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HFMA and Mede renew successful partnership to offer UK Hospitals Innovative Solutions
to Improve Performance

London, England, January 7, 2008 — The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), representing healthcare finance professionals across the UK and Mede (Mede), the leader in innovative analytic technology solutions for the healthcare industry, have renewed their partnership, enabling them to continue providing Mede’s business intelligence and analytics suite to NHS organisations.

In response to the growing need to increase efficiencies and meet the necessary compliance requirements for NHS policies. HFMA and Mede will partner to market a suite of web-based analytic solutions tailored to the UK healthcare environment and requirements of HFMA members to help monitor, manage and improve their financial and operational performance.

"Mede offers a product with proven value and we’re delighted that HFMA Ltd will be their partner in bringing significant benefits to NHS organisations,” said Mark Knight, Chief Executive Officer of HFMA. “Mede’s technology and services will enable the strategic decision-making necessary for optimising overall Trust performance."

"One of the key drivers to efficiency in today’s healthcare environment is the management of information; this can promote efficiency both from a financial and clinical perspective,” stated Chris Calkin, Chairman of HFMA and Director of Finance and Performance at the North Staffordshire University Hospitals NHS Trust. “Tools such as those provided by Mede could add significant benefit to an organisation’s ability to performance manage their services. We are delighted to have Mede on board as a partner."

"This partnership blends HFMA’s deep industry expertise with Mede’s proven analytics platform, client services and best practices currently utilized by more than 700 of the world’s leading healthcare providers,” stated Mede’s Executive Chairman Jim Quist.” We are pleased with the continued strength of this partnership and what it means to healthcare in the U.K."

Mede enables healthcare organizations to achieve advanced clinical, operational and financial outcomes through on-demand, performance intelligence solutions delivered as a service by experienced healthcare professionals. Over 700 healthcare organizations in the U.S. and U.K. have experienced quick ROI and sustainable value from Mede solutions with low total cost of ownership. The company has been recently recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 most rapidly growing privately-held companies in the United States. To find out more about Mede, visit www.medefinance.com.

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