Atlanta (July 26, 2004) -- MDdatacor, inc., an Atlanta-based healthcare informatics company, announced its cardiology network database now contains more than three million, de-identified patient medical records. In less than two years, MDdatacor's national network of cardiology practices has grown to exceed 100 groups representing more than 1,700 cardiologists.

The three million patient records now in MDdatacor's database come from many of the country's leading private practice research-oriented cardiology groups and heart institutes. Using patient information in the database, MDdatacor can quickly and easily assist physicians in finding optimally qualified patients for clinical research studies, help physicians improve patient access to appropriate therapies, and allow physicians to better measure the quality of care delivered to their patients.

"We continue to exceed our growth expectations in every aspect of our company, including our patient database," said Blake Whitney, MDdatacor chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Our continued growth allows us to bring clinical research trial opportunities to our network physician practices that they might not otherwise have known about. Pharmaceutical and biotech companies are also utilizing de-identified patient data from our database to help model their clinical trials, and work with our 100-plus network of top-tier, private cardiology practices as active participants in various phases of clinical research and also to identify at-risk patient populations."