MEDSEEK Momentum Keeps Pace in Q1 2009 as Hospitals Demand Unprecedented Online Connectivity

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Mon May 18, 2009 12:47pm EDT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(Business Wire)--
MEDSEEK, a leading provider of healthcare enterprise portal solutions, announced
today that five new clients selected MEDSEEK in the first quarter of 2009.
Quarter after quarter, MEDSEEK continues to accelerate the advancement and
adoption of eHealth for hospitals nationwide. Demand for its enterprise eHealth
portal solutions continues to grow based on increasing market demand for a
vendor with demonstrated leadership, innovation and proven success integrating
data among disparate back-end systems to provide a seamless, user-friendly
experience. 

In the first quarter, the following hospitals and health systems chose MEDSEEK
for its award-winning, experience-centric consumer, patient, employee and/or
clinical portal solutions:

* Rex Healthcare (www.rexhealthcare.com), Raleigh, NC - Rex Healthcare includes
an acute care hospital, four wellness centers, two skilled rehabilitation and
long-term nursing care facilities, a freestanding outpatient diagnostic
facility, urgent care facility and surgery center totaling 665 beds. 
* Children`s Hospital of Illinois (www.childrenshospitalofil.org), Peoria, IL -
Children`s Hospital of Illinois is a 127-bed pediatric hospital within the OSF
Healthcare System. 
* Emanuel Medical Center (www.emanuelmedicalcenter.org), Turlock, CA - Emanuel
Medical Center is a 221-bed short-term acute care facility with a 145-bed
skilled nursing facility. 
* Evergreen Hospital Medical Center (www.evergreenhealthcare.org), Kirkland, WA
- Evergreen Hospital Medical Center is a 275-bed acute care facility that also
offers a neuroscience institute, home care and hospice care. 
* Central Peninsula Hospital (www.cpgh.org),Soldotna, AK - Central Peninsula
Hospital is an acute care hospital serving Alaska`s Central Kenai Peninsula
area.

Hospitals face intense competition to attract and retain patients, physicians
and employees. Tom Martin, CIO of Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, explains,
"Seattle is an extremely progressive and competitive market where patients
demand self-service, choice, quality and the convenience of an online
experience. We are committed to meeting these needs by offering a robust and
interactive patient portal that lives up to the high standard of care we provide
once a patient walks through our doors." 

Central Peninsula Hospital CFO Jason Paret explains, "MEDSEEK has been very
responsive to our needs by helping us design portals that meet the needs of our
key stakeholders. Our relationship is allowing us to focus our efforts on our
internet presence, employee portal, physician portal and patient portal. MEDSEEK
is an integral component of our plan to develop a community electronic health
record (EHR) that will meet the federal standard of `meaningful use` to access
HIT stimulus funds. We know that our partnership with MEDSEEK will go a long way
toward our administration`s goal of becoming one of the most wired hospitals in
the U.S." 

According to Peter Kuhn, CEO of MEDSEEK, "Our continuing growth is a reflection
of our ability to deploy interoperable, user-centric eHealth portals that engage
consumers with an online experience, preserve patient loyalty, attract and
retain physicians and staff, and achieve greater clinical and operational
efficiencies. Our ability to bring data that is warehoused in disparate systems
to patients and care providers in an easy-to-use, meaningful format that is
securely accessible online, anytime and anywhere, is very gratifying. We look
forward to continuing to drive eHealth excellence and doing our part to support
our nation`s healthcare IT objectives." 

About MEDSEEK

Birmingham, Ala.-based MEDSEEK provides 650+ healthcare organizations with
cost-effective 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 throughput, and clinical decision making. MEDSEEK`s rapidly
deployable, comprehensive technology platform and strategic consulting services
create the infrastructure and provide the thought leadership for hospitals to
deliver the most powerful portal solutions. MEDSEEK also maintains offices in
California and Mississippi. For more information, visit www.medseek.com or call
888-MEDSEEK. 



Amendola Communications for MEDSEEK
Janet Cabibbo, 480-664-8412 ext. 15
jcabibbo@acmarketingpr.com

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