Healthcare Tech Company, Portico Systems, Ranked #15 in 2010 Best Places to Work

Online, October 26, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Portico Systems, the leader in Integrated Provider Management (IPM) solutions, announced today that it was ranked #15 in the medium-sized company category at the Philadelphia Business Journal's 2010 Best Places to Work awards ceremony. This is the second consecutive year that Portico Systems has been included on the Best Places to Work list.

The Best Places to Work program ranks nominated companies in the Philadelphia area from the results of employee questionnaires administered by Quantum Market Research, an independent surveying firm based in Wichita, Kansas. The companies are ranked by employees on team effectiveness, trust with coworkers, alignment with goals, trust in senior leaders, and people practices in addition to respect, recognition and benefits.

"All of the good things that we do for our customers and the healthcare market start with our extremely talented employees," said Ned Moore, CEO, Co-founder and Chairman of Portico Systems. "On a daily basis, the Portico team is focused on solving healthcare problems that affect us all - from helping a person find the right doctor on a health plan's website to ensuring a physician is paid correctly for the services rendered. These technology problems are not easy to solve. So while we are working hard, we are building a community that values having fun, builds trust, listens to our employees and consistently challenges us to be the best in what we do."

Current career opportunities at Portico Systems including product analyst, business analyst, software test engineer, infrastructure technician, test architect, software developer, customer support engineer, customer support analyst, senior consultant (business analyst, and engagement manager). For details on job openings, please visit http://www.porticosys.com/porticosys/career_opportunities.
For more information on Portico, please visit www.porticosys.com, subscribe to the RSS feed at http://blog.porticosys.com, and follow the company on Twitter at @porticosys and Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/porticosys.

About Portico Systems
Portico Systems' innovative solutions enable health plans to reduce administrative, medical and IT costs. Portico's exclusive focus on provider operations and 500+ staff-years of provider experience has allowed Portico to design the only modular end-to-end provider platform. Portico, invites you to explore our website (www.porticosys.com) to learn how our commitment to customer service, quality and technology innovation can accelerate the evolution of your health plan's provider operations. Portico Systems is a partner company of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) www.safeguard.com. For more information on Portico, please visit www.porticosys.com, subscribe to the RSS feed at http://blog.porticosys.com, and follow the company on Twitter at @porticosys and Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/porticosys.