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Achievement furthers launch of Imagecast in cardiology market BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDX Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:IDXC), a leading provider of healthcare information systems, today announced that its IDX(R) Imagecast(TM) for Cardiology solution has achieved prestigious American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR(R)) certification. To receive certification, Imagecast had to be able to capture and format cardiovascular procedure data and submit it to the ACC-NCDR(R). The ACC-NCDR(R) reviewed the product and verified that it met their strict data collection standards and export requirements. The ACC-NCDR(R) is a confidential quality measurement program for cardiac and vascular facilities. The ACC-NCDR(R)'s flagship registry, the national CathPCI Registry(TM), allows cath labs to benchmark against nearly 600 hospitals and 2.5 million patient records. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the FDA and The Leapfrog Group, among others, recognize this registry as the gold standard for measuring quality in the cath lab. ACC-NCDR(R) certified vendors are the exclusive providers of software that allows institutions to participate in the ACC-NCDR(R), and IDX is one of only 17 vendors who have met the rigorous criteria established by the program. As a vendor of ACC-NCDR(R) certified software, IDX will be able to provide cardiac cath institutions with an easy, efficient means of collecting data and participating in the ACC-NCDR(R). "Imagecast is committed to providing world-class solutions, and ACC- NCDR(R) certification represents a significant milestone in our effort to deliver on that commitment in the area of specialty care," said Debra Stenner, Vice President Business Planning and Product Strategy, IDX Imagecast Operating Unit. "This achievement exemplifies our ability to deliver a platform for enhanced patient care and quality outcomes." Imagecast for Cardiology was specifically developed to optimize and enhance the efficiency of cardiac patient care. The product includes a continuously available cardiovascular information system (CVIS) and a cardiovascular picture archiving and communications system (CPACS). Built on the same database as IDX(R) Imagecast(TM) for Radiology, Imagecast for Cardiology leverages a hospital's investment in Imagecast technology. About the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry The ACC-NCDR(R) is a comprehensive cardiac and vascular data repository for three national registries. The ACC-NCDR(R)'s mission is to be the leading provider of services to improve the quality of cardiovascular care through the collection, analysis, and reporting of data and providing educational and research activities. The ACC-NCDR(R) began in 1998, with the CathPCI Registry(TM) that includes data collection and reporting for diagnostic cath and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. The CathPCI Registry(TM) has since become the gold standard for cardiac data collection, reporting and benchmarking. The registry consists of data from more than 600 institutions and over 2.5 million patient records. About IDX(R) Imagecast(TM) Imagecast solutions provide healthcare institutions, such as hospitals, academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks and imaging centers, with comprehensive distributed access to significant clinical findings and associated images. Our solutions optimize productivity, enhance business practices and facilitate clinical decision making. Today's leading medical specialists, business managers and executives can depend on IDX because only Imagecast products combine advanced technology with unmatched expertise to deliver visionary workflow integration. About IDX 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. Our systems are deployed to serve approximately 150,000 physicians and are installed at over 3,400 customer sites, including more than 850 group practices and approximately 370 integrated delivery networks servicing more than 500 hospitals. IDX also provides its enterprise clinical software as a subcontractor to BT, Local Service Provider for the United Kingdom National Health Service's National Programme for Information Technology, an initiative to establish electronic patient records for 50 million patients. The IDX web strategy includes browser technology, e-commerce and web-based tools -- built using Internet architecture -- that facilitate 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 2,400 full-time employees. IDX and Imagecast 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 and/or integrating new services and systems, including Imagecast, difficulties in implementing systems, difficulties in servicing customers, 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 industry, 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: Michael Mast Media Relations - IDX Imagecast 802.859.6305 DATASOURCE: IDX Systems Corporation CONTACT: Michael Mast, Media Relations of IDX Imagecast, +1-802-859-6305 Web site: http://www.idx.com/

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