Misys Healthcare Systems Receives FDA Clearance for Its Misys Laboratory Blood Bank and Blood Donor Modules

Misys Healthcare Systems, a leader in healthcare information technology, is pleased to announce that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Misys Laboratory(TM) Blood Bank and Blood Donor Modules.

This FDA designation allows Misys to market the newly enhanced graphical user interface (GUI) blood bank modules on IBM AIX, HP Open VMS and HP Tru64 UNIX(R) operating systems.

Misys Healthcare Systems continues its leading position in the hospital and integrated delivery network (IDN) transfusion services market by delivering this blood bank software to its client base. The comprehensive transfusion service assists healthcare providers administer blood bank management activities to improve patient safety, increase automation, and streamline workflow and ease of use.

About Misys Healthcare Systems

Misys Healthcare Systems, one of the top five healthcare IT companies in North America, develops and supports reliable, easy-to-use software and services of exceptional quality that enable physicians and caregivers to more easily manage the complexities of healthcare. With 25 years of industry experience, Misys currently serves more than 92,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations, 1,250 hospitals, 600 home care providers and hundreds of commercial laboratories, clinics, managed services and other related organizations. Misys’ family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies – Misys Optimum(TM) solutions – are designed from the ground up to share patient data across all medical care settings. Misys Optimum connects community-based physicians and caregivers to the acute care enterprise, enabling increased efficiencies, better decision-making and improved hospital-physician relations. For more information, visit www.misyshealthcare.com .

About Misys plc

Misys plc, the global software products and solutions company, serves customers in the international banking and securities, international healthcare, and UK general insurance industries. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Sesame, it also provides business process outsourcing services to independent financial advisors (IFAs) in the UK. Misys partners with its customers to deliver outstanding IT solutions to essential industries, and employs over 6,000 people internationally. For more information, visit www.misys.com .

The Misys name, together with Misys Laboratory, Blood Bank, Blood Donor and Misys Optimum, are trademarks of Misys plc.