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California Coast Medical Center Receives NCQA Grant to Implement MedcomSoft Record.


Practice's in-house drug dispensary dispensary: see clinic.  a model of EMR's effectiveness

ATLANTA -- MedcomSoft Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002)
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:MSF MSF Manufacturing, Science, and Finance (Union) ) (MedcomSoft or "the Company") announced today that a California-based family medicine practice has received funding from the California Medical Foundation under the Technical Assistance Project (TAP), a program administered by the National Committee for Quality Assurance National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians'  ("NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there ") which is focused on enabling improvements in the delivery of health care services to minority populations. With access to TAP funding the practice was able to implement MedcomSoft Record UE, the Company's fully interoperable electronic medical record (EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) system.

Integrated with a practice management system, e-prescribing, and a variety of other functionalities, MedcomSoft Record UE is a single tool from which the majority of the practice's tasks can be automated. This automation is especially useful at the California Coast Medical Center, as it offers patients an in-house drug dispensary. Record enables the clinic to quickly and completely track patient data, as it relates to any aspect of their care, including medication compliance.

"MedcomSoft Record enables us to improve the lives of our patients, increase the quality of care we provide, and decrease the cost of that care", says Dr. Kockinis of California Coast Medical Center.

California Coast Medical Center is a patient-centered family practice, serving a large minority population. Led by Dr. Thomas Kockinis, a bilingual family practitioner family practitioner
n. Abbr. FP
See family physician.
, who has practices in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region,  for over 20 years, initiated a variety of quality improvement initiatives during the project.

Dr. Kockinis chose MedcomSoft Record UE because, "it enables me to collect and use patient data very efficiently." Underlying Record is Medcin([R]), a hierarchically structured and numerically codified cod·i·fy  
tr.v. cod·i·fied, cod·i·fy·ing, cod·i·fies
1. To reduce to a code: codify laws.

2. To arrange or systematize.
 clinical vocabulary that stores patient data as numerical code. "Because the data is numerically codified, it can be used in a number of remarkable ways." At the click of a button, Dr. Kockinis can see all data pertinent to a particular patient visit, including past visits, lab and prescriptions data, care plans and more. Furthermore, because patient data is codified in a standard format, every element in the patient chart can be shared or aggregated with those of other providers, to the highest levels of granularity.

Dr. Kockinis says, "Using Record, we are able to manage the medications of our patients and thereby improve their care, both medically and financially." By dispensing generic drugs generic drug, a drug sold or prescribed under the nonproprietary name of its active ingredients or under a generally descriptive name rather than under a brand or trade name.  from his practice, he keeps costs down for his patients and ensures that they have access to the medications that help them manage their health better.

"MedcomSoft is delighted to have its product recognized and funded for its unique contribution to the improvement of quality of patient care" said Dr. Sami Aita, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of MedcomSoft.

About California Medical Foundation and NCQA:

The California Medical Foundation began in 1963 as a charitable arm of the California Medical Association to fulfill the mission of acting as a bridge linking physicians to their communities.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA has helped to build consensus around important health care quality issues by working with large employers, policymakers, doctors, patients and health plans to decide what's important, how to measure it, and how to promote improvement.

About MedcomSoft Inc.:

Founded in 1994, MedcomSoft Inc. develops cutting-edge software solutions for the healthcare industry. MedcomSoft has pioneered the use of numerically codified point-of-care clinical terminologies to create a new generation of highly interoperable EMRs, which significantly enhance disease surveillance and accelerate clinical research. MedcomSoft award-winning software applications include Electronic Medical Records, physician order entry systems with e-prescribing, document management, practice management and clinical data search, data mining and disease surveillance systems. MedcomSoft is the recipient of the "Best of KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System " award in 2007 year-end report in the Ambulatory EMR 1-5 Physicians category. In addition, a MedcomSoft practice was recently awarded the prestigious 2007 HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society  Davies Award. www.medcomsoft.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 regarding MedcomSoft's expectations and beliefs with respect to future events and/or financial performance. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward looking statements. Such factors and risks include, but are not limited to, market conditions, competition including price and product functionality; economic environment; and the ability to develop and deliver new products in a timely manner. The reader is referred to the documents that the Company files from time to time with applicable Canadian securities and regulatory authorities for a discussion on certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those projected, anticipated or implied. MedcomSoft does not undertake to update forward-looking statements.
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