Medsphere Names Walter Groszewski Vice President of Business Development

Veteran of Healthcare Industry to Extend Company`s Popular EHRSolutions to U.S.
Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source electronic
health records (EHR), today announced the appointment of Walter Groszewski as
vice president of business development. In his 26 years in information
management, sales and consulting, Groszewski has specialized in developing
emerging healthcare and life sciences businesses. As Vice President of Business
Development at Medsphere, Groszewski will secure partnerships with strategic
healthcare organizations and develop new leadership for the changing Health IT
landscape.

"The interest in electronic health records has never been more intense," said
Groszewski, who started in May. "With patients demanding better care, U.S.
hospitals can no longer delay the adoption of electronic health records. The
U.S. healthcare system could be saving $34 billion a year by using EHRs to
increase efficiency and safety. I am excited to join Medsphere and continue to
set the bar high for U.S. healthcare development."

From 1984 to 2009, Groszewski worked at IBM as a certified consultant with
extensive project management experience. He was responsible for growing IBM`s
business in the health and human services segment within New York City. Most
recently, Groszewski served as IBM`s global sales executive, successfully
working with global teams and across brands to reach a provider revenue target
of one billion dollars in 2008. Groszewski and his team at IBM achieved a
revenue growth rate approximately three percent faster than the overall
industry.

"Walter has decades of experience in healthcare and is the right person to keep
our expansion on target," said Michael J. Doyle, president and CEO of Medsphere.
"Walter will make sure that U.S. hospitals and healthcare organizations have
full access to technology for improving patient care. As his track record shows,
Walter is a talented industry veteran who has led the healthcare industry in the
direction best for patients and quality care. "

Groszewski joins the Medsphere team at a time when the country is focusing more
and more on health technology as a solution to challenges in the U.S. healthcare
system. More than $19 billion in stimulus funds will be available to physicians
and hospitals for health IT adoption as part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Also, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) recently
introduced the Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009,
requiring that open source electronic health records solutions are made
available to all healthcare providers at little or no cost.

About Medsphere and OpenVista

As a disruptive force in healthcare information technology, Medsphere is
revolutionizing the industry by delivering commercially supported open source
software based on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs` proven VistA EHR. The
product of 20-plus years of development and more than $8 billion invested, VistA
enabled the transformation of the VA into the nation`s most efficient and
clinically effective healthcare organization. Currently VistA contains roughly
2.1 billion clinical documents, 2.76 billion orders, and 1.51 billion images. As
the commercialized version of VistA, Medsphere`s OpenVista is a portfolio of
products and professional services for hospitals, clinics and integrated
delivery networks. OpenVista is currently used by over 20,000 individuals,
including 2,500 physicians and contains hundreds of thousands of medical
records. Medsphere addresses healthcare`s capital constraints through an
innovative business model:

* A unique subscription-based pricing model minimizes upfront costs.
* The Healthcare Open Source Ecosystem and Medsphere.org portal coordinate a
unique grassroots community of customers/subscribers, partners and developers
driving OpenVista innovation and providing a parallel development and support
structure.
* Medsphere's experienced team of healthcare technology professionals and unique
suite of implementation tools deliver a fluid transition to a comprehensive
healthcare information technology solution.

Founded in 2002, Medsphere is backed financially by Azure Capital Partners,
Thomas Weisel Venture Partners and EPIC Ventures (formerly the Wasatch Venture
Fund). Medsphere clients include Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, Texas; West
Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR); Memorial Hospital
of Sweetwater County, Rock Springs, Wyoming; Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn,
New York; and the federal government`s Indian Health Service. For more
information, visit http://www.medsphere.com and http://www.medsphere.org.

Medsphere Systems
Rick Jung, 760-692-3742 (office)
Chief Operating Officer
rick.jung@medsphere.com
or
Schwartz Communications for Medsphere
Lily Eng and Thea Lavin, 415-512-0770 (Media)
medsphere@schwartz-pr.com

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