“We are very excited about this partnership with ExitCare. By incorporating ExitCare’s patient education documents into HMS clinical applications, we are enhancing our customers’ ability to communicate effectively with their patients to improve compliance and safety,” stated Tom Stephenson, President and Chief Executive Officer of HMS. “It is important that we provide our customers with the best content solutions available. The ExitCare information system will be integrated within our Clinical View and Patient Care Documentation solutions and ready for the market by May 2008.”

"ExitCare, L.L.C. is dedicated to providing best-of-breed patient education and discharge instructions to the medical professional that improves the communication between healthcare providers and their patients," said Richard Thompson, EVP of ExitCare, L.L.C. "We are excited to be working with HMS because they are a recognized leader in the community hospital marketplace," he says. Thompson adds, "The healthcare market wants an integrated solution that will save time as well as provide a comprehensive solution.”

About ExitCare, LLC

ExitCare, L.L.C. is a privately held company formed in 1996 to create ExitCare, a consumer healthcare information company providing enterprise wide patient education solutions, meeting the needs of the office-based physician to the hospital’s Emergency Department and in-patient needs. Common topics have been translated into Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Tagolog, Haitian Creole and Vietnamese. Company plans to add French and Korean in 2008. ExitCare is installed in hundreds of patient care sites nationwide.

About HMS

Healthcare Management Systems, Inc.® (HMS) is a Nashville-based healthcare company that develops, sells and supports integrated clinical and financial hospital information systems and services. Founded in 1984, HMS counts among its customers over 600 community hospitals; behavioral, rehabilitation and long-term acute care facilities; and multi-entity healthcare organizations nationwide. With the HMS system, caregivers are able to increase their efficiency in delivering quality care with an emphasis on improving patient safety