MedcomSoft

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) has announced that MedcomSoft Inc. is CCHIT CertifiedSM for its product, MedcomSoft® Record 2006, V 3.0, and meets CCHIT ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2006. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare.

CCHIT is the recognized authority in the United States for certifying EHR products – an independent, nonprofit, public/private organization that sets the benchmark for healthcare information technology. CCHIT's mission is to accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable healthcare information technology throughout the United States by creating an efficient, credible, sustainable mechanism for the certification of healthcare IT products.

The goals of CCHIT product certification are to:

* "Reduce the risk of HIT investment by providers
* "Ensure interoperability (compatibility) of HIT products
* "Enhance the availability of HIT adoption incentives from purchasers and payers
* "Protect the privacy of personal health information

CCHIT’s inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against the clinical documentation needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. Because the criteria are so through and complete, CCHIT’s certification program will improve healthcare information technology adoption by physicians and other clinicians who are not technology experts, and will, in turn, improve the quality and safety of care that they deliver to healthcare consumers.

CCHIT’s Certification program sets the healthcare IT industry bar for:

* functionality (ability to create and manage electronic records for all patients, as well as automating workflow in a physician’s office),
* interoperability (ability to receive and send electronic data to other entities such as laboratories), and
* security (ability to keep patients’ information safe).

CCHIT CertifiedSM product certification designates that a healthcare information technology product has been tested against a comprehensive set of functionality, interoperability and security criteria and has passed inspection of 100 percent of the criteria.

MedcomSoft believes that Certification is an important standard which will boost market confidence and physicians’ confidence in adopting health information technology. Certification will be an important criterion for future RFPs and well as possibly be criteria for legislative steps to increase adoption of pay for performance programs. Ultimately, Certification and the increased adoption of electronic health records that have achieved certification will have the effect of assisting in the improvement of patient care, in addition to improving disease management of patients’ long term health problems and the cost of treating these problems.

MedcomSoft is pleased to report that it has received the AC Group’s top marks- a 5-Star Rating- in its recent Survey for PMS and EHR ratings for 2006. The AC Group Survey on Health Care software is responded to by almost 80 vendors in the market. It consists of 47 categories and over 2000 specific functionality related questions. The 5-Star rating that MedcomSoft achieved is the AC Group’s ‘confidence factor’ which indicates the AC Group’s confidence in the vendor’s reported rankings. A vendor with a 5-Star confidence level designates that the product has been tested and that the AC Group believes that more that 90% of the vendor’s answers have been validated.

MedcomSoft was also pleased that it rated highly in the EHR category, and in the Top 10 for Complete Physician Office Automation Category. Additionally, MedcomSoft placed in the Top 10 for the categories: Large Practices (products suited for clinics with 100 physicians and higher), Medium Practices (products suited for 10 -99 physicians) and Small Practices (software suited for 1-10 physician clinics.)

In its first year of participation in KLAS Awards, MedcomSoft places 4th in the Ambulatory EMR 1-5 Physicians Category.

Toronto, December 18, 2006- MedcomSoft Inc. (TSX-MSF) announced today that it was ranked in the top 5 for Ambulatory EMR 1-5 Physicians Category for its integrated Electronic Health Record, MedcomSoft Record 2006, Version 3.0, in KLAS’ 2006 Year End Report. KLAS independently monitors vendor performance through the active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS uses a stringent methodology to ensure all data and ratings are accurate, honest and impartial. KLAS has been collecting this summary data for 13 months from customers that are using the specific solutions being rated. Companies that participate in the KLAS survey must have a participating client base large enough to produce statistically significant results.

“MedcomSoft is honored to have earned this prestigious position in the KLAS 2006 Year End Report, “ stated Dr. Sami Aita, Chairman and CEO of MedcomSoft. “This result is further evidence of the hard work and dedication of the staff at MedcomSoft, as well of the level of commitment that our employees have to the success and satisfaction of our clients.”

KLAS has been rating the performance of healthcare software vendors since 1997. Providers use these ratings to help them make the best possible purchasing and negotiating decisions.