Visteon's BigVision first healthcare solution certified for Microsoft BackOffice logo.

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1996 -- Visteon Corporation's BigVision, an integrated suite of software applications for large physician organizations, is now the world's first healthcare information system to carry the "Designed for Microsoft BackOffice" logotype. Visteon announced today that BigVision has qualified to carry the logo, assuring customers that the suite meets stringent technical criteria and is designed to take full advantage of the BackOffice capabilities.

Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software technologies, provides the BackOffice family of server software as the foundation for mission-critical business applications. The Microsoft BackOffice family consists of Windows NT Server, Microsoft SQL Server, SNA Server, Systems Management Server, Internet Information Server, and Exchange Server.

"Rapid changes in the healthcare industry are encouraging physician organizations to improve their business processes and to expand into multi-site practices. In order to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care, these organizations need enterprise-wide computing solutions," said Visteon chief executive officer and chief technology officer David Greenberg. "The BackOffice logo distinguishes BigVision as a product that meets this need by leveraging the power, scalability, and flexibility of the Windows NT-based platform -- as well as the trusted, modern technologies of Microsoft Corporation."

"Unlike traditional practice management systems and stand-alone computerized patient record solutions," he said, "BigVision is the only integrated information system for physician organizations that was designed and deployed entirely on Microsoft strategic business architectures."

"With more than four years of experience developing exclusively on Microsoft platforms, it's no surprise that Visteon is the first healthcare solution provider to obtain BackOffice certification," Greenberg added. "Our customers benefit from the fact that we do not have to support older, obsolete technologies."

Because BigVision was designed to support fast-growing practices, it required capabilities that only BackOffice could provide. Beyond its technology, Greenberg noted, BackOffice is the foundation for dramatically reducing the total ownership costs of enterprise-wide practice information systems. For example, an independent study commissioned by Visteon showed that delivering BigVision on BackOffice provided savings of as much as 39 percent in MIS salaries and reductions of up to 33 percent in staff required to operate the Visteon solution in a multi-facility practice environment. When initial licensing was compared to other platforms for a 500-user practice in five clinics, BackOffice demonstrated total savings of as much as 74 percent.

"The cost and technology advantages of BackOffice-based systems are especially important for medical practices in today's managed care environment. BackOffice meets their increasing needs for cost control, quality management, and accessibility," said John Neilson, vice president of the organization customer unit at Microsoft.

"Windows NT already has established its position as the operating system of choice for other vertical industries with mission-critical needs. Healthcare is one of the fastest-moving, most dynamic industries today, and this creates great expectations for healthcare information products that carry the Designed for Microsoft BackOffice logo," he said. "As Microsoft works with its partners to serve customers in this market, we are pleased to see Visteon and BigVision meeting the high standards we have set."

About Visteon Corporation:

Visteon Corporation is the first software developer to build an integrated, ambulatory healthcare information system entirely upon Microsoft strategic business architectures. A team of employee-owners, backed by Silicon Valley-investors, have built and carefully refined the BigVision application suite since 1991. Visteon now is offering BigVision to select medical groups across the country.

About BigVision:

BigVision is a tightly integrated suite of medical practice software used daily on more than 1,000 desktops at 15 clinics in Florida and Ohio. The software's clinical, financial, and operational applications are built the way successful physician organizations work. For example:

-- BigVision's Microsoft architectures anticipate rapid growth and change at only incremental costs -- a capability that accommodates large, multi-site groups working in a mixed fee-for-service and managed care environment.

-- The architectures are fully distributed, enabling decision-making at appropriate levels.

-- BigVision's integrated model reflects the workflow processes of optimum patient care.

At the 1996 Annual Conference of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, Microsoft and Digital Equipment Corporation showcased BigVision and 15 other products in their Virtual Health Network HL7/OLE demonstration. In 1995, InfoWorld Magazine named BigVision one of the top 10 client/server implementations in the U.S. In addition, an early version of BigVision was one of only six winners of the 1992 Annual Windows World Open, jointly sponsored by Microsoft and Computerworld Magazine. -0-

Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks. BackOffice and SQL Server are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Point your browser to the Microsoft Healthcare industry home page at http://www.microsoft.com/industry/health.

For more information about BigVision, call Visteon Corporation at 1-800-VISTEON.

For a copy of the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet showing details and background on the BackOffice cost-of-ownership research, please call Will Hall at 617/622-2820.

CONTACT: Lilian Myers

Visteon Corporation

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Will Hall

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