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Vancouver, BC – June 12, 2008 – Wolf Medical Systems, a leading national provider of electronic medical records (EMR) software for physician offices and medical clinics across Canada, and Coalese Corporation, a healthcare data access and integration solution provider, are pleased to announce the successful pilot of a patient medical record access solution that provides frontline healthcare workers such as nurses and paramedics with access to vital patient information. This innovative solution provides secure browser-based access to key portions of patient medical records stored in Wolf's EMR system using the Raven Patient Access and Collaboration solution from Coalese (Raven).

Raven allows authorized health professionals such as nurses and paramedics to access key information in Wolf EMR using mobile devices including smartphones, iPhones and Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) from any location where cellular connectivity is available. Raven uses the highest standards of encryption security to guarantee the security of the medical information.

Healthcare workers have responded to their new remote EMR access abilities with strong enthusiasm and have already seen an improvement in patient outcomes simply by having key patient medical information such as alerts, medications and allergies available to them from any browser-enabled device.

Here are a just a few testimonials from Raven pilot users:

"I told you [Calgary Rural PCN] that I would retire if you added technology into my duties, now I want to tell you that if you don't continue to give me this solution I will retire. It is the first solution in a long time that actually improves our ability to care for our patients."

"Learning to use Raven was very intuitive. I could teach my colleagues in a few minutes how to use this."

"Nurses can now access [Wolf's EMR]...in the comfort of a patient's home without plugging anything in."

EMS/Paramedics FREMS: “…while driving down the highway we can access and review the alerts, medications and allergies for the patient whose family just called 911 ... wow!"

"Imagine how relieved the family was when on arrival we knew what medications their mother was taking, including the recent addition of a new medication the day before."

In sum, nurses and paramedics are better able to respond to patient needs and emergency situations using this collaborative approach. The solution is also extraordinarily flexible and secure, allowing each individual physician to determine what information will be allowed to be accessed and by whom.

Raven has been in field trials for over two months in the Calgary Rural Primary Care Network, providing secure role-based web browser access to key portions of patient medical records stored in Wolf's EMR system. The solution was developed and delivered at very low cost in a period of just a few months, and plans are underway to deliver it to a wider number of users in the Calgary Rural area; it will then be rolled out to other regions within Alberta, BC, Ontario and other provinces.

Building on this successful initial field trial, Wolf and Coalese are embarking on a proof of concept implementation using Wolf's EMR System and Coalese’s Raven Patient Access and Collaboration tool to deliver patient portal capabilities at a large multi-disciplinary clinic in West Vancouver BC. Patients will be able to subscribe to the Patient Portal and obtain web-based, online access to key portions of their medical records. This capability will be available in a few months for a few dozen physicians and potentially thousands of patients.

The projects at Calgary Rural PCN and in West Vancouver BC are the first such implementations of their kind in North America to provide allied healthcare workers and patients with access to EMR records from mobile and remote web-enabled devices. This solution has already proven that it can improve collaboration in primary care and enable patients to take a more active role in managing their own health. 

About Wolf Medical Systems
Wolf Medical Systems is a leading national provider of electronic medical records (EMR) software for physician offices and medical clinics across Canada. Founded in 1998, the company has hundreds of installed sites and thousands of physicians and allied healthcare users across Canada. Wolf's EMR software includes a complete set of physician-designed applications that automate the unique processes of billing, scheduling, workflow planning, chronic disease management and clinical practice for physician offices and medical clinics within the context of each province's unique regulatory environments. For more information on Wolf Medical Systems, visit www.wolfmedical.com.

About Coalese Corporation
Coalese Corporation is a Calgary-based company specializing in healthcare data access and integration solutions. Coalese provides products and services that enable mobile and remote access to select patient medical information in electronic medical record (EMR) solutions; Coalese also delivers solutions that provide seamless integration of multiple clinics/regions, lab results, lab ordering/requisitions, admission/discharge notifications, diagnostic imaging/notes (PACS), and other data directly into EMR systems. Coalese's solutions are characterized by minimal or no IT support requirements, low cost and rapid implementation timeframes, typically measured in weeks.

Coalese endeavors to make data and knowledge that is stored in EMR systems more valuable and "actionable' to promote more effective primary care team communications and thus improve patient outcomes.

For more information, please contact:

Wolf Medical Systems
Alexandra Best, VP Marketing
Wolf Medical Systems
107-5550 152nd Street
Surrey, BC V3S 5J9
604-512-3313
abest@wolfmedical.com

Coalese Corporation
Andrzej Taramina, President and Founder
3553 31 Street NW, Suite 485
Calgary, Alberta T2L 2K7
705) 791-3996
andrzej@coalese.com

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