Merge Healthcare Releases update to its popular MergeCOM-3 Connectivity Toolkits

Newest Version Supports Latest DICOM and HL7 Interfacing for Comprehensive Interfacing Solution

May 18, 2009 - Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading healthcare IT solutions provider, today announced the release of MergeCOM-3™ Version 4.0, which adds the latest updates for DICOM compliance along with its newly released HL7 Toolkit. With this release, MergeCOM-3 delivers the most comprehensive healthcare connectivity solution available today. In providing HL7 and DICOM connectivity, MergeCOM-3 makes it easy to implement, deploy and maintain healthcare interfaces across a wide selection of platforms.>

Version 4.0 includes all the latest approved DICOM Supplements and Change Proposals along with improved IDE integration. The HL7 Toolkit includes a current HL7 v2.5.1 library along with extensive mapping capabilities, sample applications and documentation. Built for performance, scalability and robustness, all toolkits are available on C#/.NET and Java programming platforms with support for all Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems. For added flexibility our DICOM C/C++ toolkit is available on a wide variety of platforms, including embedded OS environments.

“This release marks the expansion of the MergeCOM-3 Product Line to provide a comprehensive suite of connectivity solutions for the Healthcare IT market” said Antonia Wells, President of the Merge OEM division. “It places Merge Healthcare in a unique position to deliver solutions to customers interested in integrating their products into the growing information network available in healthcare settings today. The addition of HL7 interfacing will facilitate connecting all peripheral medical devices and systems into the EHR or other Clinical Information Systems.”

Merge Healthcare has been an industry leader in connectivity solutions and consulting for over 20 years, and its toolkits are integrated in many of today’s medical imaging devices and information systems.