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Forward Advantage To Enhance Identity & Access Management Offering For Meditech Customers With Fusion From Carefx^®

Carefx continues its leadership position as preferred provider of solutions that optimize workflow by simplifying access to patient information

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—2007 INTERNATIONAL MUSE CONFERENCE—MAY 29, 2007—Carefx Corporation today announced an agreement with Forward Advantage® to expand its identity and access management offering by providing simplified, unified and secure access to patient information. Forward Advantage is the leading provider of identity and access management solutions for hospitals using MEDITECH healthcare information systems.

Forward Advantage will resell Fusion from Carefx™ to MEDITECH customers worldwide. Fusion from Carefx is an end-to-end solution that addresses clinicians' need to access patient information quickly and intuitively. Using innovative context management and workflow technology, Fusion utilizes industry standards to aggregate patient information from multiple systems and display it simultaneously in a unified view, regardless of where the data is stored.

“This important alliance with Forward Advantage is further validation of our open and scalable platform for optimizing clinical workflow,” said Andrew Hurd, chairman and chief executive officer, Carefx Corporation. “We’re very pleased that Forward Advantage has selected Carefx as a strategic partner to further augment the value they deliver to the MEDITECH client base."

Fusion will be part of Forward Advantage’s identity and access management solution offering developed for the MEDITECH user community to improve information security while increasing convenience for clinicians to access data in their information systems. The leader in healthcare information systems since 1969, MEDITECH’s applications unify clinical, administrative and financial information across a healthcare organization, including acute care, long-term care, home healthcare, and physician’s practices.

“The addition of Fusion’s context management and workflow functionality enables us to offer a rich identity and access management solution for the MEDITECH user community,” said Chris Roggenstein, president and chief executive officer, Forward Advantage. “Bringing together leading technologies that improve information security while increasing convenience for clinicians to access their information systems is a primary objective, and this partnership is a critical step forward to achieve that goal.”

About Forward Advantage

Since 1992, Forward Advantage has steadily gained recognition among healthcare leaders as an innovative company committed to delivering high quality products and services. Forward Advantage develops and integrates technologies to offer complete solutions with more than 700 customers. For additional information, visit www.forwardadvantage.com.

About Carefx Corporation

Carefx is the only provider of an open and scalable Patient Information Aggregation platform that provides clinicians real-time access to information residing in disparate applications. Fusion from Carefx^® aids clinicians with sleek, intuitive and flexible access to patient information and satisfies IT imperatives by fully leveraging legacy investments within an open architecture. For more information, visit www.carefx.com.