Broadlane Launches Web-enabled Contract Management System; Will Greatly Automate and Streamline Many Complex Functions.

Business Editors/Health & Medical, High Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 7, 2001

Broadlane Inc., a leader in delivering supply chain services to the healthcare industry, today announced the internal release of the company's new contract management system, CMS 2001(TM). The system is an enterprise-wide, JAVA-based suite of applications designed to support Broadlane's growing base of contract management services.

CMS 2001 builds on Broadlane's existing contract management system by web-enabling and expanding the contract, membership, catalog, and reporting functions of the system. It also delivers a unique audit application that enables Broadlane's healthcare partners to rapidly identify contract-related cost savings opportunities.

"The new system will leverage Broadlane's extensive contract management expertise and the Internet to improve the performance of the contracting life-cycle for our healthcare business partners," said Lee Marston, head of Broadlane's Technology Department.

CMS 2001 manages more than 600 contracts with 350 suppliers covering more than 800,000 products for Broadlane's customer base of 572 hospitals and 2,175 sub-acute care facilities.

CMS 2001 adds to the growing list of technology-related services offered by Broadlane and is fully integrated into Broadlane's procurement and e-commerce applications. CMS 2001 was designed and developed with assistance from Lante Corporation (www.lante.com), a leading information technology consulting company focused on helping corporations connect and collaborate electronically.

With CMS 2001, Broadlane has implemented a scalable application infrastructure based on a J2EE distributed architecture capable of supporting complex business transactions. Broadlane's new technology platform is the foundation for all future technology services offered by the company. In the coming months, Broadlane expects to announce additional contract management services built on the CMS 2001 infrastructure.

About Broadlane

Through an extensive suite of services, Broadlane delivers integrated supply chain management solutions to the healthcare industry. Those services include group purchasing, procurement strategy and outsourcing and e-commerce services. Among the companies that focus on improving efficiencies within the healthcare supply chain, only Broadlane offers this full array of services.

Broadlane customers include leading healthcare providers such as Brim Healthcare, Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH), Continuum Health Partners, IASIS Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Kindred Healthcare (OTCBB:KIND), Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC), Universal Health Services (NYSE:UHS) and others. Broadlane counts among its customers 572 acute care hospitals and 2,175 sub-acute care facilities. Broadlane has offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Oakland and New York. For more information visit www.broadlane.com.