TEPR Announces Best of Breed Finalists in 2nd Annual Awards Competition.

Health Information Technology Product & Service Vendors Present Final

Presentations to TEPR Award Judges May 8-9 in Boston

NEWTON, Mass., April 25 /PRNewswire Interactive News Release/ --

The Medical Records Institute is pleased to announce the finalists for the TEPR Awards for 2001. Each finalist, 33 out of the original 132 applicants, will present to the judges in order to determine which solutions will be recognized as "First, Second and Third Honors," at TEPR 2001 Conference & Exposition, (www.tepr.com) at the Hynes Convention Center, in Boston.

At a time when hospitals, physician offices and payers are seeking IT solutions to meet HIPAA requirements, improve quality and reduce medical errors, product and service innovations are becoming the crucial link to achieving these goals. The independent judges of the TEPR 2001 Awards Program have selected finalists in 10 categories, who are meeting the market with products and services measured according to a point system and customer satisfaction report.

The names of the finalists and their entry categories are listed below. At the meeting on May 8 and May 9, 2001 in Boston, the judges will score, confer and announce "First, Second and Third" Honors for each of the following categories: (for a complete presentation schedule, please proceed to www.tepr.com/awards).

Tuesday, May 8th

EMR Specialty or Departmental Presentations

-- cMore Medical Solutions, Inc.: Provalent (formerly known as cMoreGI)

-- MEDSYS Technologies, Inc.: MARS Electronic Medical Records Systems

-- MicroMed Healthcare I/S: NextGenemr-(for Opthamology)

Security Systems Presentations

-- Ensure Technologies: XyLocMD

-- Ultra-Scan: Rapid ID Station, FingerPunch, ID Express

-- Virtual Information Solutions: Virtual Healthcare Enterprise (VHE)

Document Imaging Presentations

-- Medical Manager Health Systems, Inc.: Document and Image Mgmt. System

-- SolCom, Inc.: MultiManager for Patient Records (MMPR)

-- The IDP Companies, Inc.: MEDItrieve

Wednesday, May 9th

On-line Claims Processing Presentations

-- AthenaHealth: athenaNet-Collector

-- Healthcare Data Exchange (HDX): HDX Integrated Eligibility Service

(IES)

-- SolCom Inc.: MultiManager

Internet Connectivity Presentations

-- Epic Systems Corporation: EpicWeb, EpicLink, and MyChart

-- IDX Systems Corporation: OutReach for LastWord

-- VitalCom: PatientBrowser

Practice Management Presentations

-- Epic Systems Corporation: Cadence, Prelude, Resolute, MyChart, CRM

-- Medic Computer Systems: MEDIC Tiger

-- Millbrook Corporation: Millbrook Practice Manager

Comprehensive Ambulatory EMR Presentations

-- Epic Systems Corporation: Epic Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record

-- JMJ Technologies, Inc.: EncounterPRO

-- MicroMed Healthcare Information Systems: NextGenemr

Component Ambulatory EMR Presentations

-- BAI Clinical Software: digiChart Immunotherapy

-- Epic Systems: EpicCare, AmbEMR: SmartSets & Active Guidelines

-- Primetime Medical Software: Instant Medical History

Comprehensive Acute Care EMR Presentations

-- IDX Systems: LastWord Enterprise Clinical and Business System

-- McKesson HBOC: Pathways Care Manager

-- Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation: Lifetime

Clinical Record

TEPR 2001 Award Finalists will be presenting to a panel of industry experts that are serve as non-biased judges. This panel of judges includes the following individuals: Mark Anderson of Anderson Consulting Group, Inc.; Jon Bogen of HealthCIO; Jan Lisa Huttner of Superior Consulting Inc.; Helen Jesse of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young; Charlene Marietti of Healthcare Informatics Magazine; Mindi McKenna of eHealthCoach; David Miller of HealthLink, Inc. and Robecca Quammen of Quammen Group.

Other awards will be given in the following categories to companies who qualified but are not presenting to the panel:

-- Acute Care EMR Components - Cerner Corporation, ProVox Technologies

-- Risk/Care Management Systems - Canopy Systems, Inc.

-- Consumer Health Records - CapMed Corporation, Epic Systems Corporation

-- Consumer On-line Pharmacy - Medical Strategies, Inc.

TEPR 2001 conference and exhibition, sponsored by the Medical Records Institute, celebrating its 17th anniversary May 8-13 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, will connect 350 industry experts with more than 5000 attendees and over 150 exhibitors. Participants will address the industry trends, regulatory, practical and implementation issues in electronic healthcare today, during one of the largest HIT conferences in the world. The Medical Records Institute in connection with the Anderson Consulting Group organizes the TEPR 2001 Award Program.

To learn about other MRI events, to sponsor, exhibit or register for TEPR 2001, log on to www.tepr.com or call 617-964-3923. Members of the press are invited to attend this conference without charge.

Contact: Marcy Robinson

Medical Records Institute

617-964-3923 # 223

marcy@tepr.com

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