Sydney, May 27, 2008 (ABN Newswire) - IBA Health Group Limited (ASX:IBA)(PINK:IBATF) - Australia's largest listed health information technology company today announced a $2 million contract with Singapore based International SOS - the world's largest medical assistance company - for a primary care solution at its clinics throughout Asia.

Initial delivery work will be undertaken at International SOS's headquarters in Singapore and its clinic facilities in China. The second stage of the delivery programme will then get underway in Indonesia and Vietnam. The five year contract includes the flexibility for International SOS to develop a standard deployment model throughout its medical services delivery locations.

International SOS will install and implement IBA's innovative suite of clinical and administrative applications delivering healthcare information in a multi practice, multi disciplinary environment initially at a major clinic in Beijing. IBA will undertake a degree of localisation to ensure that the system meets International SOS corporate requirements including interfaces to existing core business systems and with radiology and laboratory systems at selected larger clinics. Ultimately, up to 2,500 clinical staff will have the potential to access vital patient information in what will become one of IBA's largest implementations in the corporate primary care market.

Nigel Pool, International SOS CFO, said: "International SOS needed to find a solution that could provide our growing business with a standard solution at both the corporate level and in our increasing number of clinical service delivery points. We found IBA to be the one solution that would meet our demands. When we added IBA's strong commitment to the region, and its flexibility in the contract structure, the IBA clinic solution became our obvious choice. In the future the system we have chosen will enable us to further enhance the high standards of customer service that drives our business."

Gary Cohen, IBA's Executive Chairman and CEO, said: "This important contract further reinforces our position as the leading provider of multi-practice, multi-discipline medical centre solutions. IBA's clinic solution is proven to be highly scalable and ideally suited to the growing corporate medical centre market. IBA is delighted to welcome International SOS as a customer and we see this partnership as an important next step in the globalisation of our product portfolio."

About International SOS

Operating in over 70 countries, International SOS (http://www.internationalsos.com/) helps organisations manage the health and safety risks facing their travellers and global workforce. Its services range from consultancy and planning services to 24-hour medical and security advice and assistance. It also provides emergency medical and security evacuations when there is a critical illness, accident or civil unrest. Last year, the company handled over 790,000 assistance cases, including more than 14,000 evacuations.