meridianEMR, Inc. Honored by Inc. 5000 for Second Year in a Row as One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies

LIVINGSTON, N.J., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- meridianEMR, Inc., a leading provider of electronic medical records systems, electronic prescribing and advanced healthcare analytics, announced today that Inc. Magazine ranked the company No. 1717 in its annual ranking of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the country. meridianEMR, Inc. also ranked No. 133 out of over 300 health industry companies nationwide. The Inc. 5000 list presents the most comprehensive look at America's most successful, entrepreneurial businesses.

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"We are very proud to be one of the five EHR companies that have achieved an Inc. 5000 ranking this year and one of the four that have been honored more than once, stated Michael Custode, CEO of meridianEMR, Inc.. Our focus has been to offer a very robust EHR application to the specialty healthcare provider and through our analytics initiatives assist in addressing the ongoing changes in health care policies, requirements, incentives, as well as the standards of care for the future.  We are in the middle of a healthcare revolution and our continued goal is to create value for our clients through superior EHR technology, support services and analytics."

The 2010 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2006 through 2009. To qualify, companies must be based in the U.S., privately held, for profit, and independent with 2006 revenue totaling at least $80,000 and 2009 revenue totaling at least $2 million. Over the evaluation period, meridianEMR, Inc. achieved a revenue growth rate of 162%. During 2010, new client orders have continued to increase and meridianEMR, Inc. has made substantial infrastructure investments and increased staffing by 50% to support timely installations and ongoing client service.

As a private, majority employee owned company, meridianEMR serves over 900 urology providers and over 5,000 users in the healthcare industry nationwide. Since the company's inception, meridianEMR, Inc. has focused primarily on the Urology specialty. meridianEMR, Inc has captured the largest market share in the Urology specialty by a substantial margin, with an estimated fifty percent of urologists that have EHR systems using the meridianEMR application.

About meridianEMR, Inc.:

meridianEMR offers an interoperable EHR solution compatible with physician practice management systems and advanced healthcare analytics. The meridianEMR, Inc. application is CCHIT certified until 2014 and Surescripts certified. The interoperability of the meridianEMR software is driven by the proprietary mXchange™ technology which services all meridianEMR clients through a private, highly secure, real time data exchange network. meridianEMR has a user base of over 900 urology providers nationwide composed of a wide range of practice sizes. meridianEMR has had an over 95% success rate in its EMR solution installations. For more information, go to http://www.meridianemr.com/ or http://www.inc.com/. 

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