Community Medical Centers Purchases Alliance for DS

Health Management Systems Inc (HMSY) announced that Community Medical Centers, one of the largest healthcare resources in Central California, has purchased Alliance for Decision Support (ADS) from HMSY for its next generation decision support system.

Community Medical Centers will use HMSY's ADS to incorporate data from its entire healthcare network into a single database for access to information for strategic and tactical decisions. The Center will also use ADS for costing, contract modeling and analysis, and clinical analysis. Community Medical Centers selected ADS for its robust system, proprietary data model, and online analytical processing (OLAP) capabilities.

HMSY's ADS integrates financial, clinical and administrative data to support cost, contract and clinical management. The ADS system utilizes Oracle relational database technology and object-oriented data models with on-line analytical processing.

Located in and around Fresno, California, Community Medical Centers comprises three medical facilities with more than 800 beds.

HMSY has been in the healthcare industry for 25 years and ranks among the top information management companies in the industry. HMSY furnishes proprietary information management, data processing and software (including consulting) services to healthcare providers and payors, including government health service agencies. The company's offerings include decision support, payor information systems and revenue enhancement, including business office outsourcing. Clients benefit from increased revenue, accelerated cash flow, reduced operating and administrative costs, and improved decision-making capabilities.

Contact Joan Finamore, Corporate Marketing of Health Management Systems Inc, 212-685-4545, mkt@hmsy.com, Web site: www.hmsy.com.