Streamline Health Appoints Rick Leach as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

CINCINNATI, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRM), a market leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, announced today that Rick Leach has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer effective March 14, 2011. With more than 20 years of executive level experience, Mr. Leach brings to Streamline Health an extensive background in developing and marketing healthcare information and technology products and services.

Mr. Leach was most recently Senior Vice President of Health Solutions for A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of consumer health information programs and decision support tools, with responsibility for strategic direction and growth of the products and business unit, including evaluation of business partnerships and channel optimization. A.D.A.M., Inc. recently merged with Ebix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EBIX), a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance industry.

Mr. Leach has also served as Vice President and General Manager for Medical Management Systems for McKesson Health Solutions, the leading provider of enterprise medical call center software and services, voice response systems, patient assessment and education systems and related programs for healthcare providers and payors. His responsibilities included P&L management, sales, product marketing, product development, introduction of new products to market, and management of all functional areas. Additionally, Mr. Leach has served as a consultant and has held executive positions at a number of privately-held healthcare technology companies during his career. Mr. Leach holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business-Marketing from the University of Maryland.

"We are pleased to have an industry leader the caliber of Rick Leach join us at Streamline Health," commented Robert Watson, president and chief executive officer of Streamline Health Solutions. "Rick's extensive knowledge and contacts within the healthcare industry will be invaluable as we continue to drive penetration into our core markets, as well as enhance our product footprint within our current client base and the healthcare industry nationwide."

Mr. Leach stated, "I look forward to working with Bob Watson and the entire team at the Company in the coming years to enhance the market leading position of Streamline Health in the industry. This company has a tradition of innovation that has produced leading-edge products and services that drive substantial operational and financial improvements in medical institutions large and small throughout the country. I'm excited to join Streamline Health Solutions at this important point in its development."

In connection with Mr. Leach's hiring, he will receive 10,000 shares of Streamline Health common stock.  Mr. Leach will also receive an option grant for 200,000 shares of Streamline Health common stock, with an exercise price equal to the greater of $2.00 per share or the fair market value of a share of Streamline Health common stock on the date of grant.  This option will vest during the first three years of employment. The share and option awards described in this paragraph are inducement grants, pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4).

About Streamline Health

Streamline Health is a leading supplier of document workflow and document management tools, applications and services that assist strategic business partners and healthcare organizations to improve operational efficiencies through business process optimization. The Company provides integrated tools and technologies for automating document-intensive environments, including document workflow, document management, e-forms, connectivity, optical character recognition (OCR) and business process integration.

Streamline Health's solutions create a permanent document-based repository of historical health information that is complementary and can be seamlessly integrated with existing disparate clinical, financial and administrative information systems, providing convenient electronic access to all forms of patient information from any location, including secure web-based access. For additional information, please visit our website at http://www.streamlinehealth.net.

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