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Toronto, Canada - December 1, 2000

Partnership for "Best Practice" Case/Absence Management Software:Medgate and Work Loss Data Institute

Leading Occupational Health & Safety Information System developer integrates the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) from Work Loss Data Institute with their Case Management solution.

Safety Information Management Systems has announced a partnership with Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI) a preeminent, database publisher focused on workplace health and productivity.   The objective of this partnership, the integration of both company’s applications, creates a powerful “Best Practice” Case/Absence Management software solution.

Although much has been done to improve workplace health and safety, the costs associated with employee absenteeism continue to spiral.  It is generally acknowledged that the direct costs associated with worker absenteeism typically exceed 10 percent of payroll while the indirect costs i.e., wage replacement, training and reduced productivity are estimated at 75 percent of the direct costs.  Healthcare professionals who refuse to accept the status quo acknowledge that the only way to control these costs is to continuously monitor the status of ill or injured employee with the objective of returning them to productivity as quickly as possible.   The Medgate/ODG Case Management software system tracks the status and progress of each case from initial contact through return to work.  It continuously updates lost and restricted days and, by comparing  predicted to actual return to work dates,  demonstrates cost savings and  the effectiveness of treatment plans.

Leslie Glazerman, President of Medgate, comments, “We saw enormous benefit in providing our customers with the ability to simultaneously access disability duration information while using our software to document the status of an employee’s absence.  Integrating the Work Loss Data Institute’s Official Disability Guidelines with our Case Management system is like giving our clients on-demand access to an expert consultant.  It helps them make informed decisions about how long a sick or injured employee should be off the job and supports best practice intervention”.

“From our perspective”, notes Phil Denniston, President & CEO of Work Loss Data Institute, “Medgate was a logical partner.  They have the technological infrastructure and expertise to present our data in an engaging format and a sophisticated customer base who will use it to validate treatment options and expedite return to work”.

About Medgate
Since 1987, Medgate, Inc. has been developing and marketing Occupational Health & Safety Information Management solutions and services.  Designed as a modular system, each application can stand-alone or be implemented as a fully integrated solution offering a multi-disciplinary approach to generating the critical data required to maintain employee health and safety.   This allows progressive organizations to cross traditional boundaries of compliance driven data collection with a system that offers increasing value across the enterprise to positively impact productivity, corporate communications and proactive practices.

For more information, please visit the Medgate Web site at www.medgate.com.

About Work Loss Data Institute
Work Loss Data Institute is an independent database company, founded in 1995, dedicated to providing information to improve workforce efficiency and maximize worker satisfaction.  Its Official Disability Guidelines, an annually updated reference, provide disability duration norms for every illness and injury. Based on a database of over 3 million cases, it is the largest experience database available and, as such is fair to employees and defensible by employers.  For more information, please visit the Work Loss Data Institute Web site at www.disabilitydurations.com.

Media Contacts
For Medgate: Edna Shattuck  202-237-8868
For Work Loss Data Institute:  Pat Whelan  800-488-5548

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