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Greenway Medical Technologies' Customer, Palm Beach Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wins Prestigious 2008 HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence in Ambulatory EHR

Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 12:00 CDT

CARROLLTON, Ga., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. is proud to announce that Palm Beach Obstetrics and Gynecology in Palm Beach, Fla., a Greenway(R) customer since 2006, recently won the Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence in ambulatory electronic health records (EHR). The award, sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), encourages and recognizes excellence in the implementation of EHR systems and recognizes healthcare provider organizations that successfully use EHRs to improve healthcare delivery. It is considered to be the most prestigious health information technology (HIT) award in the industry.

The Davies Award of Excellence was first given in 2003 for primary care practices. In 2006, the award was expanded to include all ambulatory physician practices. It was created to honor Dr. Nicholas Davies, an Atlanta-based physician who was committed to improving patient care through the better management of health information technology.

Palm Beach Obstetrics and Gynecology's successful deployment of Greenway's flagship EHR solution, PrimeSuite(R), resulted in improvements to the practice's workflow whereby the clinical, financial and administrative processes were all streamlined, improving productivity throughout the organization. By implementing PrimeSuite, the practice also experienced a significant return on investment of more than $125,000 in its first full year with the solution.

"We are very proud and honored to have Palm Beach Obstetrics and Gynecology as a Greenway customer," said Justin Barnes, vice president of marketing and government affairs at Greenway. "The practice is a testament to the benefits of EHR and HIT adoption, and we wish them continued success and growth."

"The Davies Award of Excellence is the culmination of three years of hard work and determination by the physicians and staff of Palm Beach Obstetrics and Gynecology," said managing partner, Dr. Samuel Lederman. "The deployment of EHR technology improved nearly every aspect of our practice."

"All of our Davies Award winners have excelled in the value derived from their EHRs, improving quality outcomes and workflow efficiencies they never could have accomplished with paper," said David Collins, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, director, HIMSS Davies Award Program. "We are pleased to honor these practices as they epitomize the significance and effectiveness of technology to better the healthcare industry."

About Greenway Medical Technologies Inc.

Greenway Medical Technologies provides the latest in ambulatory healthcare business solutions and services to more than 20,000 healthcare providers and professionals nationwide, in 30 specialties and subspecialties, by enhancing the delivery of patient care through innovative HIT software and on-demand services that allow physician practices to function at their highest level of efficiency. Greenway's PrimeSuite is a comprehensive, interoperable component of the integrated physician's infrastructure solution, which serves as the starting point of a long-term business plan for physician practices. PrimeSuite 2008's EHR component, which is certified by CCHIT(R) based on 08 Ambulatory EHR certification requirements, integrates a practice's clinical, financial and administrative processes, and allows practices to increase profitability, enhance patient satisfaction and facilitate adherence to compliance guidelines. Established in 1998, Carrollton, Ga.-based Greenway Medical Technologies is a privately held company with 270 employees. For more information about Greenway, visit http://www.greenwaymedical.com/ .

About HIMSS

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels and other locations across the United States and Europe, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 350 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to ensuring quality patient care. Visit http://www.himss.org/ for more information.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in the press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, services and related products, prices, and other factors.

Greenway Medical Technologies Inc.

CONTACT: Reid Harper, rharper@brandonadvertising.com, or Erin Barrett,ebarrett@brandonadvertising.com, both of Brandon Advertising and PublicRelations for Greenway Medical Technologies Inc., +1-843-916-2000, or visithttp://www.brandonpr.com/; or Jennifer Walker of Greenway Medical TechnologiesInc., +1-770-778-5901

Web site: http://www.greenwaymedical.com/http://www.himss.org/

Source: PRNewswire

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