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7 Medical Launches On-Demand Healthcare IT Services in Minnesota, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota and Wisconsin

Healthcare organizations employ cost-effective, productivity-enhancing on-demand services for electronic medical records and digital imaging (PACS)

MINNEAPOLIS—November 20, 2006—7 Medical Systems™, LLC, a leader in on-demand software, technology and IT services for the healthcare industry, today announced the launch of its on-demand electronic medical records (EMR) and digital imaging solutions in five states: Minnesota, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota and Wisconsin. Healthcare organizations in these areas are taking advantage of cost-effective, productivity-enhancing solutions for EMR and digital imaging utilizing a highly flexible and scalable platform for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS).

In 3Q 2006, 7 Medical entered into five-year service agreements with 14 healthcare entities including nine ambulatory clinics, three imaging centers and two community-based hospitals. These organizations cover a wide range of specialties such as family practice, disease management, pediatrics, neurology, orthopedics, OB-GYN, imaging centers and rural, community-based hospitals. To meet strategic business objectives, they are deploying 7 Medical's 7p Patient-Relationship-Management-on-Demand™ (PRM-on-Demand) Suite for EMR and 7i Digital Imaging-on-Demand™ Suite for PACS to improve quality of care and clinical workflows while minimizing capital and recurring costs.

"When it comes to finding the right technology strategy to run their healthcare businesses, our customers face the same challenges that most healthcare organizations do: trying to find the right balance of cost versus benefit," said Jason Studsrud, chief executive officer and co-founder of 7 Medical Systems. "Our on-demand solutions cut the initial capital investment required in favor of more affordable monthly fees based on usage. This pay-as-you-go approach eases implementation, operation and maintenance by shifting that burden to us. The key to our success lies not only in our technologies and approach, but the unique combination of clinical and technical expertise we bring to the table. A deep understanding of clinical applications and workflows is crucial to developing practical technology solutions that truly work."

On-demand services work similar to the way utilities such as water, natural gas or electricity do. Rather than investing significant capital and incurring expenses for additional IT technical staff to build networks in-house and manage EMR and digital imaging (PACS) systems, medical clinics and hospitals outsource these critical functions to 7 Medical. As a result, more efficient workflows allow care providers and healthcare workers to focus on delivering higher quality patient care. Meanwhile, more affordable monthly usage fees lighten the load on shrinking IT budgets.

In addition to reducing capital costs and improving workflows, 7 Medical's on-demand solutions help healthcare organizations manage risk by ensuring that systems are flexible and scalable enough to grow with the needs of their businesses; that critical data and network resources are protected, backed up and can be quickly recovered in the event of a disaster; that patient privacy and information is protected as mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996; and that technology upgrades are automatically included.

About the 7i Digital Imaging-on-Demand Suite
The 7i Imaging-on-Demand™ Suite is the industry's most flexible, advanced and affordable enterprise-wide digital imaging platform that enables clinics and hospitals to quickly deploy a PACS without the upfront and ongoing investments in hardware, software and technical staff. Patient studies, with advanced 2D and 3D visualization, are conveniently accessible online from anywhere at anytime by all members of the care team on a low-cost, pay-per-study basis. The 7i Suite includes a virtualized image archival system; an efficient gateway for image compression, local storage and routing; a Web-based interface for image viewing and retrieval; and a brokering application that enables electronic exchange of imaging data by integrating your digital imaging solution with healthcare applications, such as HIS, RIS, EMR or PMS, using HL7, DICOM or SQL protocols. In addition to 24/7 service and support, the 7i Suite is hosted in a secure, redundant data center that delivers inherent disaster recovery protection.

About the 7p PRM-on-Demand Suite
The 7p PRM-on-Demand™ Suite provides healthcare organizations with affordable, enterprise-wide EHR, EMR and PMS solutions for managing the entire patient care cycle-from scheduling, patient charts, prescriptions, lab orders, and referrals to claims processing, billing and reporting. Hosted in 7 Medical's secure, redundant data center, the 7p Suite allows healthcare organizations to avoid costly investments in hardware, software and technical support staff, offering service at per-provider, per-user or per-claim rates based on usage. Convenient access to patient information is available around-the-clock, online or offline, in the office or from any remote location. Healthcare customers also have 24/7 access to extensive clinical and technical expertise for service and support.

About 7 Medical Systems, LLC
7 Medical Systems™, LLC is a leading, nation-wide provider of on-demand software, technology and IT services to the healthcare industry. The Minneapolis-based company delivers a unique blend of hands-on clinical and technical expertise to enable healthcare organizations that do not have the time, technical know-how or wherewithal to deploy cost-effective, productivity-enhancing technology services for critical business applications. Rather than investing capital to build out network infrastructure and incurring expenses for software and technical IT resources, healthcare companies outsource these critical functions to 7 Medical. On-demand services are hosted in 7 Medical's secure, redundant data center that ensures 24/7 trouble-free operation and support with inherent disaster recovery benefits. Healthcare organizations trade in hefty capital expenses for affordable monthly usage fees-paying only for what they use. For more information, visit http://www.7medical.com.

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7 Medical Systems™, 7p PRM-on-Demand™, 7i Imaging-on-Demand™ and the 7 Medical Systems logo are trademarks of 7 Medical Systems, LLC. All other trademarks or trade names are the properties of their respective holders.

Media Contact:
Loan D. Gordon
7 Medical Systems, LLC
952.230.9220
lgordon@7medical.com

 

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