EmpowER Systems® announces partnership with ExitCare, LLC to meet EmpowER ED's Emergency Department and In-Patient Discharge Instruction needs

Business Wire, August 26, 2008

OAK BROOK, Ill. -- EmpowER Systems([R]), one of the nation's leading technology systems companies focused on the hospital's Emergency Department needs, announced today that they partnered with ExitCare, LLC to offer ExitCare's Discharge Instruction information. "We are very excited to partner with ExitCare because of their reputation in the industry, eight different languages and enterprise-wide solution that will allow us to meet our current customers' needs, as well as expand into other care settings. The EmpowER - ExitCare partnership will provide our clients with the user-friendliness of EmpowER ED[TM] as well as the strong discharge instruction content ExitCare is known for. By adding ExitCare's patient education documents as an integrated solution with EmpowER ED[TM], we will answer the growing demand for consumer healthcare information. Our clients need tools that will enhance their ability to communicate effectively with patients to improve compliance and safety," stated Kimberly Alise, chief executive officer. "It is important that we provide our clients with the best content solution available. We were introduced to ExitCare by our clients," adds Ms. Alise.

"ExitCare, LLC is excited to have been selected by EmpowER Systems, a company that is considered an innovative and best-of-breed in EDIS," said Richard Thompson, EVP of ExitCare, LLC "The fact that EmpowER plans to expand their product offering into the hospitals' In-Patient care setting is a perfect fit since ExitCare has differentiated its product offering by providing an enterprise-wide solution. The healthcare market wants an integrated solution that will save time and provide a comprehensive solution with consistent information."

About ExitCare, LLC

ExitCare, LLC is a privately held company formed in 1996. ExitCare is a consumer healthcare information company providing enterprise-wide Discharge Instructions and patient education solutions, meeting the needs of the office-based physician, hospital Emergency Department and hospital in-patient needs. Common topics have been translated into Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Bosnian, Tagalog, Haitian Creole and Vietnamese. The company plans to add French Canadian in 2008. ExitCare is installed in nearly 1,000 healthcare facilities nationwide.

For more information, visit www.exitcare.com, or contact Richard Thompson, EVP, at (303) 681-0787 or rickt@exitcare.com.

About EmpowER Systems([R])

Founded in 1999, EmpowER Systems is a boutique company specializing in seamless, comprehensive computerization of emergency departments. The user-friendly EmpowER ED[TM] requires 1 hour of training and is regarded as an EDIS role model in the Joint Commission publication "Accreditation Issues for Emergency Departments." EmpowER Systems was created to solve the critical problems facing EDs today: illegible/incomplete documentation, inefficient communication causing delayed patient flow, down-coding of charts leading to reduced reimbursement, poor government compliance, risk of error/malpractice, and inefficient and error-prone prescriptions/discharge. To solve these issues, EmpowER ED[TM] was designed by an EM physician and ED staff--people who know how patient flow works. EmpowER ED[TM] was designed by clinicians for clinicians to eliminate redundancies and make communication efficient in the ED.

For more information, visit www.empower.md or contact Annie Hasselgren, VP PR & Marketing, at ahasselgren@empower.md.