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Medworxx’ Policy & Procedures Management System Expands further into the U.S. after a purchase from NorDx in Maine

TORONTO, February, 2008 – Medworxx, the makers of a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge, announced their ever-growing expansion into the United States with the adoption of the Medworxx Policy & Procedures Management System and Content Management System (CMS) by regional reference lab, NorDx, in Maine. The Medworxx Policy & Procedures Management System and CMS will enable NorDx to manage updates, version and approvals of their comprehensive set of documents that details processes, procedures, and policies that meet the needs of the company and accreditation authorities.

“In search of a cost-effective approach to automating this system, NorDx found that the Medworxx family of products, in particular the Policy & Procedures Management System and CMS, would quickly meet our needs,” said Denis Rochette, Director, IT for NorDx. “The Policy features would allow us to gain positive control over policy and procedure reviews and approvals as well as provide an efficient means for ensuring that employees always have the latest approved version readily accessible. The CMS provided a wonderful opportunity to not only ‘package’ the policies in an orderly and logical fashion but also to reorganize our Intranet and its content.”

“Introduction of both the Medworxx Policy & Procedures Management System and CMS will allow us to standardize naming conventions and better understand how the documents are used. Structuring both systems to reflect this information will allow us to make accessing the documents by staff members easy and fast,” says Rochette. Maine Medical Center, a member of MaineHealth and a NorDx affiliate, also purchased the Medworxx Policy & Procedures Management System and has an option to exercise the right to purchase the Medworxx Learning Management System (LMS) and the CMS modules.

“We are excited to have NorDx join the Medworxx family”, said Dan Matlow, President & CEO, Medworxx. “The Medworxx Policy & Procedures Management System enables organizations to increase compliance, reduce costs, and increase productivity, and with an organization such as NorDx using our system, we hope it will allow other healthcare organizations in the United States to consider using our products.”

About NorDx
NorDx was established in 1976 as the first licensed independent clinical laboratory in Maine. Since then, it has grown in scope and expertise through affiliations with Maine Medical Center (MMC), the Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI), and the Center for Lipid Research and Clinical Research Management.

About Medworxx
Founded in 2004 and publicly traded on the Toronto Venture Exchange, Medworxx (MWX: TSXV) 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 200,000 people at over 230 hospitals across North America. Medworxx: our market is healthcare, our vertical is knowledge. For more information, visit www.medworxx.com.

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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Contact:
Susan Gershman, EVP Operations & Marketing
416-642-1278 x320
416-574-2349
sgershman@medworxx.com