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Computer Programs and Systems' Medical Practice EMR Certified to Connect to the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange Operated By SureScripts(R)

Posted on: Monday, 6 August 2007, 15:24 CDT

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPSI) today announced that its Medical Practice EMR is certified to connect to the Pharmacy Health Information ExchangeTM operated by SureScripts®.

The Pharmacy Health Information Exchange facilitates the secure, electronic transmission of new prescriptions and refills between physicians and pharmacists. Today, more than 95 percent of all pharmacies are certified on the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange and over two-thirds are processing prescriptions electronically.

Commenting on the announcement, Boyd Douglas, chief executive officer and president of CPSI, stated, "We are excited about receiving SureScripts certification for our Medical Practice EMR. The addition of electronic prescribing to our ambulatory EMR product will provide a major benefit in terms of medication efficiency and safety to our client physicians and their patients. I am proud of the outstanding efforts of our development staff in this achievement."

By removing paper, telephone and fax communications from the prescribing process, electronic prescribing has proven to save time for both physicians and patients and virtually eliminate communication errors. With e-prescribing, prescriptions go directly into the receiving pharmacy's system so pharmacists know exactly what a physician has prescribed without having to interpret poor handwriting or illegible faxes. E-prescribing also eliminates potential errors associated with similar sounding/named drugs and manual data entry.

About SureScripts

Founded by the pharmacy industry in 2001, SureScripts operates the Pharmacy Heath Information ExchangeTM which facilitates the secure electronic transmission of prescription information between physicians and pharmacists and provides access to lifesaving information about patients during emergencies and routine care. Today, more than 95 percent of all pharmacies and all major physician technology vendors in the United States are certified on the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange. More information about SureScripts is available at www.surescripts.com.

About Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.

CPSI is a leading provider of healthcare information solutions for community hospitals with over 600 client hospitals in 46 states. Founded in 1979, the Company is a single-source vendor providing comprehensive software and hardware products, complemented by complete installation services and extensive support. Its fully integrated, enterprise-wide system automates clinical and financial data management in each of the primary functional areas of a hospital. CPSI's staff of over 800 technical, healthcare and medical professionals provides system implementation and continuing support services as part of a comprehensive program designed to respond to clients' information needs in a constantly changing healthcare environment. For more information, visit www.cpsinet.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified generally by the use of forward-looking terminology and words such as "expects,""anticipates,""estimates,""believes,""predicts,""intends,""plans,""potential,""may,""continue,""should,""will" and words of comparable meaning. Without limiting the generality of the preceding statement, all statements in this press release relating to estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and future financial results are forward-looking statements. We caution investors that any such forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance. Certain risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Such factors may include: overall business and economic conditions affecting the healthcare industry; saturation of our target market and hospital consolidations; changes in customer purchasing priorities and demand for information technology systems; competition with companies that have greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we have; failure to develop new technology and products in response to market demands; fluctuations in quarterly financial performance due to, among other factors, timing of customer installations; failure of our products to function properly resulting in claims for medical losses; government regulation of our products and customers, including changes in healthcare policy affecting Medicare reimbursement rates; interruptions in our power supply and/or telecommunications capabilities and other risk factors described from time to time in our public releases and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, our Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also caution investors that the forward-looking information described herein represents our outlook only as of this date, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or developments after the date of this press release.

Source: Business Wire

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