Accenture bags deal from Velammal Educational Trust

NEW DELHI: Consulting major Accenture on Thursday said it has bagged a technology consulting contract by Velammal Educational Trust (VET), a Tamil Nadu-based group of 25 educational institutes.

Under the contract, Accenture will help VET establish an integrated healthcare facility, comprising a medical college, teaching hospital and corporate hospital, in Madurai, Accenture said in a statement.

No financial details were disclosed. Accenture will help develop VET's overall strategy and the market positioning for the healthcare facility, it said.

Using Accenture Connected Health Services, the effort will also include the development of a technology strategy and implementation of Health Management Information System (HMIS) for the Velammal Medical College Hospital & Research Institute (VMCHRI), it added.

"We are in the process of operationalising a healthcare facility which is expected to be one of the largest private hospitals in India as well as Asia," VET Chairman M V Muthuramalingam said.

Accenture will also advise VET in the development of human resources processes and talent acquisition strategies to support the organisational structure.