Optio Healthcare Solutions Launches QuickRecord Suite at 2005 HIMSS Conference

New Solution Establishes Essential Foundation for Community-based Electronic Health Records


ADVISORY, Feb. 8, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) --



 WHAT:         Optio Software will launch the Optio QuickRecord
               Suite at the 2005 Healthcare Information and
               Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference
               and Exhibition. QuickRecord Suite is a secure,
               cost-effective way to provide physicians and
               other caregivers with real-time access to patient
               information across the continuum of care. Our
               integrated electronic health record (EHR) solution
               helps healthcare organizations reduce errors, waste,
               delays and inefficiencies in clinical and business
               processes, while improving patient safety and the
               quality of care.

               The Optio Exhibitor's Theatre (Booth No. 2911) at the
               HIMSS conference will present ongoing demonstrations
               of the Optio QuickRecord Suite, the fast affordable
               path to a community-based EHR. The theatre will
               also feature demonstrations of the Optio MedEx
               Suite(tm) for powerful documents on demand and
               forms automation capabilities, and Optio Imaging
               Solutions for intelligent materials management data
               and document capture, storage and retrieval.

 WHY:          As many as 225,000 people die each year as a result
               of medical errors, making it the third leading cause
               of death in the United States, according to B.
               Starfield, "Is U.S. health really the best in the
               world?" published in JAMA 2000. Adoption of digital
               health record systems nationally could save the United
               States an estimated $78 billion annual in healthcare
               costs and reduce the number of deaths due to medical
               errors by at least 70 percent, according to
               "Secretary calls for $550 million health care fund
               to reduce deaths by medical errors, Wisconsin
               Technology Network, June 8, 2004. From appointing
               national health information technology czar
               Dr. David J. Brailer, to proposing seed funding for
               EHR programs, the Bush Administration has made
               healthcare and healthcare information technology
               among its top domestic policy initiatives.

                -- Optio QuickRecord Suite establishes the
                   essential foundation upon which a
                   community-based electronic record system can
                   be built. The solution provides a
                   subscription-based model that minimizes the
                   impact on capital budgets, while providing
                   lower total cost of ownership than monolithic
                   system replacement strategies.

                -- The QuickRecord Intelligent Hub is based on
                   a distributed model for an efficient
                   community-based EHR. It indexes available
                   information rather than storing it in a
                   central repository, eliminating duplicate
                   data and the network load problems associated
                   with centralized approaches.

                -- QuickRecord accommodates paper medical records
                   by providing forms automation and on-demand
                   scanning, and serving as a centralized
                   distribution point for documents via print,
                   fax and secure browser access.

                -- A browser-based dashboard enables medical
                   records, clinical records, clinical staff,
                   financial services, physicians and their staffs
                   to access clinical information gathered from
                   disparate systems and paper documents and
                   presented in a Composite Patient View(tm) of
                   the medical record for an individual patient.

                -- An e-signature module enables physicians to
                   sign care-sensitive documents. Physicians can
                   also enter online prescriptions (e-prescribing),
                   significantly reducing the burden of paperwork
                   on all parties, while increasing efficiency.

 TIME/DATE:    The official Optio QuickRecord launch will be held
               4-6 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 14 during an invitation-only
               Martini Mixer. Please e-mail juliec@optiosoftware.com
               or sroehl@optiosoftware.com for an invitation to
               this invitation-only event. Demonstrations/
               interviews will also be available during 2005
               HIMSS exhibition Hours, Feb. 14-18, 2005. A white
               paper will also be released at the launch event
               and available for download on the Optio website.

 WHERE:        Optio Booth No. 2911, 2005 HIMSS, Dallas Convention
               Center, Dallas, Texas

 OPPTYS/
 INTERVIEWS:   Don French, senior vice president, Research and
               Development, Optio Software

               Steven Kaye, senior vice president of Marketing
               and Product Management, Optio Software

               Darryl Hatton, chief technology officer,
               Optio Software

More than 700 healthcare organizations use Optio's electronic health record, forms automation and clinical document management solutions to capture, format, scan, archive and deliver real-time access to patient information at the point of need.



            

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