Virtual Radiologic Announces Upgrade to Its Software as a Service Technology Offering

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Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:15am EDT

vRad Enterprise Connect 2.1 Provides Radiology Practices with Added Productivity
and Growth Tools
MINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--
Virtual Radiologic Corporation (NASDAQ:VRAD), a leading global provider of
teleradiology services and technology solutions, has released enhancements to
its vRad Enterprise Connect technology offering. With version 2.1, clients will
now be able to access the product solution on mobile PDAs, as well as use new
transcription capabilities, known as vRad Scribe, in addition to the existing
voice recognition technology. Other improvements include augmented utilization
reporting tools and more flexible user account management. 

"We remain committed to the continual investment in and advancement of our
software, and are pleased to now offer vRad Enterprise Connect 2.1," said Rob
Kill, chief executive officer of Virtual Radiologic. "We see demand in the
market for software as a service technology, and radiology practices are
adopting our product to increase the efficiency of their businesses without
costly infrastructure investment." 

Based on the Company`s proprietary software platform it uses to perform over 2.5
million annual radiology interpretations for 1,085 medical facilities, vRad
Enterprise Connect is provided via software as a service to help radiology
practices grow their own business and profitability. vRad Enterprise Connect is
already improving the productivity of clients at 30 medical facilities, with an
additional 25 facilities under contract for deployment. 

The primary objectives of the Company`s vRad Enterprise Connect clients are to
improve patient care at the facilities they serve and to enhance the
productivity of their practices. With the core approach of making existing
RIS/PACS systems easier to use, vRad Enterprise Connect achieves these
objectives by:

* Enabling radiologists to service multiple facilities from a single dynamic
location. 
* Load balancing study volume between radiologists based on geography, time of
day, subspecialty and practice preference. 
* Using a single system to efficiently access patient information across
disparate RIS/PACS systems. 
* Expanding practice capacity and subspecialty expertise via direct technology
connection to Virtual Radiologic`s 135 affiliated radiologists as needed to meet
total demand.

"vRad Enterprise Connect is a powerful tool that has allowed us to substantially
grow our business, maintain our costs and improve our bottom line," said Jamie
Howard, chief executive officer of Precision Radiology Management (PRM) of
Lafayette, La. As part of a five year partnership with Virtual Radiologic, PRM
is using vRad Enterprise Connect to cover geographically diverse facilities and
more effectively serve hospitals with different RIS/PACS vendors. Howard
continued, "Without these productivity enhancements, we would not have been able
to achieve the results we have. For example, we were able to expand our business
to include a new medical facility in a remote rural area even though it was
several hours away, without additional staffing or infrastructure investment." 

For more information about how vRad Enterprise Connect can help improve the
productivity of your radiology practice, please visit www.virtualrad.com, email
info@virtualrad.com or call (800) 737-0610. 

About Virtual Radiologic

Virtual Radiologic Corporation (http://www.virtualrad.com) provides
teleradiology solutions to radiology practices and medical centers throughout
the United States and internationally. Utilizing market-leading, proprietary
workflow technology, Virtual Radiologic`s radiologists perform over 2.5 million
preliminary and final read interpretations annually for emergent and
non-emergent needs day or night, 365 days a year. Virtual Radiologic's American
Board of Radiology-certified radiologists are collectively licensed in all 50
states. Virtual Radiologic is Joint Commission-certified and serves 641 clients
supporting 1,085 medical facilities. 

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements 

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, in particular, statements about our
plans, objectives, strategies and prospects regarding, among other things, our
business and results of operations. These statements involve a number of risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or
achievements of Virtual Radiologic Corporation to be materially different from
any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. For examples of such risks and uncertainties, please
see our latest Annual Report on form 10-K, as well as our subsequent filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Virtual Radiologic Corporation
undertakes no duty to update these forward-looking statements due to new
information or as a result of future events.

Virtual Radiologic Corporation
Mollie O`Brien, 952-595-1196
Investors & Media
mollie.obrien@virtualrad.com

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