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December 1, 2003

Mount Sinai Hospital became MDI Solutions’ first client on the Interface Engine Utility Model. MDI Solution will provide the turn-key solutions agreed on the 3-year term contract to Mount Sinai Hospital including hardware platform, OS and software maintenance, Interface Engine software maintenance and 24x7 on-call support. Mount Sinai Hospital will not need to worry about on-going hardware and engine software upgrade as these service components are covered under the fixed monthly charge in this model. Mount Sinai Hospital will enjoy the benefit of single vendor management as well as a predictable budget in the next 3 years. MDI Solutions offers this service model to all customers using any type of hardware and interface engine platform.

December 1, 2003

Guelph General Hospital continues to further its relationship for integration services with MDI Solutions. MDI Solutions was recently contracted to perform a historical patient history data upload from the Meditech Admission, Discharge, Transfer system to the Med 2020 health records abstracting system. The hospital has also entered into a one year service agreement with MDI Solutions, where MDI will provide Guelph General with interface development services.

November 5, 2003

MDI Solutions has entered into a strategic agreement with Quovadx Inc., a global software company that helps organizations redevelop, extend and integrate customizable applications with the flexibility of open standards. MDI will employ Quovadx™ technology where appropriate to help extend the reach of MDI's customer's existing solutions, in addition to using QDX™ Platform V (formerly Cloverleaf™) and Quovadx™ platform software, to build new integration solutions based on MDI's clients' healthcare business initiatives.

For MDI, this agreement means that it will be a leading service provider of the QDXI integration engine. MDI looks forward to deploying Quovadx™ products as part of its overall expansion of its service capabilities in the healthcare industry.

November 1, 2003

York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill, Ontario has enhanced its interfacing services contract with MDI Solutions. MDI will now proactively monitor all of York Central’s financial and clinical interfaces on a 24x7 basis, as well as provide first level interface support directly to the end user at the hospital. Ken Leung, MDI’s Senior Interface Engineer specializing in the Cloverleaf™ interface engine, is the team leader for York Central’s front-line services. York Central Hospital primarily uses the McKesson suite of hospital information systems and the Cloverleaf™ interface engine from Quovadx. MDI Solutions continues to provide interface development services for ongoing health care integration projects.

October 31, 2003

MDI Solutions is hosting a series of online Webcasts in November, 2003 to introduce MD Link, our "integration enablement" software, which connects independent Health Care Information Systems at a very reasonable cost.

To be notified when the next series of webcasts will be scheduled, contact us at info@mdisolutions.com

October 2, 2003

MDI Solutions has signed an agreement to supply outsourced services to the Swiss Health District in Basel, Switzerland through EDS Canada. MDI will provide two full time staffers for this project. The Swiss Health District is a regional health system with over 20 healthcare facilities. Each facility runs its own SeeBeyond® DataGate™ Interface Engine that allows data transfer and sharing of data between two or more systems. MDI's two-month project entails a migration from the existing SeeBeyond® DataGate™ Interface Engine to the new SeeBeyond® platform eGate™ 4.5.3 at several of the Swiss Health facilities. Most of the work will be done remotely from MDI's office in Canada.

September 29, 2003

MDI Solutions announced today that it has acquired the Integration
Services Division of SCI Healthcare Group Inc. www.scihg.com.
This acquisition gives MDI an immediate presence in twelve states through
eighteen active service contracts with healthcare customers. This new group
of six integration services professionals, managed by Rhonda Lindsay, VP
U.S. Operations, will facilitate the sales and service of MDI's products and
services into an existing healthcare client base, as well acting as a solid
point for future expansion into the U.S. market.

July 16 2003

MDI Solutions has been selected by The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) to prepare and implement e*Gate™ training sessions for its internal staff. This customer-centered training program will equip the IT staff at CHEO with the necessary skills and information to develop and maintain their internal interfaces using the most current SeeBeyond technology, and to ensure successful complete of their DataGate™ to e*Gate™ engine migration.

July 4 2003

MDI Solutions announces the addition of a new key staff member to its internal development team. Daniel Tripp joins MDI Solutions with an extensive background in software development and systems engineering. Dan will function as Lead Developer for ongoing initiatives on the MD Link integration product, and his software development expertise will help to ensure that MD Link remains an agile and responsive integration tool for the healthcare vertical.

June 18 2003

MDI Solutions today announced that it has entered into a short-term support agreement with the Sault Area Hospital located in Sault St. Marie. Under this agreement MDI Solutions will provide remote 24/7 interface support services to the Sault Area Hospital. MDI is actively seeking to solidify and extend this strategic business partnership beyond the initial term of the agreement.

June 10 2003

MDI solutions announces completion of the MD Link installation at Guelph
General Hospital. GGH is currently using MD Link as its integration engine
to facilitate communication and information sharing between the Meditech™
Hospital Information System (HIS), the GRASP™ Nursing Workload Measurement system, and the MED2020™ Health Records Abstracting module.

April 1, 2003

St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto has chosen MDI Solutions as its long-term interfacing services provider. MDI Solutions proactively monitors all of St. Joe’s financial and clinical interfaces on a 24x7 basis using its advanced monitoring solution MD Eye. MDI Solutions continues to provide ongoing interface development for their e*Gate environment.

March 21, 2003

Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital selects MDI as their exclusive source for data integration services, and signs long-term contracts for ongoing support and development of production interfaces within their facility.

March 12, 2003

Two full-time Integration Engineers at MDI Solutions obtained their HL7 v2.4 Specialist Certification. This latest certification ensures that MDI Solutions is at the forefront of the HL7 standard, thus being able to provide the most up-to-date service to both current and future customers.

March 7, 2003

MDI Solutions will be participating in the upcoming e-Health 2003 Conference, to be held in Toronto, Ontario at The Western Harbour Castle Hotel, May 24-27, 2003. MDI will be showcasing its integration product suite: MD Link, MD Eye and MD Doc in BOOTH 70.

 

February 21, 2003

Karen Bell, RD MBA joins the MDI team as Account Executive. Karen brings over 12 years of customer experience in the health care technology industry. Karen’s diverse background, ranging from systems implementations to application product management to account management of clinical systems, equips her with the ability to assess and configure MDI products and services for the health care marketplace.

February 20, 2003

A direct mail campaign is initiated, where hospitals and health regions throughout Canada will be introduced to the services and products offered by MDI Solutions through a comprehensive information package.

February 18, 2003

Guelph General Hospital selects MD Link as their HL7 integration tool for current and future system interfaces within their facility.

January 6, 2003

Through a new partnership with AIESEC (International student exchange network), MDI Solutions hires two new Integration Analysts. These employees will be focused on product development initiatives and fulfilling client service agreements.

The MDI Solutions website is refreshed with improved layout of service and product information. Client login is enabled for customized, interactive access to site-specific documentation and real-time system status checking.