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5 May 2010 
 
                          Avia Health Informatics Plc 
 
                           ("Avia" or "the Company") 
 
                    US sale to new client TeleNurse OnCall 
 
Highlights 
 
  * Sale of the web deployed Odyssey TeleAssess v3.0 made to new client 
    TeleNurse OnCall ("TeleNurse") in USA 
 
  * TeleNurse is a Physician Answering Service based in North Carolina, USA 
 
  * Odyssey TeleAssess chosen ahead of international competitors 
 
Avia (AIM: AVIA), the AIM-listed developer and provider of clinical decision 
support systems worldwide, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Plain 
Healthcare Limited ("Plain") has made a further international sale of its new 
web deployed version of Odyssey TeleAssess to TeleNurse OnCall in the USA. 
 
Odyssey TeleAssess v3.0 has recently been developed so that it can be 
implemented via a simple internet download, substantially widening the 
worldwide reach of the product. The sale to TeleNurse, the third international 
sale completed in as many weeks, provides further evidence that the delivery of 
the product via the internet is very important to the Company's International 
sales efforts. 
 
TeleNurse are a Physician Answering Service that receives calls for physicians 
in and out of hours. The services it provides include medical answering, nurse 
triage, appointment scheduling, daytime overflow answering and more. TeleNurse 
has been providing hospitals, medical practices, and other health related 
concerns with its services since 1951. 
 
Although modest in terms of the Company's annual turnover, this sale is another 
excellent strategic contract win, as it builds on the Company's international 
marketing strategy. 
 
Plain is actively seeking further direct sales opportunities in global markets, 
in order to develop reference sites that can increase the speed of adoption of 
Odyssey products internationally. 
 
Plain's International Business Director, Chris Coyne said: 
 
"We're delighted to welcome TeleNurse OnCall to the Odyssey TeleAssess v3.0 
product. As part of our international strategy, in advance of appointing a 
number of resellers, we're seeking direct sales that will act as beacons for 
our expanding business in the USA. TeleNurse, with its 59 year heritage in its 
market is an ideal early US client for us, which further endorses the 
acceptability of the Odyssey range of products to international markets." 
 
Barry Giddings, Chairman of Avia, commented: 
 
"This sale of our new Odyssey web-deployed clinical decision support software 
to a new US client continues to strengthen our presence in the US and shows our 
continued commitment to growing the business outside the UK." 
 
For more information on the Odyssey products please visit www.plain.co.uk 
 
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Enquiries: 
 
Avia Health Informatics Plc 
 
Barry Giddings, Chairman                                          07770 747 818 
 
Merchant John East Securities Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) 
 
Simon Clements/Bidhi Bhoma                                        020 7628 2200 
 
 
Notes to editors 
 
Avia Health Informatics Plc was admitted to trading on AIM on 16 November 2009 
having completed a reverse takeover of The Plain Software Company Limited 
("Plain"). 
 
It is Avia's intention to grow the business both organically and by 
acquisition. Through its subsidiary, Plain Healthcare Limited, Avia produces a 
range of clinical decision support products under the Odyssey brand: 
 
  * Odyssey TeleAssess which supports telephone triage by nurses and the 
    provision of up-to-date self-care advice; is also used to manage demand for 
    clinical services in an efficient manner. Used by GP out of hours services, 
    GP surgeries in-hours, ambulance trusts and the MoD. 
 
  * Odyssey FaceToFace is used by nurse-led clinics such as NHS Walk-in 
    Centres, GP-led Health Centres, Polyclinics, primary care centres and 
    practices staffed by varying nurse grades. 
 
  * Odyssey Reception is utilised by non-clinical staff to prioritise patient 
    queues and identify potential emergencies quickly and safely. It may be 
    used by receptionists throughout primary care services. 
 
  * Odyssey eCover allows health managers to commission health workers to work 
    from home to provide emergency cover when needed. Securely held on N3 
    servers, its sophisticated security system allows access via domestic 
    broadband. 
 
  * Odyssey FirstAssess is specifically for use in the Prison service and 
    secure environments to help improve healthcare in these challenging 
    environments. 
 
  * Odyssey SelfAssess is being developed to allow patients to self-assess 
    their symptoms prior to consultation with clinical services Odyssey 
    products interact with leading patient administration systems and other key 
    systems used by the NHS. 
 
  * Odyssey ParaMedic initially trialled to empower paramedics to make safe 
    assessments of elderly patients that have fallen. 
 
 
 
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