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Sherman Hospital Implements the Medworxx Policy & Procedure Management System for Physician Order Sets & Protocols Site

TORONTO, September, 2008 – Medworxx, the makers of a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge, is excited to announce that Sherman Hospital is using the Medworxx Policy & Procedure Management System to manage their physician order sets, protocols and policies and procedures. Sherman’s innovative use of the Medworxx Policy & Procedure Management System for physician order sets and protocols is a testament to the power and flexibility of the Medworxx document management platform. Sherman Hospital is part of Sherman Health, a leading healthcare system in the far Northwest suburbs of Chicago.

The Medworxx solution has enabled Sherman Hospital to stop using a paper-based system and to store all of their current physician orders sets and protocols in one central area

“We were looking for a solution that was easy to maintain and roll out to our staff,” said Deborah Camacho, Quality Manager, Sherman Health. “The Medworxx Policy & Procedure Management System allows us to access order sets and protocols from our intranet. By accessing this information online, we are assured that our employees are using the most current version.”

Sherman Hospital is benefiting from many of the standard features of the Medworxx platform such as the ability to easily search for, find, and update documents. The reporting capability was also important to Sherman. The physician orders sets and protocols need to be reviewed every two years and the reports allow Sherman to see which order sets needs to be reviewed and by whom. Notifications are then sent out by the system to remind the reviewer of the up-coming due date.

“It is very rewarding to see the Medworxx platform being used in such an innovative way. We are always happy to see our products being used in a way beyond what was initially intended,” said Dan Matlow, President & CEO, Medworxx. “The Medworxx Policy & Procedure Management System allows organizations to increase compliance, reduce costs, and increase productivity, and we thank Sherman Hospital for showing us another example of the great versatility of this product.”

About Sherman Hospital
Sherman Health is a not-for-profit, community-governed healthcare system dedicated to providing residents of Chicago’s northwest suburbs with outstanding healthcare and service- every life, every moment, every day. Located in Elgin, Ill., Sherman Hospital was the first community hospital in Illinois to perform open-heart surgery and continues to lead the way in cardiac care for the region. Other hospital services include emergency care, a diabetes center, cancer care, orthopedic care and a birthing center with a neonatal intensive care nursery. Sherman also provides convenient, quality healthcare services at Sherman Family HealthCare immediate care centers in Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Elgin, and South Elgin. For more information, please visit www.ShermanHealth.com or call 800-397-9000. To learn about the new Sherman Hospital, slated to open in early 2010, please visit www.TheFutureOfSherman.com.

About Medworxx
Founded in 2004 and publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange, Medworxx makes a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Medworxx products are used by more than 400,000 people at over 250 hospitals across North America. Medworxx: our market is healthcare, our vertical is knowledge.

The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections. The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed this press release and neither approved nor disapproved the information contained in this press release.

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