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Systems Xcellence Awarded Three-Year Contract Valued in Excess of US $1,000,000 to Provide ASP Offering to Dean Health Plan

MILTON, Ontario (June 13, 2001) -- Systems Xcellence Inc., (TSE: SXC) announced today that it has signed a contract with Dean Health Plan of Madison, Wisconsin to provide application processing services for its comprehensive pharmacy benefit management and information analysis needs. With this initial three-year contract in place, Systems Xcellence adds a major Managed Care Organization (MCO) to its rapidly growing Application Solutions Provider (ASP) offering, ClaimRx.

Dean Health Plan chose Systems Xcellence as its strategic information technology partner for its leading edge, full function, pharmacy benefit processing service and related Drug DecisionsT advanced reporting/drug decisions capability. With the selection of Systems Xcellence, Dean Health Plan will be able to deliver cost effective and flexible healthcare benefit solutions to its customers.

The new relationship between Systems Xcellence and Dean Health Plan will commence with the initiation of transaction processing in the middle of September. As the implementation will move quickly, both Systems Xcellence and Dean Health Plan have already designated key team members to head-up the transition. Dan Edge, Vice President of Member Services at Dean Health Plan, commented, "In making our final decision, we felt that Systems Xcellence's vision for the future was closely aligned with ours and would be a good fit as a long term strategic partner."

Tim Rourke, Vice President of Pharmacy Application Services at Systems Xcellence, agreed: "This contract further emphasizes our strong and continued growing presence in the MCO market," said Mr. Rourke. "As a well-positioned leader in application processing services, Systems Xcellence will immediately provide Dean Health Plan with the recognized benefits of implementing the ClaimRx solution."

About Dean Health Plan:

Founded in 1983, Dean Health Plan is the subsidiary of Premier Medical Insurance Group owned by Dean Health System and SSM Healthcare. Today, with over 200,000 members, Dean Health Plan is one of the largest and most successful MCOs in the Midwest. With nearly 2,000 physicians, more than 50 clinic sites, 25 hospitals and numerous plan pharmacies and other ancillary providers in their 22-county service area, plus their 24-hour Dean On Call nurse line, they can truly provide the highest standard in quality service. Dean Health Plan has received the highest accreditation available for managed care plans nationwide by earning an Excellent Accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its commercial HMO product.

About Systems Xcellence Inc:

Systems Xcellence (SX) is headquartered in Milton, Ontario with offices and processing centers in Lombard, Illinois, Scottsdale, Arizona and Victoria, British Columbia. SX provides advanced online transaction processing solutions for the healthcare benefits management industry. The Company's comprehensive application solutions provider (ASP) offerings are focused on the delivery of comprehensive pharmacy benefit processing and analysis services directly to Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), retail pharmacies and other healthcare intermediaries involved in managing drug benefit programs. The ClaimRx offering utilizes the Healthcare Xcellence (HX) T software deployed through Customer internet based portals on a transaction or subscription fee basis. The Company's shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SXC. SX can be found on the Internet at http://www.sxc.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations. These forward-looking statements entail various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties about the Company's business are more fully discussed in the Management Discussion and Analysis published in the Company's annual report.

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