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CLINITEC'S NEXTGEN® ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM TO BE SUPPORTED BY DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY INFORMATION SERVICES

Horsham, PA, January 26, 1999 -- Clinitec International, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSII) announced today that Daughters of Charity Information Services (DCIS) has selected Clinitec International, Inc.'s NextGen® Electronic Medical Records System as one of the systems DCIS will support within the health care practices and institutuions that comprise, or are affiliated with, the Daughters of Charity National Health System (DCNHS).

DCIS provides information systems and solutions to DCNHS, a network of approximately 50 Catholic hospitals (with more than 12,600 beds), nursing homes, rehabilitation clinics, medical practices, outreach centers, and phychiatric wards in 12 states.

Clinitec's NextGen is an innovative electronic medical records system designed to improve quality, reduce risk, cut costs and increase revenues.  NextGen creates and maintains complete medical records with minimal effort while streamlining workflow, controlling utilization, and managing critical data related to outcomes of patient care.  The system automatically creates documents and letters, manages prescriptions and clinical images, provides patient education, and exchanges data with hospitals, labs and practice management systems.

Mark Zirkelbach, DCIS' Vice President of Applications and Support, said, "Clinitec became one of our preferred vendors after a systematic evaluation by a multi-disciplinary task force of avaiable products in their market segment.  We were impressed by NextGen's flexibilty, but also felt strongly about the company behind the product and their track record."

"Clinitec is extremely pleased that NextGen has been selected as one of the systems DCIS will be recommending," said Patrick Cline, President of Clinitec.  "We're proud to have gained the confidence of this leading-edge organization, and we're confident we can deliver the right solutions for their needs."

Clinitec, headquartered in Horsham, is a subsidary of Quality Systems, Inc.  Quality Systems is a leading provider of computer-based practice management and electronic medical records systems for medical and dental group practices, with a customer base of approximately 500 clients in 45 states, Canada and Saudi Arabia.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are volume and timing of systems sales and installations, length of sales cycles and installation process, seasonal patterns of sales and customer buying behavior, the development by competitors of new or superior technologies, delays in product development, undetected errors or bugs in software, product liability, changing economic, political or regulatory influences on the healthcare industry, changes in product pricing policies, competitive pressures, possible regulation of the Company's software by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, general economic conditions, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Quality Systems' periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as applied to the company as of the date hereof.


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