Released on = October 30, 2006, 9:27 am

Press Release Author = Alan Seabright

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = Fort Collins, CO, Doctor wins prestigious HIMSS sponsored
award for excellence in the implementation of Electronic Medical Records. Credits
the Praxis Concept Processor for his success.

Press Release Body = Fort Collins, Colorado-October 30th 2006- Alpenglow Medical
PLLC, a Primary Care clinic headed by Doctor Daniel Griffin, has won the 2006 HIMSS
Davies award for excellence in the use of Electronic Medical Records. The Nicholas
E. Davies Award recognizes top performance in the implementation and use of health
information technology. Each year the national award spotlights providers that
demonstrate exemplary use of EMR systems to improve healthcare delivery.

Alpenglow Medical, serving the Fort Collins community since 1999, after thorough
testing by CFMC, Colorado's DOQ-IT Quality Improvement Organization, demonstrated
outstanding EMR performance in four areas of evaluation: Management, Functionality,
Technology, and Value (concrete return on investment).

Dr. Griffin founded his clinic on the principle of superior customer service, with a
target of 100% patient satisfaction. His vision was to create a different kind of
practice that focused on the patient's time, while delivering the highest quality of
care possible. "I envisioned a clinic that would offer same day appointments, never
ask patients to wait beyond their scheduled time, and allow more patient
interaction", explained Dr. Griffin. "Also key were clinic productivity, reducing
malpractice risk, and controlling the impact of work on my family and social life",
he added.

As Dr. Griffin strived to perfect his practice, he became convinced that complete
documentation during the patient visit was critical to clinical success, as well as
a strong bottom line. Charting after the encounter is uncompensated and reduces a
provider's hourly income. Therefore, Dr. Griffin's top priority was to document
clinical encounters in real time, consistently, at the point of care. Moreover, he
envisioned a system that could manage customized practice guidelines to achieve
optimum clinical care. Dr. Griffin intentionally avoided template-driven EMRs,
preferring a system that enabled custom plans tailored to individual patients based
on his own knowledge, training, and experience.

After an extensive search, Alpenglow implemented Praxis® EMR by Infor-Med, Inc.
(www.infor-med.com), a system based on Concept Processing rather than structured
pre-set templates. A Concept Processor is an artificial intelligence engine that
learns from each user to progressively document faster and smarter with every
patient encounter. Imperative to Dr. Griffin's selection was that Praxis closely
mirrored his own thought processes and documentation style. "Praxis is truly a
physician-centric EMR", explains Dr. Griffin, "It integrates my clinical and
personal preferences, decision support, medical literature, and gives me exactly the
information I need, when I need it."

Selecting the right EMR has certainly been rewarding for Alpenglow's patients. The
clinical results have been astounding. Testing administered onsite by CFMC showed
that Alpenglow achieved 91% patient "value added time" (the inverse of time wasted),
compared with 45% to 79% across the rest of the state, landing in the top 1% of
clinics nationwide. As a result, patients at Alpenglow see more of their doctor,
while spending less time at the clinic.


"Great software is not developed in a vacuum, but rather through constant learning
from the best medicine has to offer," said Richard M. Low, MD, CEO of Infor-Med. "We
are honored to be associated with physicians of such exceptional caliber as Dr.
Griffin. It is individuals like Dr. Griffin who make our mission at Praxis to
develop the finest EMR in the world, a reality."

About Alpenglow Medical PLLC

Daniel Griffin, MD, is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine, and
completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. He also
completed training at John's Hopkins University, and is certified by the American
Board of Internal Medicine. In August 1999, Dr. Griffin opened Alpenglow Medical, an
Internal Medicine/Geriatrics practice in Fort Collins, Colorado. See
http://www.alpenglowmedical.com/ for further information.

About CFMC, Colorado's DOQ-IT Quality Improvement Organization

The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), founded in 1970, is one of most
experienced and respected medical quality improvement organizations (QIOs) in the
United States. CFMC works collaboratively with government programs, health
providers, and managed care companies to improve the quality of health care. See
http://www.cfmc.org.


About HIMSS

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare
industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global
leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology and management
systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961, with offices in Chicago,
Washington D.C., Brussels, and other locations across the United States and Europe,
HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members
that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. See
http://www.himss.org/asp/davies_primarycare.asp for further information.

About Praxis EMR

Praxis is the first EMR software based on concept processing technology. Infor-Med
Corporation, established in 1989, is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California and
serves over 5,000 satisfied physician-users. Richard Low, MD, is a graduate of Yale
School of Medicine, and practiced Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine for 20
years. To view a free Praxis demo go to www.praxisemr.com/demo.

Web Site = http://www.infor-med.com

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