Designed to improve efficiencies in the healthcare supply chain through e-commerce, GHX enables hospitals, suppliers and distributors to conduct business with one another through a single Internet connection, using the most accurate data available in order to minimize many of the most common problems inherent in healthcare purchasing.

“With an increasing number of hospitals and suppliers conducting business through GHX, and transaction volume approaching $1 billion per year, it is vitally important to provide our members with the most dependable and scalable infrastructure possible, while taking proactive steps to enhance our emergency preparedness,” says GHX Vice President of Operations Kevin Ruffe. “We chose Perot Systems because it has a proven track record in the healthcare industry and will provide GHX with not only a stable hosting environment, but also a multi-skilled team of professionals to handle our needs now and in the future.”

GHX recently announced plans to merge its operations and exchange with Medibuy, Inc. to create the largest trading exchange in healthcare. With the merger, more than 1300 hospitals and other healthcare facilities will be able to conduct business electronically with more than 100 suppliers, with transaction volume anticipated to triple by the end of 2003. Perot Systems provides a highly secure and stable hosting environment with redundant power and telecommunications services, along with 24-hour support and technical expertise. Nearly 4,000 Perot Systems’ associates work in the healthcare group, servicing clients across the industry, from manufacturers and distributors, to hospitals and insurance companies.

“With this agreement, we are continuing to expand our focus on the healthcare supply chain by helping to create more efficient and secure transactions for GHX,” said Chuck Lyles, Perot Systems vice president and Healthcare Industry Group leader. “The healthcare industry is at a point in time where patients and other constituents are demanding the use of integrated technology and business processes to drive improvements and reduce costs. Enabling that transformation continues to be our focus in healthcare.”

About Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has created an open and neutral Internet-based trading exchange, along with additional value-added products and services, to reduce costs and improve efficiencies for all participants in the healthcare supply chain. GHX’s members and strategic partners include suppliers and distributors; integrated delivery networks (IDNs), hospitals and ancillary healthcare facilities; group purchasing organizations and their proprietary healthcare trading exchanges; and supply chain technology companies. GHX has built the AllSource™ product catalog, the first in healthcare to be based on industry standards and contain normalized data owned and verified by suppliers. The accuracy of the AllSource catalog enables GHX to successfully address many of the most common and costly problems inherent in healthcare procurement. Equity owners of GHX include Johnson & Johnson; GE Medical Systems; Baxter International, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories; Medtronic, Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corporation; B. Braun Medical Inc., Becton, Dickinson & Co.; Boston Scientific Corporation; Cardinal Health, Inc.; C.R. Bard, Inc.; Fisher Scientific International Inc.; Guidant Corporation; McKesson Corporation; Siemens Medical Solutions and Tyco International, Ltd. For more information visit www.ghx.com.

About Perot Systems
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems has more than 400 clients and reported 2001 revenue of $1.2 billion. The company has more than 8,500 associates located in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Perot Systems Healthcare is one of the largest providers of full-service IT operations in the hospital industry, managing significant relationships with four of the top 20 US health systems. More than 4,000 employees from the Healthcare Industry Group serve both the for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare marketplace, providing integrated end-to-end technical and business solution services. Perot Systems healthcare clients represent more than 300 healthcare providers, thousands of caregivers, 200 health insurance organizations, as well as leading biopharmaceutical and healthcare supply chain companies. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at www.perotsystems.com.

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