Practice Partner Announces its Seventh Annual Practice Partner User Group Meeting.

05/17/2002 Seattle, WA - Practice Partner today announced its Seventh Annual Practice Partner User Group Meeting. This event is an educational conference designed to provide the users of Practice Partner Patient Records (electronic medical records), Appointment Scheduler, and Medical Billing the opportunity to come together for the latest news, tips, and developments in the use of Practice Partner software. The meeting is scheduled for July 22nd and 23rd with pre-meeting training sessions taking place the preceding weekend.

"We are expecting a record level of attendance this year," said Bruce Kleaveland, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "We will be offering many new classes covering topics such as HIPAA, new technologies relevant to the healthcare industry, and disease management."

Over 35 individual sessions will be held at the User Group Meeting covering a broad range of topics that assist providers and their staff in improving the quality and efficiency of clinical care.

The meeting will take place at The Madison Renaissance Hotel in downtown Seattle. In addition to the two-day meeting, Practice Partner will be hosting hands-on training sessions prior to the meeting. These sessions will provide product-specific training at a variety of skill levels. Following the User Group Meeting, Practice Partner will provide a workshop for the system administrators who maintain Practice Partner systems.

About Practice Partner

Seattle-based Practice Partner is a leader in the development and marketing of innovative Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management products for medical offices and large health care enterprises. Practice Partner, founded in 1983 by Dr. Andrew Ury to provide comprehensive software solutions for office-based physicians, is one of the pioneers in electronic medical records software. More than 1200 offices use Practice Partner software, and more than 700 of them use Practice Partner Patient Records. With over a decade of experience with the EMR (Practice Partner released its first version of Practice Partner Patient Records in 1987), Practice Partner has created software products that are finely honed to the real world needs of physicians, nurses, and office professionals.