Portland-based healthcare communications company credits growth to increased role in adverse event monitoring, telecommunications, and enhanced social media services to engage customers & patients online

Portland, OR (March, 2009) – DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural internet site, has named Carenet, a Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRCL) company and leading healthcare contact center and consulting firm, as one of the “top 10 small businesses in Oregon” (Div100).

“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

“We have seen consistent growth over the last several years and we are delighted to have been recognized for our growth and ability to meet the changing needs of our clients. We believe that our health staff, ability to swiftly respond and staff our contact and call centers, our enhanced adverse events monitoring and use social media have enabled us to continue to grow our consumer affairs and patient recruitment business and support our clients outsourcing needs,” says the company’s co-founder, Kathleen A. McCarron. “Our knowledge and experience with adverse events and the use of social media integrated with traditional communication channels will continue to be a focus of our growth in 2009.”

As a newly acquired company of Stericycle, Inc., Carenet will bring its adverse event reporting experience and social media experience to support the recall and retrieval offerings to Stericycle client’s.

Carenet will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “9th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 29 – May 1, 2009 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World, Florida.

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