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Computer Programs and Systems' Inpatient Electronic Medical Record Receives Certification From CCHIT(SM)

Posted on: Monday, 5 November 2007, 15:00 CST

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI), a leading provider of healthcare information solutions, today announced its receipt of certification from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(SM)) for its inpatient electronic medical record (EMR) product. CPSI is now CCHIT Certified(SM) for the CPSI System, Version 15, for CCHIT Inpatient EMR 2007. CCHIT is the recognized certification authority for electronic health records (EHRs). Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable healthcare information technology throughout the United States by creating an efficient, credible, sustainable mechanism for the certification of healthcare IT products.

"Using information technology to improve clinical outcomes has always been a priority for CPSI and our clients," said Boyd Douglas, president and chief executive officer of CPSI. "We believe CCHIT certification is another opportunity to demonstrate our leadership in providing advanced clinical solutions to community hospitals."

The CPSI System is a fully integrated health information system providing a comprehensive EMR solution targeted specifically to community healthcare providers. The system offers a complete array of financial and clinical applications including revenue cycle management and advanced clinical systems such as point of care documentation, a web-based physician portal to the EMR, CPOE and PACS. The resulting system provides CPSI clients with an EMR that virtually eliminates reliance on paper records, increases patient safety and helps to improve patient outcomes.

To achieve certification, the CPSI System was subjected to CCHIT's inspection process comprised of real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against clinical documentation needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. Certification by CCHIT designates that an EHR product has passed inspection of 100% of CCHIT's criteria for functionality, interoperability and security.

"CPSI has been a proponent of EMR adoption for our community hospital customers prior to the advent of CCHIT Certification," said Scott Schneider, senior vice president of CPSI. "We have been the leader in providing community hospitals with superior EMR solutions for some time. In our opinion, achieving CCHIT certification in the initial round of testing is a direct result of that long term commitment and an indication of the highly developed state of our product." The CPSI System joins CPSI's ambulatory EMR product and Medical Practice EMR in receiving certification from CCHIT. CPSI's Medical Practice EMR, Version 14, is currently CCHIT Certified(SM) for CCHIT Ambulatory EMR 2006.

About Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(SM))

CCHIT was founded in July 2004 by three healthcare information technology industry associations - the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (Alliance). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded CCHIT a three-year contract in September 2005 to develop and evaluate certification criteria and an inspection process for ambulatory (office and clinic) EHRs, inpatient (hospital) EHRs and the networks through which they interoperate. CCHIT(SM) is a service mark of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. CCHIT Certified(SM) is a service mark of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. For more information on CCHIT and CCHIT Certified products, visit www.cchit.org.

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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