SAN DIEGO - December 21, 2005 - DR Systems has announced four new PACS contracts totaling nearly $5 million, with each contract worth more than $1 million. The facilities awarding the contracts are:
*\tOlympic Medical Center (Port Angeles, Wash.)
*\tGottlieb Memorial Hospital (Melrose Park, Ill.)
*\tAdirondack Medical Center (Saranac Lake, N.Y.)
*\tUnited Community Hospital (Grove City, Pa.)
"These new contracts -- plus our #1 ranking by MD Buyline -- are the latest indications of DR System's leadership in providing a cost effective, unified solution that adds efficiency to the entire diagnostic imaging patient exam workflow," said Rick Porritt, the company's president and CEO.

All of the hospitals except United Community Hospital have MEDITECH hospital information systems. DR Systems has interfaced its technology with MEDITECH at more than 35 other hospitals, including Howard County General Hospital (Columbia, Md.), Beaufort Memorial Hospital (Beaufort, S.C.), Merle West Medical Center (Klamath Falls, Ore.), and Williamson Medical Center (Franklin, Tenn.)

The PACS system being acquired by the four hospitals features:
*\tCommon user-friendly interface at all the PACS workstations
*\tReferring doctors' ability to clinically review images and reports at their home or office
*\tInstant access to "in progress" study images by ER doctors
*\tPatented automated hanging protocols for reading physicians
*\tReport format preferences for individual referring physicians
*\tFully integrated digital dictation, voice recognition, and transcription options.

DR Systems was rated the #1 PACS vendor by MD Buyline in its October 2005 Intelligence Report; ranked #2 by KLAS in the 2005 Community Hospital 2005 PACS Report; and ranked #3 in the 2005 KLAS Acute Care Report.

About Olympic Medical Center
Olympic Medical Center includes 126-bed Olympic Memorial Hospital. The center also owns and operates medical imaging centers, an oncology center, physical therapy and rehabilitation services, home health services, and a rehabilitation center. For more information, access http://www.olympicmedical.org/.

About Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
A non-profit, non-sectarian community hospital, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is a 36-acre medical center campus that includes 247 hospital beds; a Level II trauma center; a heart center with open heart surgery outcomes that are among the best in the nation; a cancer care center; and the nationally renowned Gottlieb Health & Fitness Center. For more information, access http://www.gottliebhospital.org/.

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