PatientKeeper Enjoys Explosive Growth in 2007

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Wed Feb 6, 2008 9:05am EST

BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
PatientKeeper(R), Inc., the leading provider of integrated
physician information systems, announced the completion of a
transformative year in 2007 that saw a dramatic increase in its
customer base and significant growth from existing clients. Fueled by
industry demand for a single point of access to clinical information,
community health information exchange (HIE), and revenue cycle
management tools, the company experienced growth across all market
segments -- academic medical centers, community hospitals, physician
practices and major health systems.

   Key Milestones for PatientKeeper in 2007 include:

   --  Expanding its customer base to include over 10% of the
        nation's hospitals with more than 200 new hospitals opting to
        purchase PatientKeeper's Portal in 2007

   --  Securing agreements with five major health systems, including
        previously announced Catholic Health Initiatives and Iowa
        Health System

   --  Adding six new applications to the Physician Information
        System

   --  Selling one or more of these new products to over 20% of
        currently-installed customers

   --  Increasing the number of physicians using PatientKeeper
        applications to over 14,000

   In 2007, many health systems and hospitals were seeking ways to
extend their existing healthcare information technology (HCIT)
investments to their physicians and to find ways to exchange health
information across the community. PatientKeeper helped a record number
of customers achieve these objectives and has added even more
interfaces and integration options to the PatientKeeper Platform.
PatientKeeper has now interfaced/integrated to over 75 different
commercial HCIT systems.

   Like many PatientKeeper customers, Mercy Medical Center in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, is leveraging the PatientKeeper Physician Information
System as the single point of access for all clinical information for
their physicians. In 2007, Mercy continued to expand both the number
of clinical systems to which PatientKeeper is integrated, including
MEDITECH, EKG, Patient Monitoring, PACS, and home health systems, and
also added several new PatientKeeper applications.

   "Physicians know what they want a system to provide. At a minimum,
it has to be easy to use, time saving and able to improve patient
care," said Jeff Cash, CIO and vice president at Mercy Medical Center.
"With PatientKeeper, they have found the technology to meet those
needs and much more."

   The PatientKeeper Physician Portal and Mobile Clinical Results
companion product were a major source of growth in 2007. Together
these products improve patient care and save physicians time by
allowing physicians to access a unified view of patient information
anywhere, any time on any device.

   "After a long evaluation process and extensive due diligence with
a number of vendors, we selected PatientKeeper for our physician
portal standard. Its unique integration capabilities and broad suite
of clinical applications best complement our existing MEDITECH and
Cerner HIS," said Rick Turner, MD, chief medical information officer
of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). "PatientKeeper provides
physicians and other clinicians with valuable information management
solutions while allowing CHI hospitals the opportunity to optimize the
accessibility, usability and availability of their existing clinical
systems."

   PatientKeeper bolstered its market leadership position in 2007 by
adding six new applications to the Physician Information System. These
include four clinical applications:

   --  PatientKeeper eSignature(TM) -- enables bi-directional
        functionality with health information systems (HIS) allowing
        physicians to sign clinical notes and orders anywhere from any
        device.

   --  PatientKeeper Forms(TM) -- speeds form completion and accuracy
        by automatically populating forms with relevant patient
        information and routing them to the appropriate destination.

   --  PatientKeeper Sign-Out(TM) -- automates the transfer of
        clinical information and tasks at physician shift changes.

   --  PatientKeeper ePrescription(TM) -- allows clinicians to write
        and send a complete prescription with all necessary patient
        information in just seconds -- directly from the PatientKeeper
        system to the pharmacy.

   And two revenue cycle applications:

   --  PatientKeeper P4P(TM), which satisfies Pay for Performance
        reporting requirements by helping physicians to gather and
        submit quality and compliance data along with their charge
        capture information.

   --  PatientKeeper Analytics(TM), which extends the business value
        of PatientKeeper's industry-leading charge capture suite with
        powerful "out of the box" reporting and dashboards.

   "Our vision has always been to improve the physician experience
with technology by developing integration technology and software that
truly automates the day in the life of the physician across all
locations and settings of care," said Paul Brient, PatientKeeper
president and CEO. "More than anything, our exceptional growth in 2007
is attributable to PatientKeeper's ability to deliver software that
physicians use to save time, improve patient care and improve
financial performance."

   About PatientKeeper

   As an innovator, creator and leading supplier of integrated
physician information systems, PatientKeeper's applications provide a
single point of anytime, anywhere access to clinical and financial
data from multiple, disparate systems. PatientKeeper's technology
automates the provider's day to transform their experience and improve
satisfaction. The Company's physician-centric portal and mobile
applications improve user satisfaction and patient safety, increase
revenue and simplify data access and interoperability for community
health information exchange. For more information, visit
www.patientkeeper.com.

PatientKeeper, Inc.
Peter Henderson, 617-987-0303
phenderson@patientkeeper.com
or
Aria Marketing
Scott Collins, 617-332-9999 x236
scollins@ariamarketing.com

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