Concordant to Provide IT Infrastructure Services to Help Drive Statewide Adoption of Electronic Health Records; Company to Play Key Role in the Future of Patient Healthcare after Being Selected in Second Phase of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative Pilot Project.

NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Concordant, Inc. today announced that it was selected by the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) to play a key role in its $50 million pilot project to promote the widespread adoption of electronic health records throughout Massachusetts. As part of Phase I of the Project, Concordant recently completed technical site assessments at more than 200 physician practices within the Greater Brockton, Greater Newburyport, and Northern Berkshire communities. Following its successful completion of Phase I, the Company was chosen again to lead the IT infrastructure team for the Project's second phase.

"Concordant's expertise in IT services, especially within the healthcare provider community, is proving critical to the success of this important initiative," said Micky Tripathi, chief executive of the eHealth Collaborative."

In Phase II of the Project, currently underway and slated for completion in June 2007, Concordant is providing its industry-leading project management, technical design, and deployment services to MAeHC and is working with software companies including eClinicalWorks and other EHR software vendors. This latest role requires Concordant to apply its expertise in secure healthcare infrastructure and consulting services together to ensure that each physician office's electronic health record system is designed and deployed such that the EHR runs seamlessly.

"This project has the potential to advance and improve the way that healthcare providers exchange information among themselves and communicate with their patients," said Stephen Bennett, President and CEO of Concordant. "We are excited that Concordant was once again selected to provide the technology backbone for statewide adoption of electronic health records."

The project's overall goal is to assess the costs and benefits of community-wide electronic health record adoption from a number of perspectives: quality and safety of patient care; physician, nurse and support staff satisfaction; protection of privacy and confidentiality; and barriers to adoption both within and across institutions and office practices. The project will collectively equip the practices of more than 600 clinicians, supplying electronic medical records, support tools, and data exchange capabilities to support patient care.

Concordant, Inc. (http://www.concordantinc.com) Concordant is a leading provider of IT infrastructure services for healthcare communities. Concordant designs, integrates, deploys and maintains organization's infrastructures, to facilitate the secure and compliant sharing of digital information across their entire enterprise and beyond. Specializing in EHR and connected community implementations, along with the technology infrastructure that supports them. Concordant's team is comprised of healthcare IT experts. The Company was recently ranked 13th largest consulting firm in New England by Mass High Tech. Concordant - making healthcare more efficient, more effective, and more secure.

The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (www.maehc.org) was formed in 2004 as an initiative of the physician community to bring together the state's major health care stakeholders to establishing an EHR system that would enhance the quality, efficiency and safety of care in Massachusetts. The value of electronic health records is widely acknowledged, but the significant capital and time required to implement such a system are frequently cited as significant barriers to adoption. It has been estimated that universal statewide adoption of EHRs would cost roughly $1 billion. The Collaborative is fortunate to have a $50 million commitment from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to fund its demonstration project phase. By pooling the resources, talent, and experience of its 34 member organizations and communities throughout the state, the Collaborative hopes to achieve a major leap forward in realizing its vision of better care for the Commonwealth.