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Cúram Software was an Irish software company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland〔 with offices in Australia, Germany, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company produces Social Enterprise Management (SEM) software and offers consulting services, certification, and training. Their name is an Irish word for "Care and Protection". The company was founded in 1990.〔 Their main software product is the Cúram Business Application Suite. This is an administrative software packages that allows welfare and unemployment agencies to manage the programs they administer.〔("Turnover at Dublin software firm surges to $30m" ), ''The Sunday Business Post'', Sunday, May 21, 2006: Gavin Daly. Accessed June 27, 2008.〕 The company's products have found government buyers in a number of U.S. states, Canadian Provinces, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Guernsey, U.K., etc.〔Enterprise Ireland: (), accessed June 27, 2008.〕 It was purchased by IBM in December 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IBM News room - 2011-12-20 IBM Completes Acquisition of Cúram Software - United States )〕 The purchase of Cúram was part of the investments IBM is making to support the convergence of health and human services issues and gives healthcare organizations the ability to focus on the “whole individual” when addressing the causes of health and disease. The commitment is “unprecedented” in that it allows IBM customers to implement strategies that improve the health of the population as well as the patient experience while also managing the growth of costs. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Perspective: The Convergence of Health and Human Services – IBM’s Commitment )〕 IBM’s acquisition of Cúram brought enterprise capabilities into IBM’s broader Smarter Care strategy. These capabilities resulted in Cúram being chosen as a key component for New York State’s Medicaid redesign program. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= IBM Smarter Care stakes a claim in the neglected ground of care management )〕 A system deployed by Cúram for Minnesota health insurance exchange MNsure caused widely-reported problems in 2013, including duplicate applications, delayed applications and applicants losing employment being left with no coverage at all for a month or more.〔http://www.minnpost.com/sites/default/files/attachments/ibmcuramissues.pdf〕 In March, 2014 MNsure’s interim CEO Scott Leitz reported that things are working better due to 100 new staff members at its overloaded call center and fewer website errors. According to Leitz, “It’s stable and it is in much better shape than it was in the fall and it’s the best place for people to go.” 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What Went Wrong with Minnesota’s Insurance Exchange )〕 In 2014, an IBM/Cúram system deployed for the Ministry of Community and Social Services (Ontario) welfare programme "Ontario Works" caused thousands of duplicate payments,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social assistance computer error sees millions paid out by mistake )〕 while not paying many welfare recipients at all. Some were unable to pay for rent or electricity, in some cases leading to their eviction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hamilton residents evicted due to faulty software: Whitehead )〕 Cúram solutions are being used today in projects around the world. In Denmark and Catalonia, Spain, healthcare systems are using Cúram to help cut re-admissions and improve care.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Healthcare Industry Sees Big Data As More Than a Bandage )〕 In Florida, the South Florida Behavioral Network 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Improving Care Coordination for Mental Health Patients )〕 is using the software to help improve care coordination and prevent gaps in care for people suffering from mental illnesses. It is being used to connect benefits administrators, healthcare agencies, clinicians and case managers across more than 40 healthcare and service providers. == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cúram Software」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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