Compucare Introduces Enhanced Information System.

RESTON, Va.--(BW HealthWire)--April 8, 1998--

New AffinityEnterprise(TM) Offers Flexible Approach

for Multi-Facility Networks

Compucare has addressed the growing needs of information technology systems in the healthcare industry by introducing a major enhancement of its popular Affinity(R) healthcare information system. And several leading healthcare enterprises are already beginning to utilize the new product.

Far easier to install and deploy than many of its competitors, AffinityEnterprise is a complete and integrated suite of clinical and financial applications for healthcare facilities. It is easily expandable to accommodate the growth of a facility or a network.

Several healthcare networks have already signed contracts for AffinityEnterprise. Among them:

--Sun Health, an expanding multi-facility network in the retirement

community of Sun City, AZ. AffinityEnterprise will help manage

rapidly growing information services needs.

--Orlando Regional Health System (ORHS), a 1,500+ bed, seven-facility

network.

"AffinityEnterprise is an integral part of Sun Health's vision for the future," said Randy Jackson, Sun Health's director of technology. "The Compucare system will allow us to more readily move in new directions," he said.

He especially likes the enterprise-level Community Master Population Index (CMPI), "a very powerful tool. It would have been many years before we could install something like that if we had gone with the competition," he said.

The CMPI tracks encounters, diagnoses and procedures. It can integrate community and hospital databases to encourage prevention of illness and wellness among the population.

"One of the main reasons why our clients choose Affinity over other industry leaders is because of the extreme flexibility of AffinityEnterprise," says Ron Bernier, Compucare's president. "The product's unique scalability best meets our clients' multi-entity needs," he says.

"Enterprise applications, such as CMPI and Central Business Office, can be added to a client's existing Affinity applications and no changes are required to the Affinity database."

ORHS will initially use AffinityEnterprise to integrate more than 20 health information systems, including a newly implemented imaging system. Affinity's scalability leaves open the option of later adding applications and expanding to include additional clinics, physician practices, a long-term center and home healthcare practice.

A Central Business Office function streamlines business operations, and newly developed Web browser technology allows easy point and click access to information on-site or off.

AffinityEnterprise runs on both UNIX and Windows NT(R) platforms. The AffinityEnterprise system, like all Affinity products, is Year 2000 compliant right from the start.

CONTACT: The Compucare Company

Susan Laine, 703/827-8771