SunLink Health Systems' Memorial Hospital of Adel Wins Excellence Through Insight Award for Most Improved Overall Emergency Department

Business Wire, Sept 11, 2008

ATLANTA -- SunLink Health Systems, Inc. (AMEX: SSY) today announced that its Memorial Hospital of Adel, a 60-bed general medical and surgical facility located in Adel, GA, was selected out of 232 hospitals by HealthStream Research as the recipient of the national Excellence Through Insight Award for Most Improved Overall Emergency Department.

Memorial Hospital of Adel, was awarded this honor for its excellence in patient satisfaction. To qualify for an award, a hospital must have been a patient satisfaction-tracking client of HealthStream Research in 2007 and scored in the 75th percentile or better and surveyed a minimum of 100 patients. Memorial Hospital of Adel received the highest ratings in emergency department patient satisfaction among HealthStream Research's 1,100 clients and exceeded industry standards.

Robert M. Thornton, Jr., chief executive officer of SunLink Health Systems, stated, "We continually work toward exceeding patients' expectations and industry standards. This award is testimony to Memorial Hospital's team and their outstanding performance and especially gratifying because of our emphasis on emergency department excellence. We believe our emergency departments are the window on our communities and the first line of commitment to clinical excellence. "

Memorial Hospital of Adel is the fourth of SunLink's seven hospitals to receive national recognition for operational excellence or improvement in the last three years. SunLink's Trace Regional Hospital in Houston, MS was named as one of Thomson Reuters' Performance Improvement Leaders 2007, Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega, GA received Thomson Reuters' (formerly known as Solucient) award as a recipient of its 100 Top Hospital Performance Improvement Leaders in May 2006 and Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, MO received its award as one of 100 Top Hospitals for Excellence in Hospital Management and Performance in March 2006.

About SunLink Health Systems, Inc.

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. currently operates seven community hospitals and related nursing home and home care businesses in the Southeast and Midwest and its specialty pharmacy business, SunLink Scripts Rx, in Louisiana. Each SunLink hospital is the only hospital in its community. SunLink's operating strategy is to link patients' needs with dedicated physicians and health professionals to deliver quality, efficient medical care and healthcare products and services in each area it serves. For additional information on SunLink Health Systems, Inc., please visit the company's website at www.sunlinkhealth.com.

About HealthStream

HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM) is a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, transforming insight into action to deliver outcomes-based results for healthcare organizations. Through its research products, executives from approximately 1,100 healthcare facilities gain valuable insight about patients' experiences, workforce challenges, physician relations, and community perceptions of their services. Through HealthStream's learning solutions--which are used by approximately 1.7 million hospital-based healthcare professionals--healthcare organizations create safer environments for patients, increase clinical competencies of its workforce, and facilitate the rapid transfer of the latest knowledge and technologies. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, HealthStream has three satellite offices. For more information about HealthStream's learning and research solutions, visit www.healthstream.com or call us at 800-933-9293.