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Kettering Upgrades to Next-Generation IDX Carecast(TM) Long-time LastWord(R) customer will use Carecast to enhance integration, patient safety and billing efficiency DAYTON, Ohio and BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Kettering Medical Center Network (KMCN), a long-time IDX LastWord(R) user, announced it will upgrade to the next-generation IDX Carecast(TM) enterprise system from IDX Systems Corporation . The agreement was signed in the third quarter of 2003. KMCN will use Carecast to support its ongoing development of lifetime electronic patient records by completely integrating patients' clinical, financial and administrative data throughout its four hospitals, multiple health centers and 40 satellite facilities. KMCN also plans to pursue enhanced documentation capabilities for nurses and physicians, as well as computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and wireless barcode medication administration with Carecast. "With LastWord, we've realized the benefits of integrating all patient data, including clinical and financial information, onto one platform -- a seamless way to deliver the highest quality medical care," said Nyle Morgan, CIO of KMCN. "Now, with the expanded functionality that Carecast offers, we will close the loop on patient safety, while maintaining the system wide efficiencies and cost-effectiveness that come with integration." Carecast will further streamline processes for KMCN clinicians through enhanced care documentation capabilities and online charting, which promote communication between all members of the care team and help reduce time spent on administrative functions. CPOE, with its decision-support functionality and ability to eliminate mistakes caused by unintelligible handwritten orders, will provide even greater support for patient safety goals. In addition, wireless barcode medication administration can make a significant impact on error reduction by allowing physicians, nurses and pharmacists to confirm the "five rights" of medication administration. KMCN, which serves 43 percent of patients in the Dayton, Ohio, area, will implement Carecast across its organization, including the Grandview Medical Center. KMCN needed a system that works with a wide range of facilities -- from large, nationally renowned hospitals to small community satellites. Carecast runs on the highly scalable HP NonStop(TM) platform, which delivers subsecond access to information across the enterprise and 99.9 percent uptime. "It has been exceptional to work with KMCN, a nationally recognized leader in a host of medical fields," said Mike Raymer, Senior Vice President and General Manager, IDX Carecast Division. "We look forward to the ongoing opportunity to provide the IT tools to help KMCN meet its expanded patient safety goals and advance fail-safe care." About KMCN Eugene and Virginia Kettering founded Kettering Memorial Hospital in 1964 to honor the memory of Eugene's father, Charles F. Kettering. Since that time, the not-for-profit organization has rapidly grown to cover a nine-county region and today is known as the Kettering Medical Center Network (KMCN). KMCN serves the Dayton area and its surrounding communities, with nearly 1,000 physicians, 6,000 staff members and more than 800 volunteers. What makes the Kettering Medical Center Network unique among health care providers is that it is a faith-based, mission-driven organization. The Kettering Medical Center Network has over 40 facilities including Kettering Memorial Hospital, Grandview Hospital, Sycamore Hospital, Southview Hospital and Kettering Youth Services. This past year, HealthGrades, a leading health care quality ratings, information and advisory services company, awarded Grandview Hospital a Five-Star rating for their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care, head and neck surgery and knee replacement. In addition, Kettering Hospital's orthopedic department was named top Orthopedic Hospital in Ohio and given a Five-Star rating for total hip and total knee replacements. Also this past year, ground was broken on the Victor J. Cassano, Sr. Community Health Center, a medical teaching facility associated with Grandview Hospital, which will serve the underinsured and uninsured residents of the community. From its state-of-the-art sports medicine program to the Wellness on Wheels project, which visits the medically underserved, Kettering Medical Center Network is committed to improving the quality of life of the people in the communities it serves. About IDX Systems Corporation. Founded in 1969, IDX Systems Corporation provides information technology solutions to maximize value in the delivery of healthcare, improve the quality of patient service, enhance medical outcomes, and reduce the costs of care. IDX supports these objectives with a broad range of complementary and functionally rich products installed at 3,300 customer sites. Customers include 138,000 physicians who utilize practice management systems to improve patient care and other workflow processes. IDX Systems are installed at: * 380 integrated delivery networks (IDNs) representing more than 500 hospitals * 175 large group practices with more than 200 physicians * 665 mid-size group practices with less than 200 physicians The IDX web strategy includes browser technology, e-commerce and web-based tools -- built using Internet architecture -- that facilitates access for patients, physicians and care providers to vital health information and data managed by the IDX clinical, administrative, financial, and managed care products. IDX has approximately 2,100 full-time employees worldwide. IDX, Carecast and LastWord are registered trademarks or trademarks of IDX Investment Corporation. This press release contains forward-looking statements about IDX Systems Corporation that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are uncertainties or difficulties in developing new services, including Carecast, possible failure of IDX to realize the benefits of developing clinical guidelines, difficulties in implementing systems including Carecast, possible deferral, delay or cancellation by customers of computer system or service purchase decisions, possible delay of system installations and service implementations, development by competitors of new or superior technologies, changing economic, political and regulatory influences on the healthcare and e-Commerce industries, possible disruptions in the national economy caused by terrorist activities and foreign conflicts, changes in product pricing policies, governmental regulation of IDX's software and operations, the possibility of product-related liabilities, and factors detailed from time to time in IDX's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which important factors are incorporated herein by reference. IDX undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or changes in future operating results, financial condition or business over time. For more information contact: Margo Happer Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications IDX Systems Corporation 802.864.1758 X6169 Robert Stirewalt IDX Media Relations 802-864-1758, ext. 6933 Catherine Sweeney Media Relations IDX Carecast 206-607-5462 DATASOURCE: IDX Systems Corporation CONTACT: Margo Happer, Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, +1-802-864-1758 ext. 6169, , or Robert Stirewalt, Media Relations, +1-802-864-1758, ext. 6933, , or Catherine Sweeney, Media Relations of IDX Carecast, +1-206-607-5462, all of IDX Systems Corporation Web site: http://www.idx.com/

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