It uniquely addresses and solves many of the problems faced
by sales organizations such as: reducing the sales cycle, ramping new
reps, increasing productivity of existing reps, and reducing time
spent answering the same questions over and over again.

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"We enjoy very strong competitive positions in
four key sectors of the U.com .
McKesson today announced that its EDI
clearinghouse, the Transaction Solutions Hub, has received full
reaccreditation by the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation
Commission (EHNAC) for its compliance with industry standards and best
practices. Following an extensive evaluation of
business practices and performing an onsite review, the EHNAC steering
committee accredited McKesson with high marks across the board.

About EHNAC

EHNAC is an independent, not-for -profit accrediting agency that provides
independent peer evaluation of an organization's ability to perform at
industry-established levels.

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"It seems that there is too much focus on what people are selling
and too little on the how," added Cramer. The company's debt balance,
following application of net cash proceeds, will be approximately $260
million.10 per diluted share, in its fourth
quarter of fiscal 2005 related to the reversal of a tax reserve. The Transaction Solutions Hub provides
cost -effective solutions that produce timely and accurate results.

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, a leading provider of clinical and operational
performance improvement products and services, has chosen
StreetSmarts(TM) to exchange expert knowledge with its customer base
and among its field force.

About NDCHealth
NDCHealth is a leading information solutions company serving all sectors
of healthcare.

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An embedded incentive system
motivates sales reps and subject matter experts to use and contribute
sales knowledge to improve the performance of the entire sales team. Among its products and
services, Premier Healthcare Informatics offers the Advisor Suite(TM)
of clinical and operational performance measurement and reporting
solutions; best practice methodologies to directly implement quality
improvement programs; project-specific guidance; and onsite expertise
to support improvement of clinical outcomes and efficiency of care.
Net cash proceeds from the sale will be used to pay down senior debt.

-- Encourages firms in the industry to improve performance.

-- Facilitates open market access and competition ("open access"
referring to acceptance of transactions from any source or routing.)

- - Fosters consistency in transmitted information.mckesson.

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Premier's Healthcare Informatics division
will use StreetSmarts, a Web-based sales knowledge automation
technology, to provide their hospital clients best practice
methodologies, case studies, and evidence-based guides and orders. "By utilizing our
product to enhance the way they service their customers and to attract
new customers, they both increase revenue from existing sources as
well as drive new revenue streams. Premier Healthcare
Informatics is part of Premier Inc.

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About Involve Technology Inc. The
company's flagship product is StreetSmarts, which focuses the power of
Involve Technology's thinking to help sales teams close deals more
easily.
Areas of expertise include JCAHO and CMS performance measurement,
clinical and operational benchmarking, departmental productivity
improvement, balanced scorecards, patient satisfaction, evidence-based
research, and other business intelligence. For more information about Premier Healthcare Informatics,
visit www.21 per diluted share, which will be reflected in discontinued operations in
the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 27, 2005.

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Leading Healthcare Performance Improvement Vendor Premier Inc. Selects Involve Technology's StreetSmarts to Share Expert Knowledge and Best Practices Among Cus

, a strategic healthcare alliance
that provides an array of performance solutions to hospitals and other
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. For more information, visit the company's Web site at
www.
Headquartered at Atlanta, Ga.

In commenting on the reaccreditation, Lee Barrett, executive director of
EHNAC , said, "Transaction Solutions Hub joins a select group of
clearinghouses that have demonstrated to independent third-party evaluators
an ability to deliver their services consistent with the only standards in
the industry that measure the overall business practices of a
clearinghouse.

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It does this by allowing
sales teams to share their knowledge and experiences, as well as draw
from company experts immediately, anytime from anywhere.com or call 800-997-9098 in the United States or
602-953 -7711 outside the United States., NDCHealth provides information vital to the
delivery of healthcare every day. ("Customers" include
providers, payers, intermediaries and third parties.

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4 million , or
$0. Its systems and information management solutions
help improve operational efficiencies and business decision making for
providers, retail pharmacy and pharmaceutical manufacturers."

"EHNAC accreditation is the hallmark of industry acceptance and recognition
for the critical revenue cycle services we provide to thousands of
providers at doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals throughout the
country," said Transaction Solutions Hub general manager Jim Bodenbender. EHNAC's function is to promote administrative
simplification and cost savings in the healthcare industry and to provide
the healthcare transaction industry with an independent capability to
develop industry standards , known as EHNAC Criteria.

-- Enhances customer service and satisfaction.

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StreetSmarts will significantly reduce the
call response time by capturing this information for reference by many
hospitals, rather than manually gathering and distributing disparate
resource materials for each call. "That's where StreetSmarts
fills the void . healthcare industry, and we look forward to
leveraging our recently released products and services to deliver future
growth for NDCHealth.

About McKesson

McKesson Corporation is a Fortune 15 healthcare services and information
technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality
healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes and improving the
quality and safety of patient care.

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Involve Technology is the market leader in sales knowledge
automation solutions which enable companies to sell more effectively,
while reducing sales support time and costs. This benefit
will be reflected as part of the company's discontinued operations.

In addition to EDI transaction services, McKesson's Transaction Solutions
Hub offers a next-generation Web portal and suite of integrated solutions
that enables collaboration among providers, payors and patients throughout
all stages of the revenue cycle.

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This technology is another differentiator that allows us to
provide not only measurement and benchmarking products for our
customers, but the means to directly implement our quality improvement
techniques and programs.com/informatics

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"Our Transaction Solutions Hub is a critical component of McKesson Provider
Technologies' overall commitment to effective revenue cycle management and
a cornerstone of our revenue cycle solutions business," said Duncan James,
group president, Business Performance Solutions. These
entities include, but are not limited to, clearinghouses , transactions
processors, value-added networks (VANs), payers, providers and provider
management organizations. Over the course of its 172-year
history, McKesson has grown to provide pharmaceutical and medical-surgical
supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information
technology for hospitals, homecare and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy
automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve
outcomes for patients.

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PHOENIX----Involve Technology Inc.
"We are honored to receive our sixth such recognition since 1996 and look
forward to EHNAC's continued leadership in setting the bar. "Our continuing EHNAC
accreditation is a celebration of the quality of service McKesson provides
to all its healthcare partners.)

The EHNAC Commission seeks to accredit entities that send or receive HIPAA
regulated transactions , or that transport or process EDI transactions
between two or more trading partners in the healthcare community.com

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"We have been looking for the right solution for about three years
to more efficiently share best practices, expertise and information
with our customers and among our sales team and were pleased to find
StreetSmarts," said Stephanie Alexander, senior vice president and
general manager of Healthcare Informatics at Premier.S."
Separately, the company announced that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
agreed to NDCHealth's settlement offer related to an IRS audit of a claimed
deduction from a divestiture in the company's fiscal year 2001 consolidated
federal income tax return. http://www.

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"We are pleased that a major leader in the healthcare industry
chose StreetSmarts to enhance its sales productivity," commented Lisa
Cramer, president and COO, Involve Technology.

About Premier Healthcare Informatics

Premier Healthcare Informatics offers performance measurement,
benchmarking, and reporting products and related advisory services to
support hospitals' quality improvement efforts. For more information,
visit http://www.ndchealth."

The two-year EHNAC accreditation exemplifies McKesson's ICARE shared
principles (integrity, customer -first, accountability, respect and
excellence) and affirms McKesson's commitment to deliver quality healthcare
solutions.

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,
the pioneer in sales knowledge automation, announced today that
Premier Inc."
Premier Healthcare Informatics will use StreetSmarts to provide
hospitals more readily available access to best practices,
methodologies and subject matter experts.. anytime, anywhere.7 million tax benefit, or $0. The mission of EHNAC
is to promote standards, quality service, innovation, cooperation and open
competition within the healthcare EDI industry: Establishes minimum
criteria for industry self-regulation.

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premierinc. provider of healthcare technology and information
solutions, today announced the sale of NDCHealth Holdings GmbH, the holding
company for its German information management operations , to the 49% minority
stockholder and former owner of this business.
"This transaction completes our plans to divest non-core assets in order
to focus NDCHealth on the best U.

With more than 30 years of industry experience, the Transaction
Solutions Hub processes more than 500 million healthcare financial
transactions annually. Regulatory
compliance requirements substantially increased the number and scope of
accreditation criteria.

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StreetSmarts captures insights throughout the enterprise, whether from
sales and marketing or other departments, in order to help sales reps
sell more effectively.. To achieve EHNAC recertification, McKesson
demonstrated a high-quality work environment in compliance with industry
standards and best practices, which include organizational structure , staff
qualifications, training and management, quality management, capacity
management, and data protection.

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"We chose this
solution because of its ease of use, the minimal amount of time
required to manage the system and the simplicity of loading relevant
content. Company Also Reaches Settlement with IRS

ATLANTA, NDCHealth Corporation
(NYSE: NDC), a leading U. market opportunities," said Walter Hoff,
chairman and CEO, NDCHealth.

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Hospitals will use these resources to directly implement programs to
improve operational and clinical quality. For example, as part of
Premier's consultative services, a hospital may call in to find best
practice information on the operating room and, in turn, receive
detailed steps on scheduling and staffing, process flow and
operational efficiencies. Its network solutions have long been among the nation's
leading , automating the exchange of information among pharmacies, payers,
hospitals and physicians.

PRESS RELEASE McKesson Receives EHNAC Reaccreditation for Its Transaction Solutions Hub

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NDCHealth will incur a loss from the sale of approximately $7.EHNAC.

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"
StreetSmarts is a Web-based sales knowledge automation technology
that works through e-mail to obtain, manage and deliver essential
advice, expert information as well as sales knowledge and experiences
for sales teams . StreetSmarts delivers a completely different,
yet complementary set of features and functions from SFA/CRM and
intranets. helping sales reps get better information faster to
sell more.S. As a result of the settlement, NDCHealth expects to
record a $3.

The bi-annual accreditation process was expanded significantly with the
implementation of the HIPAA Security Rule in April 2005 .