VFA.facility enables healthcare providers to collect facility asset condition information in a central database and calculate costs associated with both ongoing maintenance and new construction. It allows facility executives to understand the impact of different funding scenarios and create optimal long-term capital plans. Version 7 of VFA.facility, released in March 2006, contains new features including built-in system cost model template libraries, industry-standard cost and lifecycle data, and enhanced planning capabilities.

“We are honored to have VFA.facility selected as FacilityCare magazine’s top software product by a panel of healthcare industry professionals,” said Jerry Kokos, CEO of VFA. “In a highly dynamic and increasingly competitive healthcare market, companies realize that strategic management of their facilities is critical to supporting their long-term objectives. Our solutions assist them in planning capital outlay as part of a multi-year process.”

Hospitals such as Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, New York Presbyterian and Rhode Island Hospital, and government health organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Army Medical Command, are employing VFA solutions to most effectively leverage facility investments and ensure they continue to deliver the highest standard of patient care.

“The tools designers, engineers and facility managers use to create and maintain a healing environment include many innovative new products developed specifically for the healthcare community,” said Susan Helmer, editor of FacilityCare. “FacilityCare’s Top Product Awards program was designed to honor the finest of these new products, and their makers, for their outstanding contributions toward a safe, healing and efficient environment. Our judges succeeded in selecting an impressive set of Top Products for 2006, including VFA’s decision support software, VFA.facility 7.0.”

In recognition of winning this award, VFA.facility 7.0 will be featured in the September issue of FacilityCare magazine. The coverage will also be accessible on the magazine’s Web site at www.facilitycare.com.

About VFA

Headquartered in Boston, VFA, Inc. is the leading provider of end-to-end solutions for facilities capital planning and asset management. VFA’s Capital Planning and Management Solution (CPMS™) uniquely combines facility assessment services, Web-based software, and business consulting services to enable clients to manage every stage of the capital asset lifecycle—from requirements gathering and long-term planning to capital budget creation and spend management. VFA has helped over 300 organizations in education, federal, state and local government, healthcare and corporate markets to strategically manage more than two billion square feet of real estate. For more information, please call 800-693-3132 or visit http://www.vfa.com.