Merge eFilm Successfully Completes 32 Customer Installations With FUSION RIS, PACS Or RIS/PACS In First Half Of 2004

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merge eFilm , a leading global healthcare software and services company, today announced that thirty-two customers have gone live with the FUSION RIS, PACS or RIS/PACS solutions, including existing customers that added RIS or PACS or expanded the number of sites using FUSION. This group of FUSION customers represents multi and single-site imaging centers, hospitals, integrated delivery networks and orthopaedic clinics that purchased their FUSION solution in order to accelerate productivity by efficiently managing the information and images needed for comprehensive radiology workflow.

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"From the time I began the conversion process, through setup, configuration, and implementation, I have been able to get up to speed on all significant tasks in an incredibly short amount of time," said Jay Mosser, Managing Partner, The Optym Group, who has provided IT support for Radiologist Associates of Corpus Christi, a Corpus Christi, Texas, FUSION PACS customer. "I credit this short learning curve to the competency of the Merge eFilm staff. There have been quite a few times when their implementation staff's communication and technical skills have not only facilitated timely solutions, but have also provided a good deal of understanding to key members within our organization. I have found working with the FUSION PACS system to be a true pleasure."

"Our target market needs an easy-to-use and cost-effective RIS/PACS solution that improves business and clinical productivity, enhances patient and referring physician services and delivers a rapid return on investment," said Richard Linden, President and CEO. "We are pleased that our new customers have recognized our ability to deliver on these needs and our unique value proposition. Our customers have deployed our FUSION solutions to realize the benefits of filmless and paperless business and clinical operations, and they have acknowledged the differentiation that our integrated RIS/PACS product suite and 17 years of integration expertise brings to them," noted Linden. Merge eFilm's installed customers during the first half of 2004 include:

FUSION RIS/PACS Advanced Radiology Professionals, Buffalo Grove, IL Aurum Medical Imaging, Conroe, TX Bellevue Radiology, Bellevue, WA Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Minneapolis, MN COL Management, Lafayette, LA Doylestown Radiology Group, Warminster, PA Excel Diagnostics Imaging Clinic, Houston, TX Modular Solutions/Imaging Solutions of Arkansas, North Little Rock, AR Western Arizona Radiology, Phoenix, AZ Rolling Oaks Radiology, Rolling Oaks, CA West Coast Radiology Center, Santa Ana, CA FUSION RIS Hazelton Imaging Center, Hazleton, PA Image Radiology, Pittsburgh, PA Fairmont Diagnostics, Pasadena, TX The Flinn Clinic, Memphis, TN The Imaging Center at Gloster Creek, Tupelo, MS Manatee Diagnostics, Bradenton, FL Merced MRI, Merced, CA FUSION PACS Arlington Orthopedic Associates, Arlington, TX Austin Open MRI, Austin, TX Carolina Orthopaedics Specialists, Hickory, NC Mount Tam Orthopedics, Greenbrae, CA Radiology Associates of West Pasco, West Pasco, TX Plancher Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, New York, NY Prevecare/Charleston Clinic, Charleston, SC Radiology Associates of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX Radiology Associates of Venice, Venice, FL Radiology Group PC, Davenport, IA Radiology Associates of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX St. Vincent Health Center/Westfield Hospital, Erie, PA University Health System, San Antonio, TX Zion Orthopedics, St. George, UT

Merge eFilm provides image and information management solutions to thousands of customers throughout the world through its FUSION RIS/PACS solutions, eFilm Workstation and Connectivity solutions.

About Merge eFilm

Merge eFilm is a global healthcare software and services company focused on accelerating the productivity of imaging centers, hospitals and clinics with a suite of RIS/PACS software solutions and professional services. For over sixteen years, Merge eFilm has been a leader in integration of radiology workflow to improve productivity, profitability and patient care by fusing business and clinical workflow, and intelligently managing and distributing diagnostic images and information throughout the healthcare enterprise. For additional information, visit our web site at http://www.merge-efilm.com/ .

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CONTACT: Beth Frost-Johnson, SVP-Marketing, or Richard Linden, President& CEO, of Merge eFilm, +1-414-977-4000

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