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Rapid growth in customers illustrates accelerating momentum for the leading healthcare clinical interoperability and care collaboration company Medicity, Inc. announced the continued expansion of its market footprint in Q1 2009, with now over 700 hospital-based, statewide, and regional health information exchanges (HIEs) as customers. The growth of its global HIE customer base reflects the strong market demand for scalable clinical interoperability solutions that maximize operational efficiencies while positively impacting patient care, safety and quality.

According to Kipp Lassetter, M.D., Medicity's CEO, "As hospitals and HIEs look for ways to maximize their investment in legacy systems, connect to physicians in the community and capitalize on the potential of the Economic Stimulus funding, they are turning to proven clinical interoperability solutions that can be quickly and cost-effectively deployed to reduce administrative costs, enhance patient care and deliver a robust return on investment. Medicity's solid number of client contracts in Q109 validates the unique strength of our solutions and confidence that our customers have in us. We anticipate continued growth throughout the year."

Listed below is a sample of the new and existing customers who signed or extended multi-year agreements during the first quarter of 2009:

• Albemarle Health (www.albemarlehealth.org), Elizabeth City, NC. - Albermarle is the largest regional health and wellness provider in North Carolina's northeast region; the three-facility system is affiliated with more than 110 physicians representing nearly 30 specialties and 182 beds.
• Baptist Health (www.e-baptisthealth.com) - Jacksonville, FL - Northeast Florida's fourth largest employer supplies the community with more than 7,700 caregivers and other health care professionals and 990 beds in the system.
• Champlain Valley Physicians' Hospital Medical Center (CVPH) (www.cvph.org) - Plattsburgh, NY - CVPH provides a 341-bed acute care hospital and 54-bed skilled nursing facility, as well as a wide array of medical and surgical services.
• Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) (www.hshs.org) - Springfield, IL - HSHS is health system with hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin with 3838 beds and over 4000 physicians, and is continuing to roll out Medicity to its 13 facilities.
• IASIS Healthcare Corporation (www.iasishealthcare.com) - Franklin, TN - IASIS Healthcare is a national 16-facility health system with hospitals in Texas, Utah, Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Louisiana with approximately 2700 beds.
• Kaleida Health (www.kaleidahealth.org) - Buffalo, NY - Kaleida Health is the largest healthcare provider and largest employer in Western New York. More than one million patient visits are recorded annually at Kaleida Health’s Buffalo General Hospital, DeGraff Memorial Hospital, Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and over two-dozen community health care centers. The not-for-profit family of health care companies also includes the Deaconess Center and Waterfront long-term care facilities, plus the nation’s oldest - and original - Visiting Nursing Association. Kaleida Health has 1,161 beds.
• Mary Washington Hospital (www.medicorp.org/mwh) - Fredericksburg, VA - Mary Washington Hospital is a 412-bed, full-service hospital offering advanced services to the community.
• Orange County Partnership Regional Health Information Organization (OCPRHIO) (www.phfe.org) - Orange County, CA - A health information exchange in partnership with CalRHIO, OCPRHIO will provide emergency department physicians with medical record information on 360,000 patients to 23 Orange County emergency departments.
• Samaritan Health Services (www.samhealth.org) - Corvallis, OR - The six-facility health network, with 150 affiliated medical providers, services 250,000 people residing in Linn, Benton, Lincoln and portions of Polk and Marion counties with 511 beds.
• St. Luke's Hospital - (www.stlukeshospital.com) - Maumee, OH - The 300+ bed hospital, with greater than 700 physicians, was rated by HealthGrades as the best in the region for cardiac surgery and for overall orthopedic services for 2008.
• Saint Thomas Health Services - (www.sths.com) - Murfreesboro, TN - The regional health system and member of Ascension Health, includes 8,000 associates and four hospitals with 1394 beds - Baptist and Saint Thomas in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville, as well as comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures.
• Vanguard Health Systems (www.vanguardhealth.com), Nashville, TN - Vanguard owns and operates 15 acute care hospitals and complementary facilities and services in Chicago, Ill.; Phoenix, Ariz.; San Antonio, Texas and Massachusetts with over 4659 beds and 3750 physicians.
• Western Maryland Health System (http://www.wmhs.com) - Cumberland, MN- Western Maryland Health System is recognized national and regional health leader with 2 facilities, 275-beds and over 204 physicians.

Medicity empowers physicians, hospitals and HIEs with the ability to access, exchange and collaborate with clinical information - anytime, anywhere - across the healthcare continuum. The Medicity Care Collaboration Platform connects physicians to physicians, physicians to hospitals, and physicians/hospitals to regional and national communities. By leveraging the Care Collaboration Platform, healthcare stakeholders deliver better patient care, improve efficiencies in care coordination, strengthen their competitive position, increase revenue and reduce operating costs.

About Medicity
Medicity is the market leader in enabling clinicians to access, exchange and share patient-centric clinical information locked in disparate computer systems across multiple care locations. Medicity's adaptable, scalable and secure Care Collaboration platform connects physicians to physicians, physicians to hospitals and hospitals to physicians with communities nationwide. For more information, please visit www.medicity.com.

Source: Medicity