RamSoft Partners with Environmental Intelligence to Target Texas State Projects

RamSoft has signed a distribution agreement with Environmental Intelligence, LLC — which recently landed a contract to provide healthcare IT solutions to Texas state agencies and facilities. Environmental Intelligence provides medical practices and facilities onsite expert IT consulting, installation, and implementation. It will represent RamSoft’s radiology workflow solutions to the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR).According to Ramsoft's press release, this is the first time that the Texas DIR has awarded a contract specifically for healthcare information technology products and related services. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Cooperative (Co-op) Contracts Program will extend the reach of the contract to other states that are part of the ICT Co-op.

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