ParadigmHealth's Medical Informatics Group Focuses on Innovative Research; Presents at NANN Conference.

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- ParadigmHealth's Medical Informatics group, whose key responsibilities include internal and external measurement of value and ROI, oversight of the company's research program, publications and presentations, and facilitation of research relationships through Thomas Jefferson University Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine, continues to focus on completing innovative research. As the leading provider of Neonatal Care Management services nationwide, ParadigmHealth's Medical Informatics group recently completed a poster and paper presentation at the 22nd Annual National Association of Neonatal Nurses Conference (NANN) in Nashville, Tennessee. This year's conference attracted over 750 participants from across the country.

ParadigmHealth's Research Nurse Analyst, Sharon Kirkby, RN, MSN, led both presentations. These presentations utilized data from ParadigmHealth's robust Patient Care Management System database which includes data on over 85,000 managed neonatal infants.

1)  Is 1800 grams the Magic Weight to Wean to an Open Crib?
    1 of 12 selected 30 minute paper presentations.

2)  When Will I Go Home? Discharge Demographics of the Preterm Infant.
    1 of 60 selected poster presentations available for viewing and
    author discussion.

"Our Medical Informatics group provides a forum for a structured and systematic approach to measurement, value assessment, data quality and research," said Alvin McLean, Ph.D., ParadigmHealth's SVP, Medical Informatics. "We were pleased to present at NANN, as sharing innovative research, assuring the highest level of data quality and integrity, and promoting working relationships with clients and professional organizations are priorities. These efforts are crucial to ParadigmHealth's continuing growth and we look forward to presenting our future research findings."

About ParadigmHealth

ParadigmHealth is an integrator of care and disease management services for its health plan and employer clients. The company's care management services and innovative technologies work in concert to improve quality and lower costs by matching health care management resources with the individual needs of patients and their families. ParadigmHealth's services focus on the management of outlier patients -- premature and medically complex neonates and patients with late-stage cancer, end-of-life care issues, multiple co-morbidities, and severe trauma. Its Personal Health Record technology and Integrated Care Management technology integrate clients' delivery of services to their members and providers. ParadigmHealth has managed over 100,000 outlier patients nationwide. Visit www.paradigmhealth.com.