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IMPAC Introduces ANALYTIQ™

A New Line of Data Aggregation and Visualization Tools to Analyze Practice Performance and Forward Cancer Research
 
   
Mountain View, CA, October 3, 2004
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMPCE), a leading provider of information technology solutions for oncology care announced today the introduction of ANALYTIQ™, IMPAC’s line of data aggregation, analysis, and reporting tools. ANALYTIQ provides valuable solutions that enable cancer care providers and researchers to mine information compiled by IMPAC’s oncology IT solutions. With ANALYTIQ, IMPAC provides the cancer care team with a powerful and flexible means for data analysis and discovery.

“The intersection of diagnostic, treatment, and follow-up data within the ANALYTIQ database provides limitless possibilities for outcomes reporting and benchmarking,” said Joseph K. Jachinowski, president and CEO of IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. “ANALYTIQ unleashes the powerful information collected by IMPAC’s spectrum of cancer care products. By providing opportunities to tap into this valuable information, IMPAC ultimately helps practices plan for expansion, substantiate performance, and refine clinical practices to improve patient care.”

The introductory module of the ANALYTIQ line is ANALYTIQ Practice, a set of visualizations that effectively and efficiently mine financial and utilization data from IMPAC’s practice management system to facilitate analysis of financial performance, productivity, and utilization. Demonstrations of this product are available at IMPAC Booth # 1744 during the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Atlanta, Georgia, October 3-6, 2004.

About IMPAC Medical Systems
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of oncology IT solutions that streamline both clinical and business operations to help improve the process of delivering quality patient care. With systems designed for anatomic pathology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, imaging, clinical laboratory, and cancer registry, IMPAC supports the entire team of healthcare professionals who contribute to the care of the cancer patient. Supporting more than 2500 installations worldwide, IMPAC provides practical solutions that deliver better overall communication, process efficiency and quality patient care. For more information about ANALYTIQ or other IMPAC products, please call 888-GO-IMPAC or visit www.impac.com.

The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Forward looking statements include statements regarding the Company's review of its revenue recognition policies and the estimated impact of the proposed financial restatement of previously report results, possible delisting from The NASDAQ Stock Market, business strategy, timing of, and plans for, the introduction of new products and enhancements, future sales, market growth and direction, competition, market share, revenue growth, operating margins and profitability. All forward looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from the Company's current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the Company's ability to expand outside the radiation oncology market or expand into international markets, our inability to recognize revenue from multiple element software contracts where certain elements have been delivered, installed and accepted but other elements remain undelivered, lost sales or lower sales prices due to competitive pressures, the ability to integrate its products successfully with related products and systems in the medical services industry, reliance on distributors and manufacturers of oncology equipment to market its products, changes in Medicare reimbursement policies, the integration and performance of acquired businesses, and other factors and risks discussed in the 10 K/A and other reports filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Julie DeSantis
Public Relations Manager
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.
650-623-8883
pr@impac.com



 
   
©2004 IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.

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