UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND E CHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: February 17, 1998
MEDPLUS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio 48-1094982
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
8805 Governor's Hill Drive, Suite 100
Cincinnati, OH 45249
(Address of principal executive offices)
(513) 583-0500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
Item 5. Other Events. On February 11, 1998, MedPlus, Inc.
announced that it had exercised its option to purchase additional
shares of the common stock of DiaLogos, Inc., a Cincinnati-based
provider of distributed systems training and technology, and that
MedPlus now owns 57% of DiaLogos. MedPlus paid approximately
$1,243,000 for its ownership interest in DiaLogos by converting
advances made to DiaLogos over the past eighteen months pursuant
to a Letter of Agreement entered into by and between the Company
and DiaLogos in July, 1996, as amended. The option was exercised
on January 30, 1998.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated February 11, 1998.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
MEDPLUS, INC.
Date: December 19, 1997 By:/s/ Daniel A. Silber
Daniel A. Silber,
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 99.1
News Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Philip S. Present II
Chief Operating Officer
MedPlus, Inc.
(513) 583-0500
MEDPLUS ACQUIRES ADDITIONAL 54 PERCENT OF
DIALOGOS, INC. COMMON STOCK
CINCINNATI, OH, FEBRUARY 11, 1998 - MedPlus, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDP)
today announced that it has exercised its option to purchase
additional shares of the common stock of DiaLogos, Inc., a
Cincinnati-based provider of distributed systems training and
technology. MedPlus now owns 57% of DiaLogos, for which it has
paid approximately $1,243,000 by funding the operations of that
entity over the past eighteen months. The remaining 43 percent
interest in DiaLogos is owned by officers or directors of either
MedPlus or DiaLogos.
Established in 1996, DiaLogos is a growing software company with
an emphasis on developing and delivering distributed systems
intelligence to various industries through training, mentoring and
collaborative teamwork. CORBA and Java technologies form the
foundation of the DiaLogos portfolio, designed to bring
portability, ease of legacy asset integration, and
interoperability across heterogeneous systems.
DiaLogos has delivered technology education for Fortune 200
companies in fields such as electronic commerce and manufacturing.
The Company also works with the educational heads of companies to
define and deliver training to craft CORBA- and Java-based
solutions. To address the growing needs of the health care
industry, DiaLogos has formed a health care information technology
division. This division is currently developing a solution which
provides enterprise-wide Web access to disparate legacy systems.
The technology prototype, which features Global Distributed
Registration, will be demonstrated in the MedPlus booth 417 at the
Healthcare Information Systems Society (HIMSS) show, February 22 -
26 in Orlando.
"Our clients tell us they need enterprise-wide solutions that will
help leverage their investment in legacy information systems while
providing capabilities to compete more efficiently," said Richard
A. Mahoney, president and CEO of MedPlus, Inc. "With DiaLogos'
expertise and experience in distributed technologies, we will be
able to provide such solutions, which we believe answer the most
critical information technology needs in the health care industry
today."
MedPlus is a Cincinnati-based company that develops, sells and
supports software and system solutions to address the needs of
health care organizations. Offerings include electronic patient
record systems, document archival and retrieval systems, object
oriented workflow and document management systems and hospital,
regional reference laboratory and physician office productivity
consulting.
MedPlus notes that some of the statements made herein are forward-
looking statements. As such, factors may occur which could cause
actual events to differ materially from those anticipated in this
statement. For example, although MedPlus hopes that with
DiaLogos' expertise and experience in distributed technologies,
MedPlus will be able to provide its customers with enterprise-wide
solutions that will help leverage their investment in legacy
information systems while providing capabilities to compete more
efficiently such solutions, there is no guarantee that such
solutions will be available in a timely manner.
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