Nightingale Ranks 10th on the PROFIT 100 ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing
Companies
MARKHAM, ON, June 2 /CNW/ - Nightingale Informatix Corporation (TSX-V: NGH) ("Nightingale" or the "Company"), an application service provider (ASP) of electronic medical record (EMR) software and related services ranked 10th in the 22nd annual PROFIT 100 ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine. This is an increase from last year's ranking as the 12th fastest growing company in Canada.
"We are very proud to be recognized in the PROFIT 100 as the 10th fastest growing company in Canada," said Sam Chebib, President & CEO of Nightingale. "We continue to develop our technology in order to provide the highest quality healthcare IT services available to Canadian physicians. There are real signs that government funding programs are incenting more doctors to move ahead with EMR. Our objective is to attract those doctors to Nightingale with superior products and services delivered by an outstanding team committed to successfully transitioning them to an automated medical practice."
"Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies are the poster children for entrepreneurship, innovation and pure tenacity," says Ian Portsmouth, editor of PROFIT. "They demonstrate what it takes to succeed in today's highly competitive, technology-driven global economy."
Ranking Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies by five-year revenue growth, the PROFIT 100 profiles the country's most successful growth companies. Published in the June issue of PROFIT and online at PROFIT100.com, the PROFIT 100 is Canada's largest annual celebration of entrepreneurial achievement.
Nightingale On Demand is the company's full featured EMR and practice management system that automates clinical activities such as documenting patient care, prescription writing, lab orders and results as well as the scheduling and billing of patient visits.
About Nightingale Informatix Corporation
Nightingale is one of the fastest growing health care service and software companies in North America. It is recognized as an industry leader in Web-based (ASP) clinician and community based electronic medical records (EMR) serving the needs of small primary care practices, multi-physician outpatient clinics, and large scale regional health organizations and networks. Coupled with integrated practice management, transcription and revenue cycle management, Nightingale's comprehensive service offering allows customers to enhance patient care, increase revenue opportunities and optimize operations. Nightingale is continuously innovating and enhancing its services to meet the needs of its growing and diverse customer base. Nightingale - Healthcare connected. www.nightingalemd.ca
About PROFIT Magazine
PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success is Canada's preeminent publication dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For 28 years, Canadian entrepreneurs and senior managers across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it's a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them achieve business success and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Visit PROFIT online at www.profitmagazine.ca.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" respecting the issuance and cancellation of securities of the Company within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may" ,"could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Nightingale to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: risks related to the speculative nature of the medical software industry, which is affected by numerous factors beyond Nightingale's control; the ability of Nightingale to successfully integrate its acquisitions and any liabilities arising as a result of such acquisitions, access to capital and agreements with its Lenders; the existence of present and possible future government regulation; access to debt or equity financing and agreements with its Lenders; the significant and increasing competition that exists in the medical software industry; the early stage of Nightingale's business; and therefore it is subject to the risks associated with early stage companies, including uncertainty of revenues, markets and profitability and the need to raise additional funding. All material assumptions used in making forward-looking statements are based on management's knowledge of current business conditions and expectations of future business conditions and trends. Although management believes the assumptions used to make such statements are reasonable at this time, our assumptions may not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Certain material factors or assumptions applied by management in making forward-looking statements, include without limitation, factors and assumptions regarding Nightingale's continued ability to fund its business, rates of customer defaults, relationships with, and payments to, lenders, demand for Nightingale's products, as well as Nightingale's operating cost structure.
Although Nightingale has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Nightingale does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Further information on Nightingale Informatix Corporation is available at www.sedar.com.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For further information: Alan Kriss, VP Marketing, Nightingale Informatix Corporation, Tel: (905) 307-6863, [email protected]; Louise Leger, Public Relations Associate, Rogers Publishing Ltd., (416) 764-4125, [email protected]
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