TUSTIN, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sept. 4, 2001 — Quality Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:QSII - news) today announced that it was named a finalist for the "Abby'' Award for Innovation in Healthcare(SM) from the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization.

Notification of finalist status for this prestigious award followed a presentation given by QSI highlighting the company's innovative QSINet/Patient Access system. QSINet/Patient Access was developed in close cooperation with the Pratt Medical Center, a 60-physician/provider multi-specialty practice based in Fredericksburg, Va.

QSINet/Patient Access offers numerous new ways for practices and their patients to communicate, enhancing practice productivity and the patient experience. Patients can use a secure Web-based portal to fully complete registration prior to an appointment; to make updates and additions; to view, confirm and actually schedule — as opposed to merely requesting — appointments; to obtain statement and account history information; and to pay bills by credit card, and communicate with billing, appointment and clinical staff.

Patients also enjoy access to the new "Rapid Response'' Nurse Triage System developed as part of the QSINet/Patient Access system. Rapid Response allows patients to send inquiries about their condition via secure e-mail, and a telephone response is guaranteed within 60 minutes. Once the type of treatment is determined, patients can either seek immediate attention, be scheduled with a provider by the R.N., or self-schedule an appointment at a convenient time on-line.

QSINet/Patient Access has received strongly favorable response from Pratt Medical patients, with 94 percent of respondents to a survey stating that they would likely or absolutely recommend Pratt and QSINet/Patient Access to others.

Quality Systems is a developer and provider of computer-based practice management and electronic medical records systems for medical and dental group practices.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements, including those related to revenue and net income, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could impact actual results are volume and timing of systems sales and installations; length of sales cycles and installation process; the possibility that the products will not achieve market acceptance; 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 in the health care 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.