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PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECLINICARE AND EMIS INC. FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCETwo EMR Powerhouses to Unify Efforts in North AmericaCALGARY and EDMONTON, Alberta, January 30, 2009 – CLINICARE Corporation, and EMIS Inc., theCanadian operation of EMIS Group (Leeds, UK) are pleased to report that they have executed aMemorandum of Understanding regarding the formation of an alliance between their organizations. Thealliance will deliver significant benefits to the entire EMR market in Canada and potentially the UScombining the knowledge and resources of two leading companies, delivered cost effectively withimproved efficiencies.According to Karim Kanji, President of CLINICARE, “This is a dynamic, synergistic union of two worldclass teams focused on enhancing the efficient delivery of quality care through EMR tools andcapabilities. After a thorough due diligence of the landscape of EMR technologies and organizations inCanada and the U.S., it became clear to us that EMIS has something truly unique to offer in the effort toimprove health care in North America. EMIS is a leader in the European market, CLINICARE is a leaderin North America – This is a very powerful business combination and all current and future EMRCustomers will see the benefits.”The alliance will initially commence in British Columbia where CLINICARE has a large Customer baseand the EMIS solution has successfully passed conformance testing. Through the alliance, physicianpractices in BC using CLINICARE will have the option of continuing to work with CLINICARE incollaboration with EMIS while also participating in the PITO program. Such practices will benefit from anadvanced set of data migration tools which will further protect investments CLINICARE users have madein past years while enabling them to evolve their practices to an even higher level of clinical performance.The alliance has the teams working on a model to assure that existing CLINICARE Customers are able torapidly accelerate their capabilities, not merely make a “lateral move” from one EMR to another.Similarly, for BC physicians seeking new EMR solutions, they will now have an option of working withEMIS directly, or as part of the alliance, and in both cases, gain access to the world class EMIS solution,coupled with CLINICARE’s 25 years of business process know-how in Canada.“CLINICARE has established a dominant position in the North American EMR marketplace and has avery satisfied and loyal following. This partnership will allow CLINICARE Customers, if they so choose, toefficiently migrate to the EMR solutions we have developed specifically for the Canadian market, buildingon our success in Europe. 25 years of business process experience and know-how in Canada coupledwith our next generation EMR technology should accelerate our client’s – old and new alike - ability tooptimize their practices,” said Eric Gombrich, CEO of EMIS Inc.While the alliance will initially commence in BC, it is intended to eventually expand throughout NorthAmerica. Beyond British Columbia, the teams will immediately look to bring the benefits of this alliance toAlberta and other jurisdictions across Canada and the US. The alliance covers joint marketing andimplementation efforts, as well as unified development work to assure that the capabilities of bothorganizations are optimized.

About CLINICARECLINICARE Corporation (www.clinicare.com) has specialized in software development for theambulatory physician market since 1984. CLINICARE is Canada’s leading provider of ElectronicMedical Records (EMR) and Practice Management Applications (PMA). CLINICARE’s EMR has beenrated as one of the Top 2 EMRs in North America for the past 5 consecutive years by the prestigiousIT consulting firm - KLAS Enterprises. CLINICARE has also been recognized in recent years by theCanadian Health Informatics Association by being bestowed the “Company of the Year”, “CorporateCitizen of the Year” and “Healthcare Transformation of the Year” Awards. CLINICARE is the onlyvendor to have received this recognition. CLINICARE has branch offices in the United States andCanada, with its Head Office in Calgary, Alberta.About EMIS Inc.EMIS Inc. is the Canadian subsidiary of The Egton Group based in Leeds, United Kingdom. EMISInc. launched its Canadian operations in 2005, expanding on its success as the number one providerof EMR solutions in the UK and other countries. Since this time, EMIS Inc., headquartered inEdmonton, Alberta, has become recognized in Canada as one of the pre-eminent solutions able toimprove the health of Canadians and the daily activities of their providers through the use of aphysician-centric, clinically based electronic medical record. EMIS supports its corporate principals ofimproving the health of individual patients, and the population as a whole through advancedknowledge garnered by empowering physicians to collaborate. This capacity to share information in asecure way has led EMIS users to develop new risk indicators such as QRisk(http://www.qresearch.org/Public/qriskInformationforPatients.aspx) for identification of cardio-vasculardisease, and others.###This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including those that may be related to revenue and net income thatinvolve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially fromthose indicated by such forward-looking statements are volume and timing of systems sales and installations; length of salescycles and installation process; the possibility that the products will not achieve market acceptance; seasonal patterns of salesand customer buying behavior; the development by competitors of new or superior technologies; delays in productdevelopment; undetected errors or bugs in software; product liability; changing economic, political or regulatory influences inthe health-care industry; changes in product-pricing policies; competitive pressures; general economic conditions.-30-For more information, contact:Brent F. MitchellHeather LinkletterMarketing ManagerVice President Sales & MarketingCLINICARE CorporationEMIS Inc.(800) 563-0579 (866) 443-3647marketing@clinicare.comheather.linkletter@emis.ca