Naperville, IL - January 4, 1999     Wizdom Systems, Inc., a leader in Business Process Reengineering for Healthcare, today announced the introduction of their Healthcare Enterprise Reference Model Book, available to healthcare organizations at an unbelievably low price starting at $49.95. Describing healthcare delivery in the U.S., this unique book contains a process improvement primer, a comprehensive model describing healthcare processes from planning to providing to paying, and the tools to use these models for process improvement. At this price, no healthcare organization can afford not to make use of this model.

Healthcare Process Improvement
Any healthcare organization can easily use Wizdom's Reference Model and its supporting analysis tools to improve their internal processes. Starting with the Reference Model and using the modeling tools, they can modify the model to reflect their own organization. Then, process properties such as how long does the process take? How much does it cost? What is its impact on outcome? And What documents support it? can be documented, analyzed and compared to best practices in the industry.

All of these capabilities are built into the tool and its supporting knowledge base. In an independent study entitled "The Wizdom of Healthcare Process Models," The GartnerGroup (an independent research organization) said "Wizdom's... approach to business process modeling, including its ability to do costing and link to simulation, has definite advantages for HCOs that have yet to utilize a structured modeling approach (i.e., most HCOs). Wizdom is one of the few vendors to offer at least some healthcare process models."

The Healthcare Reference Model is packaged with a Healthcare Reference Book offering the following features:

• Models of universal healthcare business practices
• Integrated glossary with over 1000 entries
• Solutions for operational effectiveness
• Templates for incorporating Best Practices
• WizdomWorks!98 Viewer

Developed by Healthcare Experts
The Healthcare Enterprise Reference Model was developed by healthcare experts for healthcare experts. It represents over five years' experience applying Wizdom's time-tested Business Process Reengineering techniques to healthcare organizations both large and small and has been validated by providers and practitioners. It is an easy to understand graphical representation of high-level healthcare processes. Each process is described in the over 1000-term glossary along with its inputs, outputs, resources, and constraints. Nowhere else does such a comprehensive, concise, easy-to-read model of the healthcare industry exist!

Model Availability
The Healthcare Enterprise Reference Model is available in three forms:

1. The book which includes a copy of the model and glossary on CD-ROM, as well as a primer on identifying and maximizing process improvements in your organization which sells for $49.95
2. The book as above, plus access to the other ten healthcare models available from Wizdom Systems, Inc., and WizdomWorks! demo software, which sells for $995.
3. All of the above with an upgrade to standard WizdomWorks! to fully manipulate the models, build your own, and perform your own analysis sells for $1995 and up.