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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Evident to Provide Cost-Effective, Made-in-Canada Hospital Information System

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Evident, a member of the CPSI
(NASDAQ: CPSI) family of companies and a leading provider of electronic
health record (EHR) systems and services, today announced the execution
of a letter of intent to further their existing partnership by
leveraging key digital assets of both organizations. This partnership
will create a first, made-in-Canada, Hospital Information System (HIS)
solution. SunnyCare, Sunnybrook’s clinical workflow solution, and
Evident’s Thrive EHR platform will come together to offer a unique
alternative for managing hospital information and will establish a
Canadian Innovation Centre to improve patient outcomes.

The SunnyCare solution was developed in-house with the input of clinical
teams across the Sunnybrook organization. Together, SunnyCare and Thrive
will create a distinct system that will offer hospitals across Canada
another option for managing their information.

“Health information systems are increasingly becoming too costly for
hospitals and health systems to implement and maintain. This market
needs a cost-effective, made-in-Canada, HIS platform that meets the
demands of enabling quality patient outcomes,” said Dr. Andy Smith,
president and chief executive officer, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

“Combining Evident’s 40-year history and success in installing and
supporting over 900 hospitals with on-time, on-budget solutions, with
the proven clinical user-centered design of the Canadian based SunnyCare
system, I’m confident that we can deliver a unique experience for the
Canadian market that will help ensure the success of affordable
healthcare delivery,” added Sam Marafioti, vice-president, corporate
strategy and development, and chief information officer of Sunnybrook
Health Sciences Centre.

“We are committed to continually finding ways to improve our offerings
and make healthcare delivery better,” said Boyd Douglas, president and
chief executive officer of CPSI. “Partnering with Sunnybrook Health
Sciences Centre is integral to our success in bringing a truly
user-centered experience for clinicians in the Canadian market.”

Together, Sunnybrook and Evident will create a Canadian HIS Innovation
Centre, located in Toronto. The Centre will share best practices and
leverage each organization’s collective strengths in product development
and system implementations. They will advance quality patient care by
improving clinical workflow and provider usability across all care
settings.

About Evident

Evident, a member of the CPSI family of companies, recognizes the
challenges hospitals and other healthcare providers face – the need for
simplicity, cost containment and delivery of a quality healthcare
experience for patients and physicians alike. Our integrated software
solutions are backed by a proactive support approach making us the
partner of choice for hundreds of healthcare organizations. For more
information visit evidenthealth.ca.

About Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Based in Toronto, Ontario, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is an
academic health sciences centre and fully affiliated teaching hospital
at the University of Toronto. With 1.3 million patient visits each year,
Sunnybrook is one of Canada’s largest academic health sciences with
12,000 staff and 1,300 beds.

Forward-Looking Statements

Information in this release may involve plans, intentions, expectations,
strategies, outlooks, beliefs or other statements regarding the future
which are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding the
ability of Evident, in partnership with Sunnybrook, to successfully
develop, implement and offer hospitals a HIS solution in Canada, are
based upon management’s present plans, intentions, hopes or strategies
regarding the future and involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual events or developments to be materially different from
those indicated in such forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the inability of the
parties to enter into definitive arrangements for the development of a
HIS solution in Canada and challenges the parties may face in
successfully implementing and offering any such solutions to hospitals
in Canada, as well as the risks and uncertainties that are contained in
CPSI’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K that are filed from time to time
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information included in
this release is based upon information available to Evident and CPSI as
of the date of the release, and neither Evident nor CPSI assumes any
obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.