Software offers enterprise-wide document management.

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Department Imaging software electronically creates and manages business and operational documents across hospital enterprise. Customizable program offers unlimited hierarchical folder structure and allows enterprise to define how information is stored and retrieved. It also serves as forms inventory center, eliminating need for paper-based forms. Document capture methodologies include desk side scanning, document importing, and document creation using RTF templates.



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SoftMed Systems Announces Enterprise-Wide Document Management Solution



SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13 / -- SoftMed Systems, a leading provider of healthcare information solutions, today announced the release of Department Imaging, which electronically creates and manages business and operational documents across the hospital enterprise. The application is designed to deliver quick and reliable access to non-patient specific information while drastically reducing paper, filing and storage costs.

"In addition to finding solutions to manage patient information, healthcare facilities are also seeking opportunities to streamline their business and operational documents," said Don Segal, CEO of SoftMed Systems. "Department Imaging is a robust and easy-to-use solution that can be used by multiple hospital departments, including: human resources, materials management, general accounting, legal services, and administration. This product will also help facilities significantly reduce costs associated with lost or missing documents."

Department Imaging is highly customizable, and offers an unlimited hierarchical folder structure to manage documents. The solution adds flexibility to document indexing, allowing the enterprise to define how information is stored and retrieved. Department Imaging incorporates multiple document capture methodologies: desk side scanning, document importing and document creation using RTF templates.

Department Imaging also serves as a forms inventory center, eliminating the need for paper-based forms and the associated filing and storage costs. The product is built on an open architecture, and can integrate or interface with most third party vendors.

About SoftMed Systems, Inc.
SoftMed Systems, Inc. is the focused expert in delivering top-ranked healthcare information solutions. With over 2000 customers, SoftMed enables healthcare providers to enhance their operations, shorten their revenue cycle, improve patient care and achieve an electronic health record solution. Recognized for superior integration with all major IT vendors, SoftMed supports its customers' goals of expediting chart completion, ensuring accurate and timely reimbursements, expediting document imaging, streamlining document creation, and maximizing payor compliance and organizational quality.

In business for more than 20 years, SoftMed's products are found in nearly one-third of the facilities on "America's Best Hospital Honor Roll"(1) and almost two-thirds of the Hospitals & Health Networks "100 Most Wired."(2) Nearly half of the hospitals on Solucient's "100 Top Hospitals" list are SoftMed facilities while half of the "Top 10 Most Connected Healthcare Facilities"(3) use SoftMed solutions. SoftMed achieved top ratings and overall scores by KLAS for the dictation, transcription and speech recognition market segments and is ranked highest by MD Buyline for its dictation solutions. For more information go to http://www.softmed.com/.

(1) US News and World Report, July 2005; (2) H&HN, July 2005, (3) Health Imaging, September 2005. Products and services that are referred to in this press release are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Jennifer Mandel of SoftMed Systems, Inc., +1-202-422-7715, jmandel@softmed.com

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