SYSTEMS XCELLENCE ANNOUNCES MEMBERSHIP IN EMERGIS DIS CONSORTIUM SELECTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR FOR DRUG INFORMATION SYSTEM PROJECT

MILTON, ON, August 22, 2005 - Systems Xcellence Inc., ("SXC" or the "Company") (TSX: SXC) a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain, today announced its membership in the Emergis DIS Consortium.  The consortium has been selected by The Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information to enter into exclusive negotiations, which could potentially lead to a contract for the development and implementation of a comprehensive pharmacy network or drug information system (DIS). Neither the outcome, nor the scope of the negotiations, nor the value of any potential resulting contract can be evaluated at this time.

"We are very pleased to be a key technology partner in the Emergis DIS Consortium, and that the consortium has been selected to proceed to the next step of the negotiation process with the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador," said Gordon S. Glenn, President and CEO of SXC. 

Drug information systems are a key component of the electronic health record program that Canadian Provincial governments will be implementing in the coming years with support of the Federal government. DIS provides, amongst other things, authorized physicians and pharmacists with a secure access to a complete medication profile of patients, allowing the secure exchange of relevant and current pharmaceutical information.

SXC is a member of the Emergis-led DIS Consortium (TSX: EME), which also includes Courtyard Group Ltd. and zedIT Solutions.

About Systems Xcellence Inc.

Systems Xcellence (SXC) is headquartered in Milton, Ontario with offices and processing centres in Lombard, Illinois, Warminster, Pennsylvania, Scottsdale, Arizona and Victoria, British Columbia.  Through its SXC Health Solutions, Inc subsidiary, SXC is a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions and services to the U.S. healthcare benefits management industry. The company’s product offerings and solutions combine a wide range of software applications, application service provider (ASP) processing services and professional services, designed for many of the largest organizations in the pharmaceutical supply chain, such as pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, independent, chain and mail-order pharmacies and other healthcare intermediaries.  SXC can be found on the Internet at 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 Company's Annual Information Form.

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