Giving back to an industry that has given much to me.
I know Thanksgiving is still a month away but the “giving” season has started early for me. I announced earlier this week that Swearingen Software would give away a RIS to a deserving hospital or clinic. You might ask why in these economic times would I give away a RIS? Well, the answer is pretty simple. You see, I’ve been fortunate to be a part of the healthcare industry for a long, long time. Because of my good fortune with Swearingen Software, I want to give back to the healthcare industry that has enabled my company to grow and thrive over the past quarter century.
And because the economic climate is as dismal as it is, I know that purchasing healthcare information technologies is difficult, if not impossible. So, we have decided to hold a contest and give away one free RIS to a "hardship" radiology department. In this case, we would like to award a hospital or clinic that has fallen on difficult economic times, our state of the art RIS. This contest includes the RISynergy software, installation and training, and one year of our superior customer support for free. This is our way of helping with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
This contest will begin Monday, November 2, 2009. You can find more details on our website, www.swearingensoftware.com. You may know someone at a hospital or imaging center that needs a RIS. If you do, I’m sure they would appreciate hearing about the giveaway. The final date to enter the Hardship RIS Give-Away will be Thursday, December 31, 2009. I think you’ll agree with me that Swearingen employees and customers would be best to make the decision of who receives the RIS and we will announce the winner on Monday, February 1, 2010.
Oh, and for the cynics in the crowd who question why I’m doing this, I have just one response for you – what are you doing for your industry?
We can all recall the question posed by one of our country’s most infamous presidents as he challenged a nation to ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. The question made sense to me then. It makes sense to me now to give back to an industry that has given much to me.
I welcome your comments and responses.
Randall