University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation standardizes on Crystal Decisions

Physician practice embraces Crystal Enterprise to improve the quality of patient care

PALO ALTO, CA, Sept. 15, 2003 - Crystal Decisions, a leading global provider of business intelligence software and services, today announced that the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation has chosen Crystal Enterprise 9 to help physicians track information to improve the quality of patient care. Crystal Decisions' solutions provide physicians with reporting and analysis capabilities alongside of a scalable back-end infrastructure for security, processing, delivery, and repository management.

"We have been searching for quite some time to find a solution that provides our physicians with a high-level overview of the entire organization," said Michael Rosencrance, Vice President of Information Services at the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation. "By implementing the infrastructure of Crystal Enterprise 9, we are embracing technology to provide our physicians important feedback on their practice."

Initially, over 300 physicians will use the Crystal Decisions' solution with plans to scale to more than 900 by Fall 2003. The implementation of Crystal Enterprise 9 will represent the beginning of a whole new level of information availability within the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation.

"Crystal Decisions and the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation have a similar mission-we are both dedicated to providing our respective clientele with the highest level of accurate information needed to make well informed decisions," said Bill Gibson, Chief Operating Officer at Crystal Decisions. "In the field of medicine, precision is critical and we are excited to offer University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation the solution needed to measure and share performance."

For more information on Crystal Decisions technologies and services, phone 1-800-877-2340 (North America) or 1-604-681-3435 (International), or visit the Crystal Decisions Web site at http://www.crystaldecisions.com

University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation

University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation is the clinical practice organization for the faculty physicians of the UW Medical School, the largest academic, multi-specialty physician group in Wisconsin. A multi-faceted organization, UW Medical Foundation provides clinical sites, technical and professional staff and administrative services to UW faculty physicians.

University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation is one of several organizations that make up UW Health. Associated with the University of Wisconsin Medical School, UW Health is one of the state's most comprehensive systems of health care providers. We serve Wisconsin residents at more than 60 clinical locations throughout the state, 44 of them in Dane County. UW Health Physicians rank among our area's and the country's most respected doctors and are repeatedly recognized for patient satisfaction, as well as for quality care. University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation can be found on the Internet at http://www.uwhealth.org

About Crystal Decisions

Crystal Decisions is a leading global provider of business intelligence software and services with more than 15 million licenses shipped. Since 1984, Crystal Decisions has powered winning organizations with one of the fastest ways for employees, partners and customers to access the information they need to make the best decisions and ultimately reduce costs and increase productivity. The Crystal brand is among the most trusted names in enterprise reporting and more than 360 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have standardized on Crystal Decisions' solutions. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Crystal Decisions has more than 25 offices worldwide and can be found on the Internet at http://www.crystaldecisions.com.

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    Ian Galbraith, Crystal Decisions
    (604) 974-2370
    Ian.Galbraith@crystaldecisions.com

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