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Henry Schein's MicroMD(R) PM Practice Management System Again Ranks Near Top of KLAS Mid-Year Top 20.


MicroMD([R]) PM Extends its Consistent Record of Top-Tier Ratings

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Henry Schein Henry Schein Inc. is a Fortune 500 company based in Melville, New York. It is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the North American and European markets. The Company operates in two business segments.  Medical Systems, the medical software division of Henry Schein, Inc., announced today that its MicroMD([R]) PM practice management software again ranked among the healthcare IT industry's best practice management systems in the KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System  Mid-Year Top 20 Report, issued on June 15, 2007. A Windows-based, client/server practice management system, MicroMD([R]) PM was rated #2 in the Ambulatory Billing and Scheduling category for medical groups of 1-5 physicians.

"MicroMD([R]) PM has stood the test of time with top-level ratings in user surveys year after year," said Ajit Kumar, Ph.D., General Manager, Henry Schein Medical Systems. "This underscores that MicroMD([R]) PM is a reliable, robust solution that group practices can count on, today and into the future, to master the management of their medical office operations."

MicroMD([R]) PM has ranked in the top five for medical groups of 1-5 physicians in eight of the last nine consecutive KLAS Top 20 Reports, dating back to the 2003 Mid-Year Report. In addition, MicroMD([R]) PM was the #1 practice management system for user satisfaction in the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management (PAHCOM PAHCOM Professional Association of Health Care Office Management ) 2006 survey of medical office managers and group practice administrators.

KLAS is a research and consulting firm that independently monitors healthcare information technology vendors with a stringent methodology to ensure that all data and ratings are accurate, honest and impartial. The KLAS Top 20 Report is a bi-annual report card on the performance of the industry's leading vendors and summarizes data collected over the previous 13 months. The KLAS database represents the opinions of healthcare executives, managers and clinicians from over 4,500 hospitals and 2,500 clinics on more than 750 products from 200 healthcare IT vendors. PAHCOM is a national association of health care office management professionals. Its 2006 user satisfaction ratings were derived from a national survey of 3,000 members. The survey results were published in the November/December 2006 issue of Medical Office Management, the official bi-monthly publication of PAHCOM.

Henry Schein Medical Systems will demonstrate its MicroMD([R]) practice management (PM) and 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. ) systems at the following upcoming conferences: Pennsylvania Forum for Primary Health Care Annual Conference, July 11-13, 2007, Valley Forge Crown Plaza Hotel, King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa.; National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC NACHC National Association of Community Health Centers (Washington DC, USA) ) Community Health Institute & Expo, August 24-28, 2007, Booth #306, Hilton Anatole, Dallas, Texas; and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA MGMA Medical Group Management Association
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About Henry Schein Medical Systems and Henry Schein, Inc.

More than 10,000 physicians in approximately 2,000 primary care and major specialty practices rely on MicroMD([R]) software from Henry Schein Medical Systems to streamline and simplify their business operations and clinical workflow, deliver high-quality care to patients and grow their practices. MicroMD([R]) PM is a proven, full-featured practice management system, rated #1 for user satisfaction by the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management and consistently ranked among the "Best in KLAS." MicroMD([R]) EMR is an intuitive, flexible electronic medical records system based on specialty-specific clinical workflows. MicroMD([R]) EMR Version 4.6 is a CCHIT CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology  Certified product for CCHIT Ambulatory EHR (Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND  2006. MicroMD([R]) PMR PMR 1 Percutaneous myocardial revascularization, see there 2 Perinatal mortality rate 3 Polymyalgia rheumatica 4 Proportionate mortality ratio, see there , a comprehensive system that combines and unites practice management and electronic medical records, maximizes practice efficiency and effectiveness. Henry Schein Medical Systems is a division of Henry Schein, Inc. For 75 years, Henry Schein has been dedicated to the success of office-based practitioners. For information on Henry Schein Medical Systems and MicroMD([R]), call 1-800-624-8832 or visit www.micromd.com.

Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq:HSIC HSIC High Speed Inter-Chip (USB)
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 and European markets. Henry Schein's four business groups - Medical, Dental, International and Technology - serve more than 500,000 customers worldwide, including dental practices and laboratories, physician group practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, which provides customers in more than 200 countries with a comprehensive selection of more than 70,000 national and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 100,000 additional products available to our customers as special order items.

Henry Schein also offers a wide range of innovative value-added practice solutions for healthcare professionals, such as ArubA([R]), the Company's electronic catalog and ordering system. Its leading practice management and EMR software solutions, including MicroMD([R]) for medical practices, DENTRIX([R]) and Easy Dental([R]) for dental practices, and AVImark([R]) for animal health clinics, have been installed in more than 50,000 practices.

Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Henry Schein employs nearly 12,000 people and has operations in 19 countries. The Company's sales reached a record $5.15 billion in 2006. For more information, visit the Henry Schein Web site at www.henryschein.com.

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