Star Micronics America, Inc.

Healthcare Printing Solutions

*American Hospital Association, July 2009

** Source: Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2008 Edition. American Medical Association

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Total Number of All U.S. Registered Hospitals 5,708Number of U.S. Community Hospitals 4,897Total Admissions in All U.S. Registered* Hospitals 37,120,387

Admissions in Community Hospitals 35,345,986

Total Expenses for All U.S. Registered* Hospitals $641,123,636,000

Expenses for Community Hospitals $583,252,288,000

Total Number of Physicians in the US

921,904 **

US Healthcare Industry

• Physicians write 4.5 Billion prescriptions each year on paper

– Approximately 1.1 billion scripts are never filled

• How much paper is used to write 4.5 billion prescriptions?

– 56,480,442,985 square inches

• 4 out of 5 patients who visit a physician leave with at least one prescription

• 65% of the US population (91% of Medicare) use a prescription medication each year

• About 3.5 Billion total filled prescription transactions per year

US Healthcare Industry

US Healthcare Industry• The federal government poised to distribute $20

billion in stimulus funds for Healthcare to hospitals and physicians.

• Nationally, less than 45 percent of hospitals and 14 percent of physicians use electronic medical records, but physician numbers vary by medical group size, according to a July 3 study in the New England Journal of Medicine. For example, 51 percent of physicians in groups of 50 doctors or more use an EMR.

TSP800Rx Features• The only secured and locking thermal Prescription Printer available.

• A Small Footprint of Just 7.00”(W) x 8.5”(L) x 5.8”(H)

• 4.4” Paper Width

• Print Speed of 25 scripts/minute

• Swappable Interfaces

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Consumables•The Sole Consumable is the thermal script paper – No Toner or Ink Cartridges Needed

Reliability•3 Year Warranty included•37 million lines of print for print head•1 million cuts on cutter

PRINT ONE SCRIPT AT A TIME

CONSUMABLES

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Laser printers print on 8-1/2” x 11” sheets of paper, a FULL sheet of paper is consumed whether you print only one script. The maximum paper waste is 75% for printing one script on this paper size.

The STAR TSP800Rx printer quickly prints each prescription at a time.

The total paper waste is 0.

The sole consumable is the prescription paper which is given to the patient. The TSP800Rx printer does not use any TONER, INK , or Developer. The Maintenance Contract is the Extended Warranty – the total cost for 4 years is under $100 for the TSP800Rx printer.

Healthcare Industry

(full sheet script) (perforated full sheet) (thermal roll)

ESTIMATED EXAMPLE 1** EXAMPLE 2 *** EXAMPLE 3 ****

PATIENT VISITS SCRIPT COST PER (ea) COST PER (ea) COST PER (ea)

CLASSIFICATION Annual TOTAL CONSUMPTION* LASER SCRIPT LASER SCRIPT TSP800Rx

Inpatient / Admissions 48,985 97,970 $7,837.60 $8,817.30 $2,547.22

ER Visits 89,562 179,124 $14,329.92 $16,121.16 $4,657.22

Outpatient Visits 25,517 51,034 $4,082.72 $4,593.06 $1,326.88

TOTAL --->>> 164,064 328,128 $26,250.24 $29,531.52 $8,531.33

* Estimated script consumption assumes 2 prescriptions issued per patient visit

** Example 1 based on a full 8 1/2" x 11" laser sheet with no perforations

*** Example 2 based on a full 8 1/2" x 11" laser sheet with a single horizontal perforation

**** Example 3 based on 4 /4" x 5 1/2" thermal prescription

PRESCRIPTION COST FIGURES *

PER M EACH

Example 1 (Laser) $80.00 $0.080

Example 2 (Laser) $90.00 $0.090

Example 3 (Thermal) $26.00 $0.026

* Cost figures utilized are valid for the date shown above. They are subject to change

with market conditions.

Thermal Printed Prescription Cost vs. Laser Printed Prescription Cost

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• Amazing Charts

• American Medical Software

• Brickell Research

• CureMD

• Discharge 1-2-3

• DocComply

• eClinicalWorks

• EMR Experts

• Emdeon

• EPIC – hospital installations

• Ethidium

• ExitCare

• GE Centricity – hospital installations

• Integreat

• IJMJ -EncounterPro

• LogiCare

• Medent Computers

• MedComsoft

• MediNotes

• Microfour

• Most, LLC

• New Wave Software

• Practice Partner

• Praxis

• Prematics

• Pulse Systems

• SAGE

• ScriptSure

• SRS Software

• WellSoft EMR

• ZipCharts

Software Certification

Key Facts

Star Micronics is the only company promoting a dedicated Prescription Printer. There isn’t another competitor for the secured direct thermal printer.

President Barrack Obama’s Health Information Technology Plan mandates that patients have Electronic Medical Records by 2014.

Low Co2 Emissions Compared to Laser Printers and No WASTED PAPER

TSP828L Label Printer

Peel or Non-Peel – All-In-One Printer

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Print on Demand Batch Printing

Healthcare Labels

• Prescription Bottle Labels

• Specimen Labels

• Lab ID Labels

• Office / Filing Labels

• Mailing Labels

• Patient Admittance Labels

• Bar Code Labels

Black Mark Sensor• Also called Reflective

sensor. On by default.

• Detects black marks between labels or tickets.

Transmissive Sensor• Selected by Dip Switch.

• Senses Gaps or Spaces between labels or tickets.

Supports widths from 45 – 112 mm

Paper Width Adjustment

Use All Types of Labels

In many offices, a sheet of paper on a counter is used for patients to sign in, allowing any subsequent patients to see who is visiting, and sometimes why they're there. That was before HIPAA.Under HIPPA, that information must be kept private.Many doctors just black out the name with a pen. In a small town, you can find out what's wrong with everybody pretty fast.

HIPAA Compliance