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To jump-start usage of GLNs in the health care community, Novation will
purchase numbers for VHA and UHC health care organizations and their
affiliated entities . Conservatively,
if 30 to 50 percent of those errors are location related, the use of GLNs
in health care save the industry between $1.

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and the
University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), announced today that it will soon
ask awarded suppliers to begin accepting Global Locator Numbers (GLNs) on
supply orders from member organizations. The newly formed EPCglobal, Inc.

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As the pioneer and global leader in
Application Traffic Management, F5 continues to lead the industry by
driving more intelligence into the network to deliver advanced
application agility. The company is headquartered in Seattle,
Washington with offices worldwide.

PRESS RELEASE Novation Endorses Use of Global Locator Numbers in Health Care

S.94 billion
annually.

"Health care tends to lag behind other industries when it comes to the
implementation of new business processes," says Dooley.

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Interested viewers can go to
http://www. "This will
result in improved efficiencies in the supply chain.

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Through its flexible
and cohesive architecture, F5 delivers unmatched value by dramatically
improving the way organizations serve their employees, customers and
constituents , while lowering operational costs.

The GLN eliminates the need for a provider to use a supplier 's assigned
proprietary "customer number" on orders, invoices, and other business
transactions .

The Uniform Code Council, Inc.

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Industry studies report that inefficiencies in the health care supply chain
are extremely costly for all parties involved. Novation serves the purchasing needs of more than 2,300 members
and affiliates of VHA and UHC.

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Over 9,000
organizations and service providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their
businesses running.

"We hope Novation's endorsement will encourage health care providers and
manufacturers and distributors to participate quickly," says Larry Dooley,
vice president, contract and program services for Novation.

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F5's presentation will be webcast and accessible
until June 3, 2005.

About F5 Networks

F5 enables organizations to successfully deliver business-critical
applications and gives them the greatest level of agility to stay
ahead of growing business demands.

Most often requires membership for access to benefits and resources.

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Novation, the supply company of VHA Inc."

Novation is a founding member of the Coalition for Healthcare Standards
(CHeS), a collaborative organization that promotes the adoption and use of
data standards in the health care industry. UCC-based
solutions, including business processes, XML standards, EDI transaction
sets, and the bar code identification standards of the EAN*UCC System are
currently used by more than one million member companies worldwide.

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Most importantly, we know this will improve pricing accuracy
and reduce costs, as well as impact patient care because it will enable the
accurate delivery of essential supplies at the right price. As a core member of CHeS,
Novation has worked to hasten the industry-wide implementation of data
standards, along with its industry peers, e-commerce companies and other
health care suppliers that belong to CHeS. The UCC also manages the United
Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) for the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP).novationco .

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f5. Companies such as large retail and grocery chains
and many pharmaceutical and health care related companies, already use the
GLN on their orders, invoices, and in other day-to-day business
transactions .

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Novation is making a two-year commitment, after which
the health care organizations will need to renew their own numbers. VHA and UHC members could save between $441 million and $735
million annually if GLNs are fully utilized across the industry.

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Novation is one of the first in
the health care group purchasing industry to endorse the GLN. "We know we can
achieve the benefits that other industries have already realized by
adopting GLNs. (UCC) is a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to the development and implementation of standards-based, global
supply chain solutions.

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PDT on Wednesday, June 1, 2005.76 billion and $2. Under its auspices, the UCC operates two wholly
owned subsidiaries, UCCnet and RosettaNet, and it co-manages the global
EAN*UCC System with EAN International .

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F5's presentation will start at
11:40 a. The GLN is a
13-digit reference number used by the EAN *UCC standard system to identify
legal entities such as registered hospitals, functional entities such as
specific hospital departments, and physical entities, such as a warehouse
or a particular room or bed in a building.

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SEATTLE----F5 Networks (Nasdaq:FFIV),
the global leader in Application Traffic Management, announced today
that company management will be presenting at the Friedman Billings
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F5 products ensure the secure and optimized
delivery of applications to any user -- anywhere. More than 200,000 companies in other industries in the U.

About Novation

Based in Irving, Texas, Novation was established in January 1998 through a
combination of the supply programs of VHA and UHC, two national health care
alliances. For more
information, go to www.

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For more information go to
www. For example, invoice errors
can result in an increase in overall cost due to the time and effort
required to correct them, and these errors are often not resolved until 90
days after the mistake.

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and overseas use the GLN.

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F5 presenters include John
McAdam, President + CEO, and Steve Coburn, Senior Vice President of
Finance and CFO.com

Studies indicate that as many as seven percent of
all purchasing invoices in health care have errors on them. These organizations used Novation contracts
to purchase more than $22 billion in supplies in 2003.

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