Exhibit 99.1

                                 PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 20, 2002

    Emergisoft Announces Additional Equity Investment by Current Shareholder

Arlington, Texas - (February 20, 2002)

     Emergisoft  Holding,  Inc.  (OTC:ESHI)  announced today that Berlwood Five,
Ltd., a current shareholder of Emergisoft,  made an additional $2,000,000 equity
investment  in the company on February 15, 2002.  Berlwood  received  75,000,000
newly issued shares of Emergisoft's common stock in the transaction.  Emergisoft
has the right,  but not the obligation,  to repurchase all or any portion of the
75,000,000  shares at any time prior to February 15, 2003. The repurchase  price
will be $.06 per share if the shares are  repurchased  prior to October 24, 2002
and $.12 if the shares are repurchased on or after October 24, 2002.

     The share issuance to Berlwood  increases the total number of the company's
issued and  outstanding  shares of common stock from  124,097,069 to 199,097,069
and  increases   Berlwood's   percentage   ownership  interest  in  Emergisoft's
outstanding shares of capital stock from 73.14% to 83.26%.

     Dan Witte,  Chief Executive  Officer and President of Emergisoft said: "The
funding from Berlwood has come at a critical time as we continue to build market
credibility and roll-out our new products.  In today's current financial market,
Berlwood's continuing commitment to Emergisoft is essential."

About Emergisoft Corporation

     Arlington, Texas-based Emergisoft Corporation (OTC:ESHI) is a leader in the
design and  implementation of clinical patient  management  systems for hospital
Emergency Department  automation across the United States. Their newest release,
CareLyncEDTM,  was  designed  to  eliminate  the time  consuming  collection  of
repetitive  clinical data. The  one-of-a-kind,  professional  grade, open system
software,  uses  cutting edge  technology  and  graphics to  streamline  patient
documentation,   protect  against  errors  and  litigation,  fulfill  government
compliance,  optimize revenue recovery and control  physician and nurse cost and
charges.  For additional  information about Emergisoft and CareLyncEDTM,  please
visit Emergisoft on the Internet at www.emergisoft.com.

********************Contact: Vicki Judd                      Tom Puckett
                             Emergisoft Holding, Inc.   or   KWGC, Inc.
                             817/633-6665                    214-987-4377
                             vjudd@emergisoft.com            om@kwgc.com


     The statements in this press release  regarding  projections of revenues or
income or similar  items,  such as  statements  pertaining  to future  revenues,
future cash flows,  future operations or results,  and other statements that are
not historical facts, are forward looking  statements.  Such statements  involve
risks  relating to  technological  change and new product  development,  quality
assurance and product acceptance concerns, competition for customers, government
regulation  and  other  factors  detailed  in the  Company's  filings  with  the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.  Should  one or more of  these  risks  or
uncertainties  materialize,  or should  underlying  assumptions prove incorrect,
actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated.