CHICAGO, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Click Commerce, Inc. , a leading provider of extranet solutions for collaborative commerce, announced today that New Orleans-based Ochsner Clinic Foundation selected the Click Commerce Institutional Review Board (IRB) Extranet. Ochsner Clinic Foundation required a system to scale with their growing volume of research projects, to provide Web access to administrators and researchers, and to act as a single platform for future research-related automation initiatives.

"As a nationally-recognized healthcare institution that depends on technology to improve institutional processes, we understand the immense benefits of automating research systems," said Janice Piazza, executive director of academics for research of Ochsner Clinic Foundation. "Our strategic plan includes aggressively increasing the volume of our research projects. We chose the Click Commerce IRB Extranet for its proven ability to grow with the number of our research projects, as well as its ability to easily manage the multitude of details associated with an IRB approval process."

An institution's IRB is responsible for reviewing research projects involving human subjects and assuring the protection of the safety, rights, and welfare of human subjects.

"Ochsner Clinic Foundation represents a new class of forward-thinking research foundations," said Michael W. Ferro, Jr., chairman and CEO of Click Commerce. "We are pleased by the confidence Ochsner has shown in Click Commerce to manage the growth of their complex and sensitive research processes."

About Ochsner Clinic Foundation

For nearly 60 years, Ochsner has cared for the greater New Orleans communities. The Ochsner main campus, which includes the hospital and clinic, are located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, but Ochsner Clinic Foundation (OCF) has 26 clinics located throughout the region, including the North Shore and Baton Rouge. More information can be found at http://www.ochsner.org/ .

About Click Commerce, Inc.

Click Commerce, Inc. provides collaborative commerce solutions for sales and order management, supply chain management, and compliance automation. Enterprises and institutions in the manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, consumer product, retail, financial services, higher education and health care industries utilize the Company's solutions. Click Commerce enables corporations such as Microsoft, Delphi, Honda, Citibank, FedEx, Carrier, Samsung, Hitachi, Ryder, Tellabs, Pier 1, and Home Shopping Network to coordinate and optimize business processes, accelerate revenue, lower costs, and improve customer service. Five of the top 10 research institutions in North America, including Johns Hopkins, University of Washington, and the University of Michigan, use the Company's compliance automation software to automate their regulatory compliance processes and manage research project approvals. More information can be found at http://www.clickcommerce.com/ .

Click Commerce is a registered trademark of Click Commerce, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

CONTACT: Media Relations, Nellie Greely of Click Commerce, Inc.,
+1-415-551-0630, nellie.greely@clickcommerce.com , or Amiee Goforth of Ochsner
Clinic Foundation, +1-504-842-4303, or Investor Relations, Mike Nelson of
Click Commerce, Inc., +1-312-377-3050, ir@clickcommerce.com

Web site: http://www.clickcommerce.com/
http://www.ochsner.org/