Merge Healthcare Announces Earnings Call for Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

MILWAUKEE--(Business Wire)--
Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE)(TSX: MRG) (the
"Company"), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss second
quarter 2008 financial results on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Eastern Time. The Company anticipates that the results will be
available via a press release after the NASDAQ stock market closes,
one day prior, on August 11, 2008.

Investors will have the opportunity to listen to the conference
call via telephone or over the Internet at
http://audioevent.mshow.com/346279/. To listen to the call, investors
should go to the web site at least fifteen minutes early to register,
download, and install any necessary audio software. For those who
cannot listen to the broadcast, a replay via the Internet or telephone
will be available shortly after the call. Detailed call and web cast
information is listed below.

To access the call, dial 1.800.642.1687 or 706.645.9291. Reference
Conference ID Number: 57561191. The call may also be accessed via web
cast, either as the live event or as an archived event, by going to:
http://audioevent.mshow.com/346279/.

For additional details and replay information, please visit our
website at:
http://www.merge.com/CORP/investorrelations/confcalllist.asp.

Merge Healthcare is a leading medical imaging software and
services company. Our innovative software solutions use leading-edge
imaging software technologies that accelerate market delivery for our
OEM customers, while our end-user solutions improve our customers'
productivity and enhance the quality of patient care they provide. For
additional information, visit our website at www.merge.com.

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the historical information herein, the matters
discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that
may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. When used in this
press release, the words "will," "believes," "intends," "anticipates,"
"expects" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially
from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements
based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, market
acceptance and performance of the Company's products and services;
risks and effects of the past restatement of financial statements of
the Company and other actions that may be taken or required as a
result of such restatement; the Company's ability to generate
sufficient cash from operations to meet future operating, financing
and capital requirements; risks associated with the Company's failing
to make timely filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
its inability to meet the requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market for
continued listing, including possible delisting; costs, risks and
effects of legal proceedings and investigations, including the formal
investigation being conducted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission and class action and derivative lawsuits; the impact of
competitive products and pricing; and other risk factors detailed in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, the
Company undertakes no obligation to update such factors or to publicly
announce the results of any of the forward-looking statements
contained herein to reflect future events, developments, or changed
circumstances, or for any other reason.

Merge Healthcare
Steven M. Oreskovich
Chief Financial Officer
414.977.4000
ir@mergehealthcare.com

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