develop robust enterprise solutions for our market."

About Streamline Health

Streamline Health transforms unstructured documents, forms, and images into actionable digital assets that improve processes and revenue across the enterprise. Dedicated exclusively to healthcare, our document management solutions create a permanent document-based repository of information that can integrate seamlessly with existing clinical, financial, and administrative information systems. For additional information, please visit our website at http://www.streamlinehealth.net.  

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