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BANGKOK, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bangkok Hospital Group is working
with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to enhance its patient care services to provide smarter
healthcare in Thailand. Delivering on its commitment to provide the highest
quality, internationally-accepted standards of medical services, Bangkok
Hospital Group continues to invest in best-in-class information technology.

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Bangkok Hospital Group launched a project to integrate and centralize its
electronic medical records with IBM Power(TM) Systems in an effort to improve
services by providing the most convenient and effective care. The new system
will manage and interconnect the medical records to other hospitals in the
network, offering patients a 'one-stop' registration, along with quicker and
more convenient services.

In addition to improved efficiency in patient records and tracking, the group
of hospitals will also upgrade its financial and business management system
with IBM Cognos TM1, which provides intelligent financial analytics
capabilities. The software will connect hospital data and analyze statistics
to help executives make precise investment decisions that will truly meet
patients' needs.

Dr. Chatree Duangnet, Chief Executive Officer of Bangkok Hospital Medical
Center said, "Throughout our 37 years of operation we have sought to provide
medical services that match the highest international standards, employing the
most appropriate and up-to-date practices and technology in all fields of
medicine. With IBM, we are able to offer an effective treatment analysis
faster than before, and with more convenient services. The systematic and
integrated data system will be of great benefit for medical research, paving
the way for Bangkok Hospital Group to set a new standard of Smarter Healthcare
in Thailand."

Veerasak Kritsanapraphan, Chief Information Executive, Bangkok Hospital Group
added, "The IT development projects with IBM greatly benefits both patients
and doctors. From now on patients of Bangkok Hospital and 17 other centers in
the group can experience a single, hassle-free registration process, while
doctors can instantly track patient medical history. To support our business
expansion, we also adopted IBM software to help the hospital improve its
financial performance management with 'what-if' modeling capabilities for more
effective business planning. This technology will help executives meet
clients' needs and bring greater returns."

According to Thanwa Laohasiriwong, Country General Manager, IBM Thailand Co.,
Ltd., "Bangkok Hospital Group is a great example of an organization applying
IT systems for service excellence and effective management. In a business
which is all about making people feel confident of the treatment they are
receiving, our technology and innovation, together with our highly experienced
and skillful support team will help Bangkok Hospital Group achieving its
future business goals."

IBM works with clients around the world to create smarter healthcare systems.
This includes better integrated data so doctors, patients and insurers can
share information seamlessly and efficiently; moving away from paper records
in order to reduce medical errors and improve efficiencies; and applying
advanced analytics to vast amounts of data to improve medical research,
diagnosis and treatment.

About Bangkok Hospital Group

Bangkok Hospital Group, under the management of Bangkok Dusit Vejchakarn
Public Company Limited, has been a major private hospital group operating
under 'Bangkok Hospital' name since 1972. The group provides full medical
services to Thai and international patients from 17 centers throughout the
country including Bangkok Hospital, Samitivej Hospital and Bangkok Nursing
Home (BNH). The group has invested in IT development projects and has received
the ISO 9002 & 9001:2000 accreditation and Hospital Accreditation by the
Ministry of Public Health of Thailand.

Bangkok Hospital itself has been granted the accreditation for international
quality healthcare services and management system, quality and safety control,
high standard management and Disease-Specific Care Certifications from the
Joint Commission International (JCI), the world's largest accreditor of health
care organizations in the United States. The group also received the
accreditation from the Telemedicine for the Mobile Society (TEMOS), the
network for quality in medical care in Germany. Bangkok Hospital Group has
invested in the medical care through multidisciplinary teams of highly trained
specialists and high technology diagnostic and treatment facilities. With the
continuous development, the group is ranked as the top medical service
provider in Southeast Asia.

For more information about Bangkok Hospital Group, visit
www.bangkokhospital.com or call the contact center at 1719.

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