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Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:45am EDT

Greenway Medical Technologies Supports Community-Based Interoperability
Efforts by Offering Preferred Rates to Buffalo, N.Y. Area Community Healthcare
Organizations

 

CARROLLTON, Ga., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to enhance and encourage
community-based health information technology (HIT) adoption within the
Buffalo, N.Y. region, Greenway Medical Technologies today announced a new
program designed to work with regional health information organizations
(RHIOs), health information exchanges (HIEs), clinical information exchanges
and other community HIT organizations to provide preferred pricing structures
for these groups.  

With momentum increasing for HIT and electronic health record (EHR) adoption,
created in part by the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA), physicians, medical practices, hospitals and other healthcare
organizations are positioned to benefit financially through incentives offered
through ARRA, as well as from a clinical standpoint whereby healthcare
providers utilizing disparate HIT systems can share patient information across
an interoperable network of other healthcare providers.  

To incentivize community health organizations to adopt EHR solutions,
Greenway(R) is offering qualifying organizations its industry leading and
CCHIT Certified(R) 08 EHR, PrimeSuite 2008, through a specialized pricing
structure with reductions of up to 25 percent. By offering these preferred
prices, Greenway intends to further contribute to the creation of an
interoperable healthcare system that spans individual practices and works
toward a national system of shared information.  

"Greenway creates fully-integrated certified EHR solutions and services that
allow practices, hospitals and health information exchanges to operate
efficiently and maximize profitability all while working to help bring about
an interoperable healthcare system that will improve population health and
reduce rising healthcare costs," said Graeme Hennessey, regional vice
president of sales at Greenway Medical. "We are confident that our long-term
business plan for practices and hospitals, coupled with our portfolio of
interoperability and clinical research solutions, will be of benefit to the
Buffalo, N.Y. healthcare system and its patients."

About Greenway Medical Technologies Inc.
Greenway Medical Technologies provides the latest in ambulatory healthcare
business solutions and services to more than 24,000 healthcare providers and
professionals nationwide, in 30 specialties and subspecialties, by enhancing
the delivery of patient care through innovative HIT software and on-demand
services that allow physician practices to function at their highest level of
efficiency. Greenway's PrimeSuite is a comprehensive, interoperable component
of the integrated physician's infrastructure solution, which serves as the
starting point of a long-term business plan for physician practices.
PrimeSuite 2008 is certified by CCHIT(R) based on 08 Ambulatory EHR
certification requirements.  PrimeSuite integrates a practice's clinical,
financial and administrative processes, and allows practices to increase
profitability, enhance patient satisfaction and facilitate adherence to
compliance guidelines.  Established in 1998, Carrollton, Ga.-based Greenway
Medical Technologies is a privately held company with approximately 300
employees. For more information about Greenway, visit www.greenwaymedical.com.
 
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed
in the press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.  These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that may cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited
to economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting
the Company's operations, markets, services and related products, prices, and
other factors.

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