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Picis Named 2010 Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

Recognized for significant expertise in hospital business intelligence and data management solutions

WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Apr. 05, 2010 — Picis today announced that it has extended its Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status with specialized competencies in business intelligence and data management solutions. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner since 2008, Picis has demonstrated exceptional performance levels in delivering information solutions that integrate with Microsoft technologies, helping healthcare organizations improve operational efficiencies and further quality initiatives in the emergency department (ED), operating room (OR), and intensive care units (ICU). Picis optimizes the use of Microsoft technologies as part of its CareSuite^® family of high-acuity solutions.

By achieving Gold Certified Partner status in these two core competencies, Picis demonstrates that it meets the requirements of these specializations with established customer references and proven Microsoft certified professionals able to deliver specialized training and support to the more than 1800 hospitals that license Picis solutions globally. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and work in the closest relationships with Microsoft.

Picis provides innovative solutions that help hospitals deliver quality care while minimizing costs and revenue leakage in the high-impact healthcare areas, including the ED, OR and ICU. By integrating with Microsoft technologies and every major hospital information system (HIS) on the market, Picis solutions eliminate redundancies and help clinicians improve the accuracy of information, allowing them to spend more time on direct patient care and less time charting, searching for information, or transcribing data from other systems. As a result, caregivers are better able to track and communicate the progress of a patient across care areas, while hospitals operate smoothly and efficiently throughout the process.

Picis software has been delivering operational efficiencies, improved communication and enhanced clinician workflow at hospitals worldwide since 1994. Picis is a recognized market leader in information systems for high-acuity areas of healthcare organizations. By improving information, analysis and business performance in these areas, hospitals can reduce costs, become more efficient and be more competitive. Furthermore, researchers can analyze clinical data from these systems to provide valuable information regarding procedures and outcomes. For example, Picis Extelligence^® OR, part of the CareSuite family of high-acuity solutions, enables perioperative directors and operating room (OR) leadership to benchmark and examine key data, such as OR block utilization; case costs and times; surgeons and procedures; and, supplies and implants, to identify best practices and areas for improvement. For more information on how Picis can help you leverage information to improve efficiency or decision support, visit www.picis.com/products/analytics-reporting/default.cfm.

About Picis
Picis is a global provider of innovative information solutions that enable rapid and sustained delivery of clinical, financial and operational results in the acute care areas of the hospital. These high-acuity areas include the emergency department, operating and recovery rooms, and intensive care units. Picis offers the most advanced suite of integrated products focused on these life-critical areas of the hospital where the patients are the most vulnerable, the care process is the most complex and an increasing majority of hospital costs and potential revenue are concentrated. Headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Picis has licensed systems for use in more than 1,800 hospitals in 19 countries. For more information on Picis, please visit www.picis.com/solutions or to join a discussion on how cost containment and RAC impact emergency physicians or other issues, visit healthcare-exchange.com, Picis’ new blog. Follow Picis on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PicisInc.

© 2010 Picis, Inc. All rights reserved. Picis, CareSuite and Extelligence may be trademarks or registered trademarks of Picis, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the properties of their respective owners. This press release contains express or implied forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, Picis’ expectations concerning the functionality and market acceptance of its products, and management’s plans, objectives and strategies. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Picis’ control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements.