RALEIGH, N.C. – April 10, 2006 – Misys Healthcare Systems, a market leader in healthcare IT, a­­nnounced today that it has entered into an agreement with Lifetime Management Solutions (LMS) of Rochester, New York. This partnership will make Misys Homecare™ – an industry leading home health solution – available to small and mid-size home care and hospice agencies in the northeastern U.S. who seek affordable advanced software to automate clinical and financial operations.

Allowing these agencies to dedicate more time to improving community healthcare, Misys Homecare enables home care facilities to capture, integrate and act on critical patient data in real-time. Misys Homecare, as part of the Misys Optimum™ family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies that connect community-based physicians and caregivers to the acute care enterprise, enables increased efficiencies, better decision-making and improved hospital-physician relations.

"Misys Homecare’s clinical and point-of-care functionalities ideally meet the unique needs of our clients,” said Yvette Ilardo, Vice President, Lifetime Management Solutions. “We are pleased to offer smaller agencies access to Misys Homecare through an outsourcing alternative which negates the need for costly investment in complex IT infrastructure. Our partnership helps home care agencies provide the best possible care while reducing costs.”
Lifetime Management Solutions provides an array of services to home care and hospice agencies in New York and nearby states, including financial and clinical management, billing and collections, information systems and business development. LMS is a division of Lifetime Care, a home health and hospice provider that was one of the first agencies in the New York region to use Misys Homecare.

“Lifetime Care sought an industry-proven solution that would allow it to dedicate more time to improving patient care and less on operational and financial processes,” said Betty Feth, President of Misys Healthcare Systems’ Homecare Systems business unit. “Lifetime Care and Misys share a vision of using Web-based solutions to allow home health agencies to provide critical patient care while reducing overall costs.”
Lifetime Care is currently using Misys Homecare to automate all of its business processes, from patient registration and scheduling to billing. With first-hand experience using Misys technology, it can assist smaller agencies to raise standards of care while streamlining workflow processes.
“Misys addresses home care technology needs better than any other vendor in the marketplace,” said John Cauvel, Vice President of Information Systems at Lifetime Care.  “Misys understands business needs and delivers a highly efficient software solution that allows home health agencies of any size to concentrate more attention on patient care.”

Lifetime Care, the result of a merger between Genesee Region Home Care and ViaHealth Home Care, has 1300 employees including 300 professional field staff. Founded in 1960, Lifetime Care is part of a family of companies that deliver health care services to more than 125,000 people in the Rochester and Buffalo communities. This family of companies also provides health insurance coverage to more than 2.1 million people across 45 counties, and long-term care insurance to more than 53,000 people nationwide. The Lifetime Healthcare Companies employ about 6,500 people in upstate New York. www.LifetimeCare.org

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.  Misys’ family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies – Misys Optimum™ 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.

Misys plc (FTSE: MSY), the global software company, is one of the world’s largest and longest-established providers of industry-specific software. Founded in 1979, Misys serves the international banking and healthcare industries, combining technological expertise with in-depth understanding of customers’ markets and operational needs. In banking Misys is a market leader with over 1,200 customers, including 49 of the world’s top 50 banks. In healthcare Misys is also a market leader, serving more than 110,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations, 1,200 hospitals and 600 home care providers. Through Sesame, a wholly-owned subsidiary, the company is also a leading provider of support services to about 7,800 financial advisers in the UK. Misys employs around 6,000 people who serve customers in more than 120 countries. For more information, visit www.misys.com