Practice Partner Launches Practice Partner ASP

8/14/00 Seattle, WA - Practice Partner, a leader in electronic medical records and practice management systems, today announced the launch of its eagerly anticipated Internet-based product, Practice Partner ASP. Employing the latest web technology and Practice Partner's proven software solutions for the ambulatory medical environment, Practice Partner ASP provides a complete electronic medical record, appointment scheduling, and medical billing system in a single ASP (Application Service Provider) package.

Practice Partner ASP will be sold on a monthly service basis, allowing physicians and health care enterprises to lower the capital costs associated with the use of these mission-critical applications. Additionally, Practice Partner ASP features low implementation and low system administration costs, since Practice Partner will be providing many of these functions as part of the overall ASP package.

"Practice Partner ASP is a perfect complement to our existing Practice Partner products for customers that favor the low capital costs and flexibility inherent in the application service provider model," said Dr. Andrew Ury, President of Practice Partner. "This exciting initiative is consistent with our goal of providing the health care community with a wide range of purchase and service options according to their needs. One size does not fit all."

To enforce the confidentiality and privacy of patient records, Practice Partner has designed a top-notch security system and privacy policy for Practice Partner ASP. The system utilizes a Virtual Private Network (VPN) architecture and employs the most robust security technology available to date, including triple DES encryption, end-to-end firewalls, and state-of-the-art authentication systems. Additional information about Practice Partner ASP is available at www.Practice Partner.com.

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.