U.S. Department of Defense Health Affairs Selects SPSS for Windows to Analyze World`s Largest Health Care Data Store
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The United States Department of Defense Health Affairs has named SPSS for Windows as the analytical tool for its Enterprise Data Warehouse. SPSS for Windows, developed by SPSS Inc., is business analysis and data mining software. Health care personnel at the Corporate Executive Information System (CEIS) will use SPSS for Windows to analyze over 75 million records processed by the EDW each year.

SPSS for Windows will be used to answer critical questions that affect every health care organization within the Department of Defense. These organizations will use the information to improve patient outcomes, enhance the quality and value of health services, evaluate patient satisfaction, provide required data for regulations and control costs.

"We are proud that SPSS was selected as the analytical tool for the EDW, " said Jack Noonan, SPSS president and CEO. "Today more and more organizations, like the Department of Defense Health Affairs, find that they need an analytical tool to help make sense of the mountains of information contained in their databases. SPSS continues to develop and provide leading analytical tools to respond to this growing need."

SPSS Inc. is a multinational company that delivers reporting, analysis and modeling software products. The company's primary markets are data mining/business analysis, market research, scientific research and quality improvement analysis. The SPSS mission is to drive the widespread use of statistics.

Used throughout business, academia and government, the company's major products include: SPSS for in-depth analysis and modeling; NewView for multidimensional reporting; SmartViewer for electronic report distribution; SYSTAT and SigmaPlot for scientific research; QI Analyst for quality improvement and statistical process control; allCLEAR for flowcharting and process documentation; and the Quantime and In2itive products for data collection and tabulation.

In 1997, Forbes ranked SPSS No. 11 among the 200 Best Small Companies in America. SPSS ranked No. 73 in Business Week's Top 100 Growth Companies for 1997. The company also placed No. 23 on the 1997 Softletter 100, which ranks the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 93 in the 1997 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine. In 1997, SPSS' pivot table technology was added to the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Research Collection of Information Technology.

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