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- Wins in the e-scheduling category for myPatientAccess, a secure patient web portal powered by Nightingale - Offering up to $1 million in awards, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) challenges Canadians to demonstrate the use and growth of e-solutions in their practices or organizations through this team-based Challenge. MARKHAM, ON, Dec. 15, 2011 /CNW/ - Nightingale Informatix Corporation www.nightingalemd.com ("Nightingale" or "Company"), an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services, is pleased to announce that their client and partner, Uptown Health Centre, is a recipient of Canada Health Infoway's ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge Early Adopter Award. Uptown Health Centre won in the e-Scheduling category for myPatientAccess, a secure web patient portal powered by Nightingale that offers patients access to their health information and additional health management tools. The eScheduling feature of myPatientAccess qualified as an early adopter based on its functionality, which allows patients to book appointments online without interaction with another person. "We at Uptown Health Centre are committed to supporting ehealth strategies for Ontarians by leveraging advanced EMR and PHR solutions with the help of Nightingale On Demand and myPatientAccess," says Dr. Kaushal of Uptown Health Centre. "We understand that in order to move our National eHealth strategy forward, we need to inspire our peers to adopt innovative IT solutions for the betterment of our health care system." "It's not surprising that Uptown Health Centre's been recognized for its advanced approach to patient communication," says Sam Chebib, President and CEO of Nightingale Informatix Corp. "Uptown Health Centre and their team of knowledgeable physicians have demonstrated proficiency and excellence in their clinical practices, further establishing themselves as subject matter experts in healthcare IT." The Uptown Health Centre team was the first group in York region to adopt cloud based EMR almost 9 years ago. "I congratulate the Uptown Health Centre on being one of the first to qualify for the Outcomes Challenge, which recognizes teams that use IT tools in areas that provide value for patients and clinicians," said Jennifer Zelmer, Senior Vice-President, Clinical Adoption and Innovation, Canada Health Infoway. "They are providing their patients with something Canadians have told us they want: the ability to book appointments online." The challenge seeks to accelerate the use and spread of innovative solutions in health care information and communication technologies (ICT) in four key areas with the potential to improve health care quality and the patient experience in Canada: -- e-Scheduling -- Patient access to health information -- Medication reconciliation -- Clinical synoptic reporting About Uptown Health Centre Founded in 2001, Uptown Health Centre has been a provider of health care services to a growing patient population of all ages in the GTA. Uptown has always maintained a focus on preventive care whilst technology has assisted in the delivery of healthcare information to its patient population. Uptown Health launched mypatientaccess.ca in 2010,  the centres patients now enjoy the privilege of accessing MD schedules, Laboratory results, Prescription medication details and Medical records online 24/7 in real time via the mypatientaccess.ca portal. Spread over 3 centres the clinics provide a wide range of services including: Family Medicine, After hours centre, Urology, Dermatology, Physiotherapy, Rheumatology and Physiatry. www.uptownhealthcentre.com Uptown Health is a proud supporter of Reelworld Film Festival, taking place from April 11-15, 2012 www.reelworld.ca About myPatientAccess.ca Mypatientaccess.ca is a simple, convenient and secure online approach for patients to manage their health information, the application is available 24/7, 365 days a week. Patients who use mypatientaccess.ca are able to access their Physician's schedule, review laboratory results, access prescription medication data along with other medical records. Mypatientaccess.ca is the only application in Canada tethered to an ASP Physician EMR in real time. www.mypatientaccess.ca About Nightingale Informatix Corporation (www.nightingalemd.com) Nightingale is one of the fastest growing health care service and software companies in North America and is recognized as an industry leader in Web-based clinician and community based electronic medical records (EMR) and patient portals the needs of small primary care practices, multi-physician outpatient clinics, and large scale regional health organizations and networks. Coupled with integrated practice management, transcription and revenue cycle management, Nightingale's comprehensive service offering allows customers to enhance patient care, increase revenue opportunities and optimize operations. Nightingale is continuously innovating and enhancing its services to meet the needs of its growing and diverse customer base. Nightingale - Healthcare connected. www.nightingalemd.com About Canada Health Infoway Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government. Infoway jointly invests with every province and territory to accelerate the development and adoption of information and communications technology projects in Canada. Fully respecting patient confidentiality, these secure systems will provide clinicians and patients with the information they need to better support safe care decisions and manage their own health. Accessing this vital information quickly will help foster a more modern and sustainable health care system for all Canadians. For more information about Canada's efforts to implement information and communications technologies for health care, visit www.infoway-inforoute.ca. Forward-Looking Statement This press release contains "forward-looking statements" respecting the issuance and cancellation of securities of the Company within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward- looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may" ,"could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Nightingale to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: risks related to the speculative nature of the medical software industry, which is affected by numerous factors beyond Nightingale's control; the ability of Nightingale to successfully integrate its acquisitions and any liabilities arising as a result of such acquisitions, access to capital and agreements with its Lenders; the existence of present and possible future government regulation; access to debt or equity financing and agreements with its Lenders; the significant and increasing competition that exists in the medical software industry; the early stage of Nightingale's business; and therefore it is subject to the risks associated with early stage companies, including uncertainty of revenues, markets and profitability and the need to raise additional funding.  All material assumptions used in making forward-looking statements are based on management's knowledge of current business conditions and expectations of future business conditions and trends. Although management believes the assumptions used to make such statements are reasonable at this time, our assumptions may not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Certain material factors or assumptions applied by management in making forward-looking statements, include without limitation, factors and assumptions regarding Nightingale's continued ability to fund its business, rates of customer defaults, relationships with, and payments to, lenders, demand for Nightingale's products, as well as Nightingale's operating cost structure. Although Nightingale has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Nightingale does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Further information on Nightingale Informatix Corporation is available at www.sedar.com. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Nightingale Informatix Corporation CONTACT: Media InquiriesMichael McMillanVeritas CommunicationsT 416.955.4583macmillan@veritascanada.comInvestor InquiriesKristen Dickson, M.Sc.Equicom, a TMX Group CompanyTel: 416.815.0700 ext. 273kdickson@equicomgroup.com

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