API Installs Security System at Saint Mary's Hospital; Automated Access Control Helps Hospital Reduce Manual Key Management and Solve Lock-Down Challenge.

HARTFORD, Wis. -- API Software, Inc. announced today that it has installed its SecurALL(R) access control application at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rhinelander, Wisc. SecurALL is an enterprise-wide access-control system that helps healthcare organizations regulate and monitor facility access throughout an organization in real time.

Before opening the doors on this brand new healthcare facility, the security team at Saint Mary's Hospital faced two primary challenges -- minimizing the cost of manual key management, and how to lock down an outpatient clinic with 8-5 weekday hours housed within the hospital campus which is open 24 hours a day. The organization determined the most effective solution to both challenges was segmented lockdown managed by a central system. API's SecurALL technology provided the most comprehensive solution, plus it could be integrated with Saint Mary's and Ministry Medical Group-Rhinelander's existing API labor resource management system.

With SecurALL, access procedures are simplified. A single scan of a hospital identification card at the badge reader, and approved employees can enter secure areas. Saint Mary's Hospital and Ministry Medical Group-Rhinelander's clinic utilizes 45 readers throughout the 238,460 square-foot campus, including primary exit doors, and defined elevators. SecurALL monitors and manages all access points from a single workstation. For example, 15 door and elevator access points in the Ministry Medical Group-Rhinelander's Clinic within Saint Mary's Hospital are automatically locked down at 5 p.m. each day, without someone required to manually secure the area.

"As staff walked into our new facility for the very first time, they swiped their activated badges, and door access security was immediately set in place," said Howard Dobizl, director of information systems for Sacred Heart and Saint Mary's Hospitals. "With API, we are able to leverage our existing human resource information system (HRIS) and integrate that seamlessly into our door security and management strategy."

With SecurALL's sophisticated reporting tools, organizations can quickly and easily obtain detailed information and track employee access to, or attempt to access, secure areas. Security reviews for internal audits as well as JCAHO and HIPAA regulations are quick, easy, accurate and comprehensive.

"When an employee loses a key, they've breached building security. When they lose a badge, all an organization has to do is cancel and re-issue a new badge," said Luis Garcia, API president and chief executive officer. "Saint Mary's has done an extraordinary job taking full advantage of the power of a truly integrated labor resource management system. They can now save time and money since they don't have to continually replace keys and locks as well as inform people of passcode and combination changes."

About Ministry Health Care

Ministry Health Care is a values-driven health care delivery network of aligned hospitals, clinics and other providers, based in Wisconsin and Minnesota. With over 12,000 employees including physicians and health professionals, Ministry also offers home health, hospice, long-term care facilities, dialysis services, a health plan and many other services.

Ministry's 14 hospitals include Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, Saint Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point, Sacred Heart-Saint Mary's Hospitals in Tomahawk and Rhinelander, Door County Memorial Hospital in Sturgeon Bay, Victory Medical Center in Stanley, Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston, Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, Calumet Medical Center in Chilton, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, Flambeau Hospital in Park Falls, Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff, Eagle River Memorial Hospital in Eagle River, and Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center in Wabasha, Minn.

In addition, Ministry Medical Group, Ministry's physician corporation, includes locations in Crandon, Eagle River, Laona, Rhinelander, Tomahawk, Woodruff; Rice Medical Center (Stevens Point), and Victory Medical Group (Stanley). Ministry Health Care also employs physicians at North Shore Medical Clinic (Sturgeon Bay) and several other clinics.

The Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother, who have sponsored health care in the region for over 110 years, founded Ministry Health Care in 1984. Ministry's mission as a Catholic health care system is to further the healing ministry of Jesus by continually improving the health and well-being of all people, especially the poor, in the communities we serve. The organization's Web site address is www.ministryhealth.org.

About API

API Software, Inc. is a leading provider of time and attendance, staffing/scheduling, payroll, human resource, productivity management, education tracking and access control software for healthcare organizations. Founded in 1982, API has more than 400 installations in the United States, with customers ranging in size from 500 employees to more than 30,000 employees. The company's Payrollmation(R) product is a 2002 Best In KLAS Performance award recipient in the specialty niche category, and continues to be the top-rated time and attendance system in 2003 and 2004. API has a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corporation and is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider. The company's Web site address is www.apisoftwareinc.com.