Sunquest Announces Lab Software Sale to Cancer Treatment Centers of America's Future Medical Center in Arizona

Business Wire, March 4, 2008

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory information systems, today announced that the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) has purchased its Sunquest Laboratory Information System (LIS) for its future Western Regional Medical Center in Suburban Phoenix scheduled to open its doors in early 2009. CTCA has been a long-standing customer of Sunquest Laboratory at its other hospitals located in Philadelphia Suburban-Chicago and Tulsa. Standardizing on Sunquest Laboratory for its newest location will help CTCA maintain operational efficiency by having a consistent LIS across its multi-site enterprise. The new CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center will provide patients and caregivers in the West easier access to the unique care model.

"We rely heavily on our laboratory information system to provide critical results and clinical data to numerous departments throughout our organization. Sunquest Laboratory has the advanced features and functionality we need to maintain operational efficiency, and it also integrates seamlessly with our other enterprise systems," said Chad Eckes, CIO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America. "Cancer Treatment Centers of America has been a satisfied customer of Sunquest for years, which made it an easy decision to stay with Sunquest as the laboratory solution provider for our new center."

"We look forward to working with Cancer Treatment Centers of America for their implementation of Sunquest Laboratory at their newest treatment center that will be located in Goodyear, Arizona," said Lisa Cutts, vice president of sales for Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. "The ability to effectively share and manage laboratory data and information between their four centers is very important from a workflow efficiency and productivity standpoint, and our solution will help them maximize and achieve those goals."

About Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Founded in 1988, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) is a network of cancer treatment hospitals and community oncology programs in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Washington - with a future location in Arizona scheduled to open in early 2009. CTCA provides a comprehensive, patient-centered treatment model that fully integrates conventional, state-of-the-art medical treatments with scientifically-supported complementary therapies such as nutrition, naturopathic medicine, psychological counseling, physical therapy and spiritual support to meet the special, whole-person needs of cancer patients with complex and advanced-stage disease. CTCA encourages patients and their families to participate in treatment decisions through its Patient Empowerment Medicine(SM) model. For more information about Cancer Treatment Centers of America, go to cancercenter.com.

About Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., is a market leader in clinical data management with more than 1,200 U.S. hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide. For over twenty-five years, the company has been dedicated to providing best-of-breed solutions that enable quality patient care, clinical safety, and operational efficiencies. Its dedicated sales and technical service teams deliver 24x7 assistance to customers for their procurement, implementation, and customer care needs. The Sunquest Laboratory[TM] system achieved "Best in KLAS" in the Laboratory Segment for 2007, which was its fourth consecutive year, (KLAS Enterprises, LLC, www.healthcomputing.com.)

Sunquest's professional services division provides a wide array of management and technical tools, including lab redesign and optimization, outreach and lab network program development, and operational business and implementation plans in addition to HIPAA compliance assessment and implementation services. For more information, call 800-748-0692 or visit: www.sunquestinfo.com.

Sunquest is a Trademark of Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.