03.06.2009 12:05:00

ACS Honors 2008 ACS MIDAS+ Platinum Quality Award Winners for Excellence in Clinical Performance

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced the winners of the 2008 ACS MIDAS+ Platinum Quality Awards, which recognize excellence in clinical healthcare.

The 28 hospitals/medical facilities were honored for their achievement in the areas of quality outcomes, care efficiency and consistent delivery of evidence-based best practices in nursing and medicine. The winning organizations were selected based upon comparative performance of more than 550 hospitals that use the MIDAS+ Comparative Performance Measurement System (CPMS) for tracking facility performance, or MIDAS+ DataVision solutions, a data management system. The second annual awards were presented at the 18th Annual MIDAS+ User Symposium in Tucson, Arizona.

"These respected client organizations, which have selected ACS as their technology partner, have excelled in their clinical performance as a result of using our products to improve the delivery of healthcare for patients in their facilities,” said Jim DeWeese, senior vice president, ACS MIDAS+.

The following client organizations received awards:

Average Daily Patient Count: Less Than 100

Alegent Health Midlands Hospital   Papillion, Nebraska
Arizona Heart Hospital   Phoenix, Arizona
Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota   Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Baylor Medical Center at Ellis County   Waxahachie, Texas
Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison County   Anderson, Indiana
Kalispell Regional Hospital   Kalispell, Montana
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital   Houston, Texas
Oklahoma Heart Hospital   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ridgeview Medical Center   Waconia, Minnesota
St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital   Boardman, Ohio
Sycamore Hospital   Miamisburg, Ohio
The Indiana Heart Hospital   Indianapolis, Indiana
Walker Baptist Medical Center   Jasper, Alabama
West Anaheim Medical Center   Anaheim, California

Average Daily Patient Count: 100 – 200

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital   Downers Grove, Illinois
Gaston Memorial Hospital   Gastonia, North Carolina
Grandview Hospital And Medical Center   Dayton, Ohio
Kettering Hospital   Kettering, Ohio
Mercy Hospital Of Fairfield   Fairfield, Ohio
Mills-Peninsula Health Services   Burlingame, California
Scripps Green   La Jolla, California
St. Mary's Medical Center   Long Beach, California

Average Daily Patient Count: In Excess of 200

Christ Hospital And Medical Center   Oak Lawn, Illinois
Grant Medical Center   Columbus, Ohio
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital   Clinton Township, Missouri
Regions Hospital   St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Elizabeth Health Center   Youngstown, Ohio
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland   Pontiac, Michigan

MIDAS+ CPMS is one of the nation’s largest vendors for the National Hospital Quality Improvement Measures, which are submitted to The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in support of hospital public reporting requirements. MIDAS+ DataVision is a powerful comparative data analysis tool that provides chief medical officers, case managers and other clinical and administrative leaders with the tools they need to improve outcomes, patient safety and the efficiency of care delivery within hospitals. Both products are used in conjunction with the MIDAS+ Care Management system, the nation’s premier integrated case, quality, and risk management reporting and workflow system, which accommodates the entire healthcare delivery network.

ACS Healthcare Solutions provides hospitals, clinics, and medical practitioners around the world with information technology, clinical solutions and a full array of management services so healthcare providers can operate more efficiently and effectively using world-class consulting and outsourcing services. ACS helps its clients reduce costs, enhance revenue, increase productivity and improve patient care. This is one of four divisions focused on the healthcare market for ACS. The other three include ACS’ government healthcare line of business which focuses on state and federal health programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, a healthcare payer group and an informational technology group.

About ACS

ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 74,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at http://www.acs-inc.com.

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