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Quovadx and OCShi Integrate Healthcare Information Systems at Royal Hospital in Oman; Quovadx Expands Presence in the Middle East through Agreement with OCShi.


ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq: QVDX), a global software and vertical solution company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard  Healthcare Informatics (OCShi), based in Dubai, UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. , by which OCShi will offer Cloverleaf(R) Integration Suite from Quovadx to its customers, including Royal Hospital in Oman.

OCShi utilized Cloverleaf Integration Suite to facilitate a large-scale data migration project for the Royal Hospital in Oman. The Royal Hospital needed to move from its existing health record system to a new homegrown health record system in compliance with government mandates. In addition to migrating patient records to the new state-wide record system, Royal Hospital will soon integrate laboratory results data into the main hospital information system. By allowing physicians to see applicable aspects of a patient's health record, Royal Hospital hopes to improve the level of care provided to each patient. Each interface will be powered by the Cloverleaf(R) engine. OCShi and Quovadx jointly trained users on how to use and add interfaces using the Cloverleaf engine.

"Our partnership with Quovadx has allowed us to work together to bring valuable integration technology to many leading hospitals in the Middle East," commented Magid Ahmed, executive director and general manager, OCShi. "As more hospitals look to integrate existing applications within and outside of the enterprise, we are confident there will be additional opportunities for us to work with Quovadx."

"Integrating data and applications from various departments and locations is critical to supporting the needs of the fast-growing hospitals in the Middle East," said Paul Bellamy, vice president, international, Quovadx. "We are very pleased to be working closely with OCShi to bring our expertise in healthcare technology to the local market."

About Cloverleaf(R) Integration Suite

The Cloverleaf Integration Suite, a system integration solution for healthcare providers and payers, has installations in over 2,000 sites worldwide and in 40 percent of all large IDNs (Integrated Delivery Networks) in the U.S. Cloverleaf technology connects disparate IT systems and applications across an enterprise or beyond, normalizes the data for presentation and transforms the data into value-rich information. Based on a flexible and reliable messaging platform, the Cloverleaf solution enables real-time sharing of clinical, administrative and financial data throughout an organization, maximizing the value of existing technology systems and decreasing the cost of integrating the healthcare enterprise IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information.

In 1997, a consortium of radiologists and information technology experts formed IHE, or “Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise.
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About Quovadx, Inc.

Quovadx (Nasdaq: QVDX) offers software and services for system development, extension, integration and analysis to enterprise customers worldwide. Quovadx is comprised of three divisions, including the Integration Solutions division (ISD See IDD. ), which offers private and public healthcare organizations software infrastructure to facilitate system interoperability, improve processes and leverage existing technology, the CareScience division, which provides care management and analytical solutions to hospitals and health systems and pioneered regional healthcare information organization (RHIO RHIO Regional Health Information Organization ) technology, and the Rogue Wave rogue wave
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 Software division, which provides reusable software components and services to professional developers for enterprise-class application development. Quovadx, through its respective divisions, serves companies in the healthcare, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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, telecommunication and public sectors and has more than 450 employees. For more information, please visit http://www.quovadx.com.

About OCShi

OCS Healthcare Informatics FZ LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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 (OCShi) is ranked among the top companies in healthcare informatics implementation. The OCShi track record speaks for itself, with over 54 healthcare sites using MEDICOM MEDICOM Medical Digital Imaging and Communications  - Enterprise Healthcare Information System in the Middle East. OCShi consultants have experience in all facets of implementing and managing world-class healthcare software solutions and services that meet local requirements while maintaining functionality in accordance with international standards.

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 in Healthcare Informatics with MEDICOM, OCShi also represents complimentary healthcare informatics products and solutions, namely:

--Quovadx - Integration Solutions

--Infinitt - PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries.  Solution

--eDelphyn - Blood Bank Solution

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 Solutions

OCShi offers its solutions through strategic partners and business associates in various regions across the Middle East.

QUOVADX is a trademark and Cloverleaf is a registered trademark of Quovadx, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.
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