MEDSEEK Continues Record Pace of New Wins

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Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:31pm EDT

New Contracts Rose 67 Percent Compared to Same Period Year Prior
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(Business Wire)--
MEDSEEK, the leading provider of enterprise portal connectivity
solutions, announced today that its total number of new contracts
signed in the first six months of 2008 rose 67 percent compared to the
same period a year ago. The rising demand for online consumer
information continues to boost adoption of MEDSEEK's solutions by the
marketplace.

   During the six-month period ending June 30, 2008, MEDSEEK signed
15 new U.S. and Canadian hospital customers. The new clients that
selected MEDSEEK for its award-winning, enterprise-wide, consumer,
patient, employee and/or clinical portal solutions include:

   --  Adena Health System (www.adena.org), Chillicothe, Ohio - A
        two-hospital system that serves the needs of 10 counties in
        south central Ohio.

   --  Advocate Health Care (www.advocatehealth.com), Oak Brook, Ill.
        - The health system includes eight hospitals with 3,500 beds
        and more than 4,600 affiliated physicians.

   --  Erlanger Health System (www.erlanger.org), Chattanooga, Tenn.
        - An academic teaching center that is affiliated with the
        University of Tennessee College of Medicine with 818
        acute-care beds and 50 long-term-care beds.

   --  Forrest General Hospital (www.forrestgeneral.com),
        Hattiesburg, Miss. - Anchored by a 512-bed, level II trauma
        center hospital and a 95-bed, acute care community hospital,
        the health system is known for its cardiovascular, cancer,
        women's health and behavioral health centers of excellence.

   --  Holy Name Hospital (www.holyname.org), Teaneck, N.J. - A
        361-bed, acute care medical center that offers centers of
        excellence in cancer care, cardiovascular services,
        interventional radiology, dialysis treatment, women's health
        care and neurology services, plus a host of other
        state-of-the-art diagnostic, treatment and health management
        services.

   --  Miami Children's Hospital (www.mch.com), Miami, Fla. - A
        289-bed specialty hospital that exclusively serves children.

   --  Montfort Hospital (www.hopitalmontfort.com), Ottawa, Canada -
        A 195-bed facility that provides healthcare in both French and
        English.

   --  Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System
        (www.sclhealthsystem.org), Lenexa, Kan. - The health system is
        comprised of nine hospitals with 1,892 beds and four
        stand-alone clinics in California, Colorado, Kansas and
        Montana.

   --  The University of Missouri Healthcare (www.muhealth.org),
        Columbia, Mo. - An academic institution with five hospitals,
        multiple clinics, School of Medicine, School of Nursing and
        School of Health Professionals.

   --  OU Medicine, Oklahoma City, Okla. - OU Medicine consists of
        Oklahoma Medical Center, OU Children's Hospital, OU Physicians
        and OU College of Medicine.

   --  Watertown Area Health Services
        (www.watertownmemorialhospital.com), Watertown, Wis. - An
        independent, non-profit provider of healthcare and well-living
        services, the organization includes a 95-bed community
        hospital that serves the greater Watertown community.

   --  Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (www.wdhospital.com), Dover, N.H.
        - A 178-bed, acute care hospital in the seacoast region of New
        Hampshire and southern Maine that specializes in trauma and
        emergency services, surgery, cancer care, birthing, orthopedic
        services, cardiovascular services, sleep disorders,
        rehabilitation, pain management, wound healing, wellness and
        prevention programs, plus extensive diagnostic services.

   --  Witham Health Services (www.witham.org), Lebanon, Ind. - A
        community hospital that supplies three outpatient clinics
        known for its cancer, women's, cardiology and orthopedics
        programs.

   "Empowered consumers are increasingly choosing healthcare
providers based on their online capabilities, and hospitals are
reacting to these market demands by seeking enterprise eHealth
solutions from leading providers like MEDSEEK that have proven they
can deliver in these complex environments with speed and quality,"
explains Peter Kuhn, president of MEDSEEK. "We look forward to working
with progressive organizations that recognize the value of our
enterprise portal solutions to fulfill their mission of enhancing the
patient experience while driving efficiencies across their
enterprise."

   CIO of Erlanger Health System Laurene Vamprene says, "We are
confident that MEDSEEK can help us develop and design a world-class,
interactive website that includes integrated health content and
self-service functionality to extend our online presence to the local
community."

   About MEDSEEK

   Birmingham, Ala.-based MEDSEEK provides healthcare organizations
with Enterprise eHealth solutions to fully engage and strengthen
relationships with key constituents - physicians, patients, employees
and consumers. By connecting information and communities to foster an
enhanced experience with the organization, hospitals will improve
community advocacy, revenue and patient acquisition/retention,
physician relations, and clinical decision making. MEDSEEK's
comprehensive technology platform and strategic consulting services
create the infrastructure and provide the thought leadership for
hospitals to deliver the most powerful Portal solutions. With more
than ten years' experience and 600+ hospital customers, MEDSEEK has
the experience and expertise to meet the diverse needs of the
healthcare community. MEDSEEK also maintains offices in California and
Mississippi. For more information, visit www.medseek.com or call
888-MEDSEEK.

   The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be
the trademarks of their respective owners.

Amendola Communications for MEDSEEK
Jodi Amendola, 480-664-8412
jamendola@ACmarketingPR.com

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