"Since the beginning, IDS has been our database choice for its high-reliability, scalability, and low Total-Cost-of-Ownership. Our customers are clinicians, not DBA's, and want to spend their time maintaining patient health, not hardware. As we move into more web-based technology, we are excited about the versatility that Cheetah's new feature set offers which will allow us to provide even better integrated solutions, with higher availability, and lower overhead. "

Mediware Information Systems, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is a provider of specialized clinical information systems to health care institutions, including hospitals, specialty treatment centers, correctional institutions and donor centers.

Our focus is on therapy management systems and concentrate our development to manage the complex clinical and information requirements in three areas of care: medication management, blood management and perioperative management. Our solutions are installed in more than 1000 institutions around the world and leverage state-of-the-art technology for integration, flexibility and ease of use. Our goal is to help customers achieve better patient care and improved bottom line results.

Mediware is committed to a vision that is shared by our customers: to bring best-of-breed clinical tools and expertise to clinicians'fingertips, and enable them to share their expertise and decisions throughout the health care enterprise.