Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. Signs Nine New Contracts.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2003

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:CPSI), a leading provider of healthcare information solutions, announced today that it added nine healthcare facilities to its customer base during the third quarter, bringing the total number of hospital clients to 479 as of September 30, 2003.

All of the facilities, which are located in nine different states across the country, will install CPSI's financial and patient accounting modules. In addition, five of the hospitals contracted to implement the Company's clinical applications such as nursing order entry, lab, and pharmacy, and four facilities signed on to install major patient care applications including nursing point-of-care and Chartlink, CPSI's physician chart review and order entry system. The average contract for software, hardware, conversion, and installation and training was $460,000, and the hospitals varied in size from 20 to 119 acute care beds.

In addition to the new customer contracts, the Company announced that Arkansas Methodist Medical Center, a 129-bed facility located in Paragould, Arkansas, and a CPSI customer since 1989, will implement the nursing point-of-care, pharmacy, bedside medication verification, enterprise wide scheduling, operating room management, and Chartlink applications during the fourth quarter of 2003 and the first quarter of 2004. Commenting on the facilities' decision to expand its clinical information technology investment, Harry Hutchison, the hospital's vice president of finance, stated, "Hospitals are approaching a time where, in order to remain competitive, it is imperative to allow clinicians real-time access to their patients' clinical information via an electronic medical record. We believe that installing CPSI's patient care applications will allow our facility to continue to attract quality nurses and physicians in the years to come. Most importantly, through the use of wireless bedside medication verification and computerized physician order entry, we will improve the quality of care that we provide to the patients in our community."

About Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.

CPSI is a leading provider of healthcare information solutions for community hospitals with more than 479 client hospitals in 45 states. Founded in 1979, the Company is a single-source vendor providing comprehensive software and hardware products, complemented by complete installation services and extensive support. Its fully integrated, enterprise-wide system automates clinical and financial data management in each of the primary functional areas of a hospital. CPSI's staff of over 650 technical, healthcare, and medical professionals provide system implementation and continuing support services as part of a comprehensive program designed to respond to clients' information needs in a constantly changing healthcare environment. For more information, visit www.cpsinet.com.

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