At HIMSS Compucare Presents New Affinity Packages and Reaffirms Itself as a Significant Player in HIS.

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 24, 1998--At HIMSS, Reston, Va.-based Compucare principals Ron Bernier (president and COO) and Michael King (chairman and CEO) formally introduced the company's new AffinitySTAT and AffinityEnterprise packages.

They reported excellent company performance in 1997 and predicted 1998 will be another banner year.

King reviewed 1997 indicating the company reported 40 percent revenue growth, making it Compucare's best year ever. He predicted 1998 would see at least 25 percent growth, primarily from the acute care and enterprise markets.

"The next logical move," said King, "is into ambulatory care, and we are positioned to grow that part of our business through partnering or acquisition."

As for Year 2000 compliance, a topic of interest to most HIMSS attendees, Bernier and King pointed out that Affinity(R) products have been Year 2000 compliant since their introduction in 1992.

Said King, "We're not looking to make our software perform 'unnatural acts' in order to be compliant -- we dealt with this issue years ago. But we are finding that many hospitals and health systems are using the Year 2000 compliance process to reevaluate IS needs.

"They are turning to Compucare because we can install our systems -- especially AffinitySTAT -- very quickly, frequently within six months. From there they can grow and enhance their information system as needed."

While Compucare has made a name for itself in the stand-alone, acute care hospital market, the company is increasingly competitive when dealing with large, multi-site enterprises, and designed its AffinityEnterprise package specifically to address this sector of the market, such as the Orlando Regional Health System with 1,500 beds and seven hospitals.

"When we are one of two vendors competing for a contract, we win more than 60 percent of the time," said Bernier.

"What sets us apart is that our system is truly flexible and scalable -- a small hospital or system can start with any configuration of Affinity and grow and enhance that information system as they expand, incorporate additional hospitals, clinics and physician practices.

"The software that runs a 36-bed hospital is the same software that runs a 1,000-bed enterprise -- an important issue given the rapid rate of growth and change in health care," said Bernier.

Compucare products include:

Affinity HIS -- Comprehensive core HIS applications consisting of financial, patient care, and patient management systems, utilizing Compucare's powerful Advantage architecture.

AffinityEnterprise -- Core Affinity applications enhanced with enterprise level Community Master Population Index (CMPI), Patient Scheduling, Clinician Access, and Central Business Office (CBO).

AffinitySTAT -- A predefined and pre-packaged version of core Affinity applications providing a faster installation and lower cost solution. Available on Microsoft(R) Windows NT platform, this is an excellent Year 2000 solution.

CONTACT: The Compucare Company

Susan Laine, 703/827-8771