FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 23, 2006

Medplexus Electronic Health Record Receives CCHIT Certification

Software complies with 100 percent of certification criteria

Sunnyvale, CA - Oct. 23, 2006 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) today announced that MedPlexus is CCHIT CertifiedSM for its product, MedPlexus Electronic Health Record (EHR) meets CCHIT ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2006. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. CCHIT is a Recognized Certification Body in the United States for certifying health information technology - an independent, non-profit organization that sets the benchmark for electronic health records.

As a CCHIT Certified product, MedPlexus EHR has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a comprehensive set of criteria for: functionality (ability to create and manage electronic records for all patients, as well as automating workflow in a physician's office), interoperability (a first step in the ability to receive and send electronic data to other entities such as laboratories), and security (ability to keep patients' information safe).

The CCHIT Certified mark - a "seal of approval" for EHR products - provides the first consensus-based, consistent benchmark for ambulatory products. By looking to products with the CCHIT Certified seal, physicians and other providers can be assured they are making a reliable investment and insurers and other payers know the products meet expected industry standards.

"Physicians who purchase certified products have the assurance that they have been reviewed by a panel of judges, including practicing physicians, and that they are being evaluated against standards set by professionals in the field and successfully piloted with products from large and small companies," said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair, CCHIT. "The quality and safety of EHR products can now be measured using certification criteria that were developed specifically for that purpose."

"MedPlexus is very pleased to earn CCHIT certification for our Electronic Health Record," said Chittaranjan Mallipeddi, CEO of MedPlexus. "MedPlexus' EHR was designed to address three of the primary barriers to physician practice adoption of an EHR: affordability, ease of use, and the ability to incrementally adopt EHR to minimize disruption to a practice. MedPlexus' EHR is available as either a stand-alone product or as an integrated solution with the practice management software to help physicians' practices provide a higher level of care for their patients and automate their office workflow and operations. The CCHIT certification is an important milestone for our customers, our company and the healthcare industry."

The goals of CCHIT product certification are to reduce the risk of HIT investment by physicians and other providers; ensure interoperability of HIT products; enhance the availability of HIT adoption incentives from purchasers and payers; and protect the privacy of personal health information.

CCHIT's certification compliance criteria and its design for a certification inspection process have been thoroughly researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and available standards, and comparing certification processes in other industries and other countries. The inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against the clinical needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. One script, for example, recreates a scenario of an elderly man with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions in order to test EHR functions such as potential adverse drug reactions, disease management and treatment plans.


About MedPlexus
MedPlexus is an innovative developer of mobile and Internet-based administrative, financial and clinical solutions and services designed to improve patient care, increase practice efficiency, reduce costs and streamline information exchange between health care providers, payers, and patients. MedPlexus products include Physician Practice Management and Electronic Health Record Solutions, which are deployed as integrated or individual products in an ASP or a local/onsite solution. MedPlexus complements the product offering with associated Billing Services, Accounting and Audit Services, and Front Office Call Management services. MedPlexus solutions automate physician workflow and offer physicians access to drug and disease databases, and lab and pharmacy connectivity at the point of care. Founded in 2000 by visionaries seeking to develop and maximize IT solutions for physicians, the MedPlexus team spent years turning vision into reality with input from healthcare advisors and customers. MedPlexus leverages technology and excellent services to generate tangible benefits for physician practices and customers of all sizes.

About CCHIT
CCHIT was founded in 2004 with support from three leading industry associations in healthcare information management and technology - The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (Alliance). In September 2005, CCHIT was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop, create prototypes for, and evaluate the certification criteria and inspection process for EHRs and the networks through which they interoperate. More information on CCHIT and a list of CCHIT Certified products is available at www.cchit.org.

Media Contacts:
Sherold Barr,
Extraordinary Work Group,
sherold@extraordinarywork.com or (503) 595-5546

C. Sue Reber,
CCHIT,
sreber@cchit.org or 503-703-0813


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