Practice Partner Receives Honors for Rapid Growth

Seattle, Washington, October 9, 2002- Practice Partner, a leader in the development and marketing of innovative medical practice management software, today announced its inclusion in the prestigious ranking that recognizes the company's rapid growth. Practice Partner made the Deloitte & Touche Fast-50 program for Washington State, a ranking of the state's 50 fastest-growing technology companies

Practice Partner was 35th in the Deloitte & Touche Fast-50, with a 221% revenue growth between 1997 and 2002 (five year period).

"Making Deloitte & Touche's list of Fast 50 is both an honor and testament to the strength of Practice Partner," says Andrew Ury, M.D., founder and president of Practice Partner "When a company's financial success mirrors its achievements in developing quality products, we know we're making the right decisions."

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.