VANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2014 /CNW/ – Global Village Consulting Inc. (Global
Village) and Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. (GPi) are pleased to
announce that they have merged effective January 1, 2014. The merger
combines two leading health and social services focused consulting
firms with combined operations in North America, Europe, the Middle
East and Asia Pacific.

“We believe that effective health care and social services are key to a
well functioning society and that organizations and people working in
these sectors demand consulting services that are attuned to their
unique needs and requirements,” said Leon Salvail, Global Village CEO.
“Our goal is to offer an ever broader range of services to help these
organizations and their staff to successfully use information
technology in the service of their stakeholders.”

Together, the firms offer complementary expertise in electronic health
record implementation, public health, interoperability standards &
terminology, eHealth focused IT staffing, as well as management
consulting.

Michael van Campen, President of Gordon Point Informatics Ltd., said
“Our partners, staff and associates are passionate about helping
clients to innovate through the use of information technology both here
in Canada and internationally. This merger strengthens our ability to
offer a full complement of consulting services as well as our ability
to nurture and grow a team of people focused on eHealth excellence.”

In the near term the combined organization will continue to operate as
Global Village Consulting Inc., with GPi as a division within the
Global Village group of companies.

About Global Village

Global Village is an informatics consulting and software development
company offering recognized experts in health, public health and
information management, and enterprise application development. We
focus on providing the domain specific advice and direction required to
ensure project success by helping our clients understand their needs,
manage the change required, and deliver on solutions.

About Gordon Point Informatics

GPi is a health care information management consulting firm with market
leading expertise and global experience in electronic health
information standards, terminologies and health-system-wide integration
strategies.

SOURCE Global Village Consulting Inc.

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