NYCLIX Selects FirstGateways to Build Regional Health Information Exchange Infrastructure in New York City

New York, August 27, 2007 – NYCLIX, Inc., a New York City-based regional health information organization (RHIO) whose mission is to establish a clinical data exchange capability in the New York City region to improve the care of New Yorkers, has entered into a contract with First Consulting Group (FCG- NASDAQ: FCGI) to provide the technical infrastructure for NYCLIX’s health information exchange services. FCG’s FirstGateways™ technology will allow clinical data to be exchanged securely among the participating NYCLIX (New York Clinical Information Exchange) provider organizations and used by clinicians at the point of care. NYCLIX includes the largest hospitals in Manhattan and hospitals in Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens, a major faculty practice organization, a multi-site Federally Qualified Health Center, and the nation’s largest not-for-profit home healthcare provider.

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