MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC
10-K, 2000-10-13
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 10-K

[X]  ANNUAL REPORT  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE  SECURITIES  EXCHANGE
     ACT OF 1934

                     For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000

                                       OR

[_]  TRANSITION  REPORT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  13 OR  15(D)  OF THE  SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

               For the transition period from ________ to ________

                         Commission File Number: 1-10768

                       MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.
           (Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)

            New York                                     11-2209324
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)


   11711 West 79th Street, Lenexa, KS                      66214
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (913) 307-1000

           Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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         Title of each class                    Name of each exchange on which registered
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Common Stock, par value $.10 per share                   NASDAQ Small Cap Market
                                                         The Pacific Stock Exchange
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports  required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to filing requirements
for the past 90 days. [X] Yes [_] No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405
of Registration S-K is not contained herein,  and will not be contained,  to the
best of registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [_]

                                                                     (Continued)

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The  aggregate  market value of the voting stock held by  non-affiliates  of the
Registrant,  based upon the closing sales price of common stock on September 25,
2000 as reported on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, was approximately $26,430,000.

The  number  of shares  outstanding  of the  registrant's  common  stock,  as of
September 25, 2000 was 7,133,000 shares.

                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions  of the  Proxy  Statement  for  Registrant's  2000  Annual  Meeting  of
Shareholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K Report.

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                                     PART 1

Item 1. Business

General

Mediware  Information  Systems,   Inc.  and  its  subsidiaries  ("The  Company")
develops,  implements  and  supports  clinical  management  information  systems
marketed to the  healthcare  industry.  The  Company's  systems are  designed to
automate three clinical departments within the hospital  environment:  the blood
bank, the pharmacy and the surgical  suite. A system  typically  consists of the
Company's proprietary  application  software,  third-party licensed software and
third-party computer hardware, as well as implementation services, training, and
annual software support.

The Company's systems are installed in over 1,100 hospital departments including
some of the industry's most  prestigious  institutions.  The Company's  products
improve the  availability of clinical  information  while enabling  hospitals to
decrease the expenses associated with managing the clinical  departments.  These
benefits  are  of  critical  importance  to  hospital  administrators  who  face
increasing financial and regulatory pressures.  The Company believes that it has
the largest  number of systems  installed  in the "best of breed"  pharmacy  and
blood bank systems markets, and that these products have gained their leadership
position  because  of rich  functionality,  ease of  integration  and  excellent
customer  service.  These core  competencies  have  influenced  some of the most
prestigious hospitals in North America to purchase the Company's systems.

Mediware  is  a  New  York  corporation  incorporated  in  1970.  The  Company's
cornerstone product, Hemocare(TM), was originally designed in collaboration with
Memorial  Sloan-Kettering  Cancer  Center in 1981 and is one of North  America's
leading  blood bank  information  systems in the markets it serves,  either as a
"standalone"  system  or as  part  of an  integrated  "Lab/Blood  Bank"  system.
Hemocare continues to be the Company's primary blood bank information system and
is the core of Mediware's Blood Bank Division.

In  November  1999,  the  Company  expanded  its Blood  Bank  Division  with the
acquisition of LifeTrak(TM)  from Carter BloodCare  ("Carter"),  Dallas,  Texas.
LifeTrak  is  a  comprehensive   system  for  managing  donor,   laboratory  and
distribution for the blood center.

In September 1998, the Company  acquired  Informedics,  Inc., which develops and
markets a line of computer  software  applications  designed for hospital  blood
bank and blood centers.

In May 1990, the Company acquired Digimedics  Corporation,  one of the country's
leading  vendors of  information  management  systems for  hospital  pharmacies.
Digimedics  had  introduced  the first open systems  version of a  comprehensive
pharmacy  information  management  system  in  the  mid-1980's.  In  June  1996,
Digimedics  expanded its  operations  with the  acquisition of certain assets of
Information Handling Services Group ("IHS"),  including the U.S. based Pharmakon
Division and the U.K. based JAC Computer Services, LTD. The Pharmakon operations
were  subsequently  merged  with  the  Digimedics  operations  to form  Pharmacy
Division of the Company.

The Operating Room Division  formed in April 1998 grew from the expansion of its
Surgiware product center. The Surgiware system, licensed in September 1990, is a
comprehensive  information system for managing the human resources,  facilities,
equipment and supplies required for surgery.


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The  Company  currently  operates  in  one  business  segment,   the  healthcare
information system industry:  developing,  implementing and maintaining clinical
information  systems.  The business is organized into four  operating  divisions
marketing three distinct product lines: Pharmacy Systems, Blood Bank Systems and
Operating  Room Systems.  The Blood Bank,  Pharmacy and Operating Room Divisions
operate in the United  States,  and JAC, a provider  of pharmacy  stock  control
systems, operates in the United Kingdom.

The Company's Corporate Transaction Strategy

In  order  to  broaden  product   offerings,   capture  market  share,   improve
profitability and capitalize on the consolidation trend in the hospital clinical
information  system industry,  the Company's  business  strategy includes growth
through acquisitions,  combinations,  mergers and other corporate  transactions.
The  Company  has an ongoing  program of  reviewing  and  considering  corporate
transaction  possibilities,  but there can be no assurance that the Company will
be able to  identify  or reach  mutually  agreeable  terms with any  transaction
candidate.

The Company also seeks (but cannot  provide  assurance  that it will be able) to
develop  strategic  partnerships  that are complimentary to its core markets and
product  set,  mutually  beneficial  to both  parties and that provide a greater
value  proposition to the customer then could be realized  without the strategic
relationship.

The Healthcare Information Systems Industry

As a result of recent  events in the  healthcare  industry,  the need for better
quality has been brought  more  sharply into focus.  The passage of the Balanced
Budget Act (BBA) in 1997 sharply  reduced  Medicare  funding to  hospitals.  The
Institute of Medicine  (IOM) released a report from 1999 on patient safety - "To
Err is  Human:  Building  a Safer  Health  System" - which  documented  the high
incidence  of  avoidable  medical  errors  that  result in  significant  adverse
outcomes  including death.  Several studies have recently  appeared citing:  (I)
nursing care shortages, (ii) shortages of other healthcare  professionals,  like
pharmacists,  (iii) the  increased  use of  poorly  trained  healthcare  aids in
patient care settings,  (iv) concerns over pharmacy prescription errors, and (v)
the overall  lack of legible  medical  records as  contributing  factors to high
incidences  of medical  errors  resulting in  disabilities  and even death.  New
regulations   mandated   by   the   Healthcare   Information   Portability   and
Accountability Act (HIPPAA) will likely be finalized in 2000. The combination of
reduced  reimbursement,  demands for improved patient safety,  concerns over the
quality of patient care, and  requirements  for improved  access and security to
patient   information   will   place   significant   pressures   on   healthcare
organizations. The Company believes it is ideally positioned to provide clinical
information  systems that address many of these issues impacting the quality and
cost effectiveness of health care.

Historically,  healthcare  expenditures  for information  technology have lagged
behind other  industries,  with  investments  averaging  two to three percent of
operating  revenues,  compared with an average of six to eight percent for other
industries  and 12% to 14% for  information-sensitive  sectors such as financial
services. Healthcare information technology expenditures are expected to grow to
over $28  billion  by the year  2002.  The  Company  estimates  that  there  are
approximately  4,000  hospitals in the United  States,  which would be potential
customers for its products.

Competition  in the market for  clinical  information  systems is  intense.  The
principal  competitive  factors are the functionality of the system,  its design
and capabilities, site references, reputation for ongoing support, the potential
for enhancements, price and salesmanship. Also key is the strategic position the
incumbent,  or major healthcare  information systems vendor, has in the


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customer site. Different dynamics and competitors,  however,  affect each of the
Company's  products.  These factors are  discussed in the following  analysis of
each respective product line.

Blood Bank Division

The Blood Bank Division currently has four major blood bank information  systems
products -  Hemocare(TM),  the Company's  cornerstone  product and primary blood
bank  information  system,  LifeTrak(TM),  acquired from Carter ,  LifeLine(TM),
obtained  as  part  of  the  Informedics   acquisition  in  September  1998  and
StarPath(TM),  a clinical pathology system. Hemocare(TM) was originally designed
in collaboration with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1981 and is sold
either on a  stand-alone  basis or in  conjunction  with a  clinical  laboratory
information system. Hemocare's software programs are organized into sub-systems,
which perform over 200 functions, including the following:

o    Manage and control blood inventory

o    Perform long-term donor and transfusion record keeping

o    Perform medical screening

o    Manage the collection,  screening, testing, component preparation, labeling
     and distribution

o    Store and manage characteristics of blood products to be transfused

o    Maintain patient and transfusion records

o    Maintain the record of patient test results

o    Automate billing and workload recording

Hemocare's core technology is the UNIX operating  system and the "C" programming
language,  which  allows it to run on multiple  hardware  platforms.  Hemocare's
scalability  facilitates  the  configuration  of cost  effective  solutions  for
virtually any size hospital or multi-site  Integrated  Delivery  System ("IDS").
Hemocare markets innovative product  enhancements such as validation  templates,
video  validation,  an  automated  patient  backup  card  system  and a standard
integration  module  which has become the defacto  standard  for blood bank data
integration with laboratory software system vendors.

Mediware believes that it is the only company to offer a comprehensive  suite of
products  serving the hospital and blood center markets that assist customers in
their efforts to remain compliant with regulatory agency  guidelines.  Currently
the Hemocare  application  is installed in over 274  hospitals,  ranging in size
from 100 to 1,600 beds.

LifeLine(TM),  the system  acquired  in the  Informedics  acquisition,  has been
marketed  since 1984  throughout  the world.  With the  addition of LifeLine and
LifeTrak to the Company's blood bank product line,  Mediware's  total blood bank
division  systems  installed  base  increased to 506,  making it the  industry's
leading vendor of standalone, "best of breed" blood bank information systems.

LifeTrak(TM), the system acquired from Carter , has been marketed since January,
2000 to blood centers throughout the United States. The newer LifeTrak system is
a Windows(TM) NT/95/98 application utilizing a Unix/Oracle(TM) Platform.

In addition to the initial sale of the Company's  blood bank  systems,  revenues
are generated from post contract support,  averaging  approximately 24% annually
of the systems' original selling price. These maintenance  contracts account for
approximately 70% of this division's revenues and are recurring in nature.


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Mediware  competes  primarily  with vendors of  laboratory  information  systems
("LIS"),  which  provide a blood bank  subsystem  as a part of their  laboratory
product,  as well as other companies that market  standalone blood bank systems.
The LIS vendors are much larger  companies  with greater  technical,  marketing,
financial and other resources than the Company.  Mediware,  however,  enjoys the
unique position of having all of its blood bank information systems approved for
marketing by the Food and Drug  Administration.  The Company  believes  that the
510(k) approval process is sufficiently onerous to discourage many potential new
entrants into this market segment.

New Products

The  Blood  Bank  Division  has  developed  and is  currently  testing  software
interfaces to various automated blood bank testing instruments.  The development
of these  interfaces is in accordance with the terms and conditions of marketing
agreements,  which  have been  executed  with  Immucor,  Inc.  and Micro  Typing
Systems,  Inc.  These  interfaces  provide  for the  automated  exchange of data
between   Mediware's  blood  bank  systems  and  devices   manufactured  by  the
aforementioned  companies.  The Company  continues to invest heavily in its core
blood bank product offerings. Additionally, the Company is investing significant
resources in  developing a next  generation  Blood Bank  information  management
system.  The Company  expects,  but can not assure,  FDA  approval  and to begin
marketing the next generation system during fiscal 2001.

Pharmacy Division

In May 1990, the Company acquired Digimedics  Corporation,  one of the country's
leading vendors of information systems for hospital  pharmacies.  The Digimedics
pharmacy  information  system,  based  on the  UNIX  operating  system,  the "C"
programming language, and the Unify relational database management system, was a
leading  competitor in the market.  In June 1996, the Company  acquired  certain
assets  of the  Pharmakon  (U.S.  based)  and  JAC  (U.K.  based)  divisions  of
Information Handling Services Group ("IHS"). Pharmakon, which was available on a
variety of minicomputer  and mainframe  hardware  platforms,  was also a leading
competitive  offering in the  pharmacy  systems  market.  This  product is being
replaced by the Company's next generation WORx product line.

In November  1997,  the  pharmacy  division  introduced a new  n-tiered,  Object
Oriented,  Windows based  client/server  pharmacy  system known as the WORx Drug
Therapy  Management  System.  WORx has been  sold to 80  hospital  organizations
encompassing  145 hospital  sites.  As a result of its Windows  user  interface,
advanced  underlying systems  integration  architecture and IDN friendly design,
WORx is positioned as a potential hub for drug therapy management. This includes
integration with automated drug dispensing  cabinets  manufactured by Pyxis Inc.
(Pyxis(TM)), a division of Cardinal Health, Inc. and Omnicell Technologies, Inc.
Interfaces to other pharmacy  dispensing devices such as the AHI RxOBOT produced
by a division of McKesson are in development.

WORx Universal,  released in June 1999, provides access to clinical data via the
Internet/intranet using a standard web browser on multiple platforms,  including
hand-held and wireless devices.

Currently there are over 50 hospitals using the Pharmacy Division's products.


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New Products

The  Pharmacy  Division is  currently  developing  an  outpatient  module,  WORx
Ambulatory Care. The module provides prescription services for clinic, long term
care, discharge,  employee and other outpatient settings,  effectively extending
the WORx  functionality  into additional  areas  throughout the IDN. This module
will also be Internet  enabled and  ultimately  will provide for patient  access
through the new MYWORx  feature.  WORx Ambulatory Care was released in September
2000.

Operating Room Division

In September  1990,  the Company  licensed the  Surgiware(TM)  system for use in
surgical suites.  Surgiware is a comprehensive  information  system for managing
the human resources,  facilities,  equipment and supplies  required for surgery.
The Surgiware system integrates  clinical data capture,  inventory and equipment
control,  scheduling,  quality assurance and reporting writing. For example, the
system contains a program that presents a proprietary,  real-time  schedule on a
color  graphics  display  enabling  the  user  to  visually  identify  potential
scheduling  conflicts based upon what is happening in the surgical suite at that
moment and to test alternative  solutions on the system.  The core competency of
the system is its ability to gather and  disseminate  data at the point of care,
providing the hospital with timely, accurate data on its surgical activities.

In fiscal year 2000, the Company  introduced PCMWin - Charts,  PCMWin - Schedule
and PCMWin - Server  (collectively  herein part of the perioperative case series
of products). These Microsoft Windows based products replace the character based
Surgiware system.  Due to the modular design of the perioperative case series of
products, Mediware can connect to existing hospital-wide scheduling systems such
as Tempus Software's  Encompass  ("Tempus") and Spacelabs  Medical's  Caremaster
Resource  Scheduler  ("Spacelabs").  The benefits of a fully implemented  system
include:

o    Increased utilization rate of operating rooms;

o    Increased productivity from efficient management of staffing and equipment;

o    Improvement in inventory management; and,

o    Increased patient billings as a result of real time capture of information.

The Operating Room Division's suite of products successfully integrates clinical
data  capture,  equipment  control,  scheduling,  quality  assurance  and report
writing.  These benefits translate into significant revenues and savings,  given
that the surgical suite may produce more revenue than any other  department and,
at the same time,  may be one of the biggest cost centers in the  hospital.  The
record  keeping  functions  can also be of  significant  benefit in the areas of
quality assurance, risk management and the accreditation of physicians. The cost
savings and revenues  enhancements  generated by the Operating  Room  Division's
product portfolio may result in a payback period of less than one year.

New Products

Perioperative  Case  Management  for  Windows  - PCMWin:  PCMWin is an  n-tiered
Microsoft NT based server  application that provides the core  functionality for
an operating room management


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system. PCMWin also includes a Windows based module that provides a complete set
of surgical case scheduling functions. Key features include:

o    Case preference management;

o    Inventory management;

o    Account billing;

o    Interfaces to existing hospital information system; and,

o    Internet based remote access.

The PCMWin server can be integrated seamlessly with Mediware's case charting and
scheduling  applications in addition to the modules of other vendor's systems to
create a comprehensive  surgical suite information management system. PCMWin was
released in September 1999.

JAC

The Company's United Kingdom operating division  originated with the acquisition
of JAC  Computer  Services,  LTD in June 1996.  JAC  markets  and  supports  its
Pharmacy  Stock  Control  System (the "JAC System") to pharmacy  departments  of
hospitals  throughout the U.K. The JAC System provides  automation of the entire
stock movement cycle,  from ordering and delivery,  with associated  invoice and
credit handling; through to patient supply via ward stock issues and dispensing.
Additional   features  include   worksheet  and  label  production  as  well  as
comprehensive reporting capabilities. The JAC System is written in ANSI Standard
M, which is utilized  extensively in the  healthcare  market  worldwide.  During
fiscal 2000, 60.7% of JAC's revenues were generated from services.

Research and Development

During the past three years the Company has committed significant resources with
the goal of  upgrading  all of its  products  to  state-of-the-art  technologies
including:

o    N-tier  client/server   architecture  for  rapid  product  development  and
     enhancement;

o    Object  Oriented  component   technology  -  modular  design  allowing  for
     scaleable  concurrent users,  reduced development costs and "plug and play"
     integration;

o    Multi-site capabilities in all product lines to take advantage of the trend
     toward integrated delivery networks ("IDNs"); and,

o    Internet enabled  capabilities to provide widely available remote access to
     vital information at very low cost.

Expenditures  for  software  development  for  fiscal  2000,  1999 and 1998 were
$8,616,000,  $5,098,000 and $3,523,  000 respectively,  exclusive of write-downs
and amortization of software development costs. Of the total expenditures during
2000, 1999,  1998,  $4,770,  000,  $2,772,000 and $1,556,000  respectively  were
capitalized.  The Company plans to continue to commit  substantial  resources to
the development of its products.

Sales and Marketing

The Blood Bank Division markets its products,  both directly to standalone sites
and in conjunction with resellers, through a sales team consisting of a National
Sales Manager, two Regional Sales  Representatives and four Clinical Consultants
who perform on-site


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demonstrations of the products. Hemocare's Standard Integration Module, a set of
comprehensive,   prepackaged  interface  programs,   has  been  instrumental  in
Mediware's  ability  to  recruit  laboratory  vendors  who have  integrated  and
remarketed   the   Hemocare    system.    The   Company    currently   has   key
remarketing/reselling  agreements  with  ADAC  Healthcare  Information  Systems;
Citation Computer Systems, Inc.; Dynamic Healthcare  Technologies,  Inc.; Keane,
Inc.; McKessonHBOC, Inc.; NLFC, Inc.; Shared Medical Systems, Inc.; and Sunquest
Information Systems, Inc.

The Pharmacy  Division sales force consists of a National Sales Manager and five
Regional  Sales  Representatives  covering  territories in the United States and
Canada.  Technical  sales support is provided by two Clinical  Consultants  with
extensive experience as clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.  Mediware
has  reseller  agreements  for WORx with  Eclipsys  Corporation,  The  Compucare
Company, a subsidiary of Quadramed,  and Creative Socio-Medics,  a subsidiary of
Netsmart Technologies, Inc.

Mediware  has a  program  targeted  at  increasing  its  surgical  suite  market
penetration. This program includes the following major components:

o    Expanding the Surgiware product center into the Operating Room Division - A
     General  Manager was  appointed  to oversee  sales and  marketing,  product
     development, implementation and client support services.

o    Accelerating  product  development - In order to accelerate the development
     of new  products,  an  Engineering  Manager with  experience  in developing
     Windows  based  client/server  systems was hired to lead a new  programming
     staff.

o    Creating a dedicated sales team - Previously,  sales responsibility for the
     Operating Room Division's products was conducted by the Pharmacy Division's
     sales force.  Given that the bulk of operating rooms are using  rudimentary
     scheduling  systems,  the Company  believes that there exists a significant
     market  opportunity  for  Mediware  to  sell  its  comprehensive   software
     solution.

In order to maximize  penetration  into this segment,  the Company has created a
dedicated  sales force for the  Operating  Room  Division to achieve the desired
sales volume.  The Operating  Room Division  sales force  consists of a National
Sales  Manager  and  three  Regional  Sales  Representatives,  and two  Clinical
Consultants, covering the United States and Canada.

Employees

As of September 26, 2000,  the company had 220 full-time  employees of which 203
are  employed  domestically.  The  Company  employs  26 in the area of sales and
marketing,  91  in  customer  support,  68  in  product  development  and  35 in
administration.  None of the  Company's  employees  are  covered  by  collective
bargaining  agreements nor are they members of any union.  The Company  believes
that its employee relations are good.

The Company also relies on the services of a number of consultants to supplement
its employee base.  The number of consultants  varies from time to time based on
the Company's needs and the various stages of its development  projects. At June
30, 2000, there were 20 consultants covered by consulting agreements.


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Seasonality

The Company's operations are not subject to seasonal fluctuations.

Geographic Information

(Dollars in thousands)
                                           2000            1999            1998
                                         -------         -------         -------

Revenues
  United States                          $24,352         $25,779         $18,860
  United Kingdom                           2,354           2,560           1,670
                                         -------         -------         -------
     Total                               $26,706         $28,339         $20,530
                                         =======         =======         =======

Long-lived assets
  United States                          $16,156         $10,941         $ 8,275
  United Kingdom                             472             510             572
                                         -------         -------         -------
     Total                               $16,628         $11,451         $ 8,847
                                         =======         =======         =======

The Company does not believe its foreign operations present any significant risk
factors beyond those  resulting from normal  fluctuations  in the exchange rates
between British pounds and U.S. dollars.

Backlog

At June 30, 2000, the Company had approximate  backlog of $3,492,000,  including
$1,168,000  related to  contracted  software and hardware  sales and  $2,324,000
related to  implementation,  training  and other  services.  Software  sales and
services  backlog  consists of product and services sold under signed  contracts
which  have not yet been  recognized  as  revenues.  Of the total  backlog,  the
Company  expects that  approximately  92% will be recognized  as revenue  during
fiscal  2001.  At  June  30,  1999,  the  Company  had  approximate  backlog  of
$5,905,000,  including  $2,549,000  related to contracted  software and hardware
sales and $3,356,000 related to implementation, training and other services.

Item 2. Properties

The  Company's  corporate  headquarters  are  located  in Lenexa,  KS,  where it
occupies  approximately  21,000  square feet of leased  space.  The Company also
leases  office  space in  Melville,  NY (14,000  square  feet),  Scotts  Valley,
California  (9,000  square  feet),  Dallas,  Texas (6,000  square feet) and Lake
Oswego,  Oregon (5,000 square feet). The Company's United Kingdom operations are
headquartered  in  Basildon,  Essex  where it  occupies  leased  space  totaling
approximately 4,000 square feet.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The Company is not involved in any material  pending  litigation nor is it aware
of any  proceedings  contemplated  by government  authorities  that would have a
material adverse effect on the Company or its business.


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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of the Company's  stockholders  was held on June 14, 2000 for
the purpose of  considering  and voting  upon (i) the  election of four Class II
directors  and (ii) a  proposal  to amend the 1992  Equity  Incentive  Plan (the
"Plan").

The Class II directors to be elected were Messrs. Joseph Delario,  Walter Kowsh,
Jr., John C. Frieberg and Michael  Montgomery.  The Class III  directors,  whose
terms expire at the annual meeting of the Company's  stockholders  following the
2000 fiscal year, are Messrs.  Lawrence  Auriana and Jonathan H. Churchill,  and
Drs.  John  Gorman and Clinton G.  Weiman.  The Class I  directors,  whose terms
expire at the annual  meeting of the Company's  stockholders  following the 2001
fiscal year are Messrs. Roger Clark, Hans Utsch and Les Dace.

The  proposal  to amend the Plan  involved  approval  of an  amendment  that was
adopted  earlier by the Board of Directors (i)  increasing  the number of shares
which may be  issued  pursuant  to the Plan  from 20% to 30% of the  outstanding
common stock of the Company,  (ii)  increasing the number of shares which may be
issued pursuant to incentive stock options from 500,000 to 700,000 shares, (iii)
limiting to 700,000  shares the maximum  number of shares with  respect to which
options or rights may be granted pursuant to the Plan to any one employee during
the ten years  following  the  original  effective  date of the  Plan,  and (iv)
terminating  for  purposes  of  the  foregoing   700,000  share  limitation  the
authorization in the Plan to grant and reissue shares previously granted.

Of 7,004,432 shares of the Company's common stock outstanding and eligible to be
voted at the  annual  meeting of  stockholders,  stockholders  owning  5,397,335
shares were either  present and voting at the meeting or  represented  by proxy,
which is greater  than 50% of the  outstanding  common stock of the Company and,
therefore, a quorum. The votes on each of the foregoing matters was as follows:

     1.   ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

                                               For             Withhold
                                            ---------          --------
          Joseph Delario                    5,351,486           45,849
          Walter Kowsh                      5,351,486           45,849
          John C. Frieberg                  5,351,486           45,849
          Michael Montgomery                5,351,486           45,849

     2.   PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE PLAN

              For                           Against            Abstain
          ---------                         -------            --------
          5,114,513                         628,295             14,527


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Item 4A. Directors and Executive Officers of the Company

Directors and executive officers of the Company are as follows:

              Name               Age                Position
              ----               ---                --------
   Lawrence Auriana..........    56     Chairman, Secretary and Director
   Jonathan Churchill........    68     Director
   Roger Clark...............    66     Director
   Joseph Delario............    67     Director
   John Frieberg.............    65     Director
   Dr. John Gorman...........    69     Director
   Walter Kowsh, Jr..........    51     Director
   Hans Utsch................    64     Director
   Dr. Clinton Weiman........    75     Director
   Les Dace..................    54     Vice Chairman and Director
   Michael Montgomery........    52     President, Chief Executive Officer
                                        and Director
   Barbara Conner............    58     Vice President, Sales and Marketing -
                                        Blood Bank Division
   Bill Macdonald............    54     Vice President, Marketing
   Creighton Miller..........    48     Vice President and General Manager -
                                        Operating Room Division
   Kerry Robison.............    36     Chief Financial Officer
   Rodger Wilson.............    47     Vice President and General Manager -
                                        Pharmacy Division

Lawrence  Auriana has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since 1986 and a
director  since  1983.  He has been a Wall  Street  analyst,  money  manager and
venture  capitalist  for over 20 years.  Since  1986,  he has been  Chairman,  a
director  and,  together  with  Hans  Utsch,  also a  director  of the  Company,
Portfolio Co-Manager of The Kaufmann Fund, Inc.

Jonathan  H.  Churchill  has been a director  of the  Company  since  1992.  Mr.
Churchill  has been a practicing  attorney in New York City since 1958 and since
May 1996 has been Counsel at Winthrop,  Stimson, Putnam & Roberts. Mr. Churchill
was a partner of Boulanger,  Hicks, & Churchill,  P.C., from January 1990 to May
1996. Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts rendered legal services to the Company
during the last fiscal year, and the Company has retained and proposes to retain
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts during the current year.

Roger  Clark  has  been a  director  since  1983.  In June  1997 he  acquired  a
half-ownership  in a  recruitment  advertising  agency  named  Talcott and Clark
Recruitment Advertising,  Inc. From 1980 to 1987, he held a series of managerial
positions in the computer products area with Xerox  Corporation.  Mr. Clark is a
director of The Kaufmann Fund, Inc.

Joseph  Delario has been a director  since 1992.  Mr.  Delario was President and
Chief Executive  Officer of Quadrocom,  Inc., a business  consulting firm, until
December  1992,  and  since  then has been a  business  consultant  and  private
investor in and active in the management of several computer service  companies.
Mr. Delario renders management and financial services to the Company.

John C. Frieberg has been a director since 1993. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Frieberg
was President,  C.E.O. and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Mr. Frieberg
joined Digimedics Corporation as President in October 1989.


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John  Gorman has been a director  since  March  2000.  Dr.  Gorman is  currently
Clinical  Professor of Pathology at New York University School of Medicine.  Dr.
Gorman served as a Director of the Blood Bank of Presbyterian Hospital, NY until
1981 and as Director  of the Tisch  Hospital  Blood Bank at New York  University
Medical  Center  until his  retirement  in 1999.  Dr Gorman is a  consultant  to
Mediware  for new  product  development  in the area of blood  bank  information
systems. Dr. Gorman graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical School in
1953 and completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical  Pathology at Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center in 1960.

Walter Kowsh, Jr. has been a director since 1990. He is a consultant  programmer
specializing  in  Client/Server  database  systems.  He was a Senior  Programmer
Analyst with Brown Bros. Harriman & Co. from 1989 to 1992. From 1986 to 1989, he
was a computer consultant with Howard Systems International.

Hans Utsch has been a director since 1985. He has been independently  engaged in
money  management and investment  banking for over 20 years.  Since 1986, he has
been President and, together with Mr. Lawrence Auriana,  Portfolio Co-Manager of
The Kaufmann Fund, Inc.

Clinton G. Weiman,  M.D. has been a director since June 1996. In 1998 Dr. Weiman
became  associated with Executive Health  Examiners as a physician.  Since 1994,
Dr.  Weiman has been  independently  engaged as a  consultant  with the  Federal
Reserve.  His appointments have included Clinical Associate  Attending Physician
at New York  Hospital  and  Associate  Professor,  Clinical  Medicine at Cornell
University Medical College.

Les N. Dace has been a director since 1995. Mr. Dace was appointed Vice Chairman
of the Board in charge of strategic planning and business development in October
1998. Mr. Dace joined the Company in 1992, as Vice President and General Manager
for the Digimedics and Surgiware Product Centers. He was appointed President and
C.E.O. of the Company in 1995 and held this post until October 1998.

Michael  Montgomery has been  President,  Chief  Executive  Officer and Director
since  March 2000.  Mr.  Montgomery  served as  President  of Alltel  Healthcare
Information  Systems  Division  from 1990  until  his  retirement  in 1998.  Mr.
Montgomery  served  as  Executive  Vice  President  of Sales  and  Marketing  of
Systematics,  Inc. from 1980 until 1990 when Alltel Corporation  acquired it. He
studied mechanical engineering at the University of Utah.

Barbara Conner,  has been with the Company since 1992,  responsible for sales of
the Hemocare Blood Bank System. Ms. Conner was appointed Vice President, Sales &
Marketing for the Blood Bank Division during fiscal year 2000.  Prior to joining
the Company, Ms. Conner was a consultant to hospitals in the areas of Laboratory
Interfacing  and  CLIA  '88  Regulations  effecting  Physicians.   Ms.  Conner's
background  includes   management  of  Clinical   Laboratory   Registration  and
Radiologic Technology Registration, as well as 25 years of sales experience.

Bill  Macdonald  joined the Company in 2000 as Vice  President of Marketing  and
Business  Development.  Prior to joining the  Company,  Mr.  Macdonald  was most
recently Senior Vice President of Marketing for Alltel Information Services, and
from 1993 to 1997, Senior Vice President of Marketing of Alltel Healthcare. Bill
has over 24 years of sales and marketing  experience  in healthcare  information
systems.

Creighton Miller joined Digimedics Corporation in 1980 as a software development
engineer.  Mr. Miller has served as Vice  President  and General  Manager of the
Operating Room Division since 1998. Mr. Miller also served as Vice President and
General Manager of the Blood Bank


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Division from July 1999 until July 2000.  In 1983 Mr. Miller was appointed  Vice
President of Engineering.

Kerry D.  Robison  has been with the  Company  as a  Consultant  to the  Finance
Department  since November  1998. In June 1999, Ms. Robison was appointed  Chief
Financial  Officer.  From  October  1994 to October 1998 she served as Corporate
Controller  with  Vanguard  Airlines.  From 1989 to 1994 she served as a project
accountant and as a project  controller with Zeckendorf  Company,  a real estate
development firm in New York City. Ms. Robison is a Certified Public Accountant.

Rodger P.  Wilson,  R.Ph.  joined the Company in 1996 as Vice  President/General
Manager of the Pharmacy  Division.  Mr. Wilson was President of The Pawnee Group
from 1994 to 1996 and Vice President of Operations and Chief Information Officer
of Concepts Direct, Inc., from 1992 to 1994.


                                     Part II

Item 5. Market for the  Registrant's  Common Stock and Related  Security  Holder
Matters

The  Company's  common  stock is traded in the  over-the-counter  market  and is
quoted on the NASDAQ  Small Cap Market  under the symbol MEDW and on the Pacific
Stock  Exchange  under  the  symbol  MIS.  Prior to  August  1991,  there was no
established trading market for the Company's common stock.

The  following  table sets forth the high and low stock prices for the Company's
common  stock  for each of the  fiscal  years  ended  June 30,  2000 and 1999 as
reported by NASDAQ.

                                      2000                        1999
                               ------------------           ----------------
                                High        Low              High       Low
                               ------     -------           ------     -----
First Quarter                  8 1/8      6  5/8             8 5/8     4
Second Quarter                 8 3/16     6  1/4            10 1/4     4 3/8
Third Quarter                  7 1/8      5  3/8             9 5/8     5 1/4
Fourth Quarter                 7          4 11/16            8 3/8     5 1/8

These  over-the-counter  quotations reflect intra-dealer prices,  without retail
mark-ups, mark downs or commissions and may not represent actual transactions.

As of September 25, 2000, there were approximately 223 shareholders of record of
the Company's  common stock.  To date, the Company has not paid dividends to its
shareholders and it does not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable  future.
Management  intends to use any earnings to finance the development and continued
expansion of the Company's business.


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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

(In thousands, except per share data)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               2000        1999        1998        1997        1996
                                             --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
<S>                                          <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Statements of Operations Data
  For the years ended June 30,

Revenues
  System sales                               $  8,294    $ 12,783    $  7,868    $  6,229    $  5,781
  Services                                     18,412      15,556      12,662      12,674       4,651
                                             --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
  Total revenues                               26,706      28,339      20,530      18,903      10,432
                                             --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
Cost of sales
   Cost of systems                              2,626       4,303       2,661       2,413       2,023
   Cost of sales                                6,829       4,123       3,279       2,913       1,403
                                             --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
   Total cost of sales                          9,455       8,426       5,940       5,326       3,426
                                             --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
   Gross profit                                17,251      19,913      14,590      13,577       7,006

Purchased research and development                 --       4,553          --          --       3,891
Software development costs                      5,135       3,253       2,527       2,155       1,697
Selling, general and administrative            13,730      12,528       8,668       8,597       4,960
Net interest and other (income) expense           (77)         58         326         659         202
                                             --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
Earnings before income taxes                   (1,537)       (479)      3,069       2,166      (3,744)

Income tax (expense) benefit                      589        (491)       (139)        (85)         (6)
                                             --------    --------    --------    --------    --------

Net earnings (loss)                          $   (948)   $   (970)   $  2,930    $  2,081    $ (3,750)
                                             ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
Earning per common share
  Basic                                      $  (0.14)   $  (0.16)   $   0.54    $   0.42    $  (1.33)
                                             ========    ========    ========    ========    ========
  Diluted                                    $  (0.14)   $  (0.16)   $   0.44    $   0.35    $  (1.33)
                                             ========    ========    ========    ========    ========

Weighted average common shares outstanding
  Basic                                         6,627       5,963       5,447       4,965       2,817
  Diluted                                       6,627       5,963       6,630       5,917       2,817

Balance Sheet Data
  As of June 30,

  Cash and cash equivalents                  $  3,634    $  3,556    $  4,681    $  1,935    $  2,504
  Working capital                               1,343       3,183       2,026       2,487       1,536
  Total assets                                 29,051      26,348      23,747      17,349      15,157
  Debt                                          1,236         854       4,600       5,812       7,179
  Common stock                                 23,473      22,036      16,823      14,217      13,912
  Accumulated deficit                          (7,055)     (6,107)     (5,137)     (8,067)    (10,148)
  Total shareholders' equity                   16,394      15,916      11,671       6,005       3,764
</TABLE>


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Item 7. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations

Certain   statements  in  this  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K  may   constitute
"forward-looking"  statements  within  the  meaning  of the  Private  Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Act") and in releases made by the SEC from time to time.  Such  forward-looking
statements  are not based on  historical  facts and  involve  known and  unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results of the
Company to be materially  different from any future results expressed or implied
by such forward-looking  statements. The following discussion sets forth certain
factors the Company  believes  could cause actual  results to differ  materially
from  those  contemplated  by  these  forward-looking  statements.  The  Company
disclaims any obligation to update its forward-looking statements.

                              Results of Operations

Material Changes in Results of Operations: Fiscal 2000 versus Fiscal 1999

Total revenues  decreased 5.8%, or $1,633,000  during fiscal 2000 to $26,706,000
compared to  $28,339,000  in fiscal 1999.  The decrease  was  attributable  to a
decline in new system sales in all divisions except the Blood Bank division. The
Blood Bank Division  increased  7.8% to $10,787,000  from  $10,006,000 in fiscal
1999.  The increase in Blood Bank  revenues  was due to the  inclusion of a full
year of operating  results for  Informedics,  which was acquired late during the
first  quarter of fiscal 1999.  Management  believes  that new system sales were
negatively  impacted due to a disruption of customer  purchasing of  information
systems due to preparation for Y2K. Customers spent available capital budgets on
Year  2000  remediation  and  upgrades  as  opposed  to  initiating  new  system
implementations.  The  decline in new system  sales was  partially  offset by an
increase in service revenues.  Service revenues were positively  impacted during
the first half of the fiscal year,  due to completion of a significant  level of
implementation   services   assisting   customers  in  meeting  Y2K  preparation
deadlines.

System sales were  $8,294,000  in fiscal 2000, a decline of  $4,489,000 or 35.1%
from $12,783,000 in fiscal 1999. System sales in the Pharmacy division decreased
$3,365,000 or 48.4% from  $6,952,000 to  $3,587,000.  System sales for the Blood
Bank Division were $3,214,000,  a decline of $635,000,  or 16.5% from $3,849,000
in fiscal 1999.  Management  believes that  interest in new system  purchases is
increasing  as a result of the  completion  of Y2K  requirements.  The Company's
Operating  Room division also  experienced a decline in system sales, a 30.6% or
$250,000 decrease to $568,000.  This was offset, however by an increase of 30.8%
and $256,000 in service  revenues over last year,  for a net change of less than
1% between the two years.  Total revenues for this division were  $1,654,000 for
fiscal year 2000.  Revenues for the Company's overseas division,  JAC, decreased
by $206,000 or 8.0% from the prior year, to  $2,354,000  in fiscal 2000.  System
sales declined by 20.6% while service revenues increased 2.4% over last year.

Service revenues,  which include recurring software support,  implementation and
training  services  increased 18.4% or $2,856,000 to $18,412,000 for fiscal 2000
from  $15,556,000  for fiscal 1999.  Service  revenues of the Pharmacy  Division
increased  $1,153,000 or 16.1% to $8,324,000 for fiscal 2000 from $7,171,000 for
fiscal 1999. The Blood Bank division  service revenues  increased  $1,415,000 or
23.0% to $7,573,000 from $6,158,000. The increase in Blood Bank service revenues
was partially  attributable to the inclusion of a full year of operating results
for  Informedics,  which was  acquired  late during the first  quarter of fiscal
1999.


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Costs of systems include the cost of computer hardware and sublicensed  software
purchased from computer and software manufacturers by the Company as part of its
complete  system  offering.  These costs can vary as the mix of revenues  varies
between high margin proprietary  software and lower margin computer hardware and
sublicensed software  components.  Cost of systems decreased 39.0% during fiscal
2000  compared to the 35.1%  decline in system  sales,  resulting in an improved
gross margin percentage. The gross margin percentage on system sales improved to
68.3% in fiscal 2000 from 66.3% in 1999.

Costs  of  services  include  the  salaries  of  client  service  personnel  and
communications  expenses  along  with  direct  expenses  of the  client  service
departments.  Cost of services increased 65.6% in 2000 over the previous year on
an 18.4%  increase  in  service  revenues,  resulting  in a lower  gross  margin
percentage on service revenues.  The gross margin on service revenues  decreased
from  73.5% in 1999 to  62.9%  in  2000.  The  increase  in  service  costs as a
percentage  of revenues  primarily  reflects  increased  activities in technical
field  implementations  to meet Y2k demands and an increase in support  costs to
support new product releases and customer implementation needs.

Software development costs include salaries, consulting,  documentation,  office
and other related expenses  incurred in product  development  activities,  along
with  the  amortization  expense  of  capitalized  software  development  costs.
Software development costs increased $1,882,000 or 57.9% from $3,253,000 in 1999
to $5,135,000 in 2000. Total  expenditures for software  development,  including
both  capitalized  and  non-capitalized  portions and excluding  amortization of
capitalized  software,  were  $8,616,000  compared to  $5,098,000  in 1999.  The
increased spending reflects the Company's  commitment to product  development in
all divisions, with significant investing in; (i) new products and functionality
in  the  Blood  Bank  Division,   including  a  Windows  client/server  product,
instrument  interfaces,  ISBT128  bar-coding,  LifeTrak testing module, (ii) the
Pharmacy  division's  WORx  product  offerings,  and  (iii)  development  of the
Operating  Room  Division's  PCMWin,  Windows  client/server  line of  products.
Management  expects to  continue  investing  in  development  activities  in its
domestic divisions.

Selling,  general  and  administrative  expenses  include  marketing  and  sales
salaries,  commissions,  travel and advertising  expenses.  Also included is bad
debt expense;  legal, accounting and other professional fees; salaries and bonus
expenses for  corporate and division  administrative  staffs;  utilities,  rent,
communications   and  other   office   expenses;   and  other   related   direct
administrative  costs.  Selling,  general and administrative  expenses increased
$1,202,000 or 9.6% from  $12,528,000  for fiscal 1999 to $13,730,000  for fiscal
2000.  As a percentage  of sales,  these costs  increased  from 44.2% in 1999 to
51.4%  in  2000.  The  increase  in  expenses  of  approximately   $732,000  was
attributable  to a number of factors:  charges for  severance  costs  related to
changes in management  positions,  an increase in professional fees, an increase
in the reserve for bad debt expense,  and costs  associated with the acquisition
of LifeTrak and the opening of office facilities in Dallas, Texas. Additionally,
the  increase  reflects  the  establishment  of a sales  team  dedicated  to the
Operating  Room  division and the  inclusion of twelve  months of  operations of
Informedics.

Net losses for fiscal year 2000,  after an income tax benefit of $589,000,  were
$948,000 compared to losses in 1999 of $970,000 after a provision for income tax
expenses of $491,000.


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Material Changes in Results of Operations: Fiscal 1999 versus Fiscal 1998

Total revenue  increased by $7,809,000 or 38.0% from  $20,530,000 in fiscal 1998
to  $28,339,000 in fiscal 1999.  The increase is primarily  attributable  to the
Blood  Bank and  Pharmacy  operating  divisions.  Blood Bank  Division  revenues
increased  65.0% or $3,943,000  from  $6,063,000 to  $10,006,000  in fiscal year
1999.  The increase was related to a 26.1% growth in Hemocare  product sales and
38.9% from the  acquisition  of Informedics in the first quarter of fiscal 1999.
The acquisition of Informedics added $2,359,000 to overall revenues for the last
three quarters of fiscal 1999.  Pharmacy  Division  revenues  increased 27.0% or
$3,000,000 from $11,124,000 to $14,124,000  primarily due to strong sales of the
WORx client/ server system.  JAC system sales  increased  53.3% or $890,000 from
$1,670,000  to  $2,560,000  primarily  due to  clients  upgrading  hardware  and
software to become Year 2000 compliant.

System  sales  increased  by  $4,915,000  or 62.5%  from  $7,868,000  in 1998 to
$12,783,000 in fiscal 1999. The growth in systems revenues was primarily related
to strong sales of the Pharmacy  WORx product,  the Blood Bank Hemocare  product
and upgrade  sales in the JAC  division.  System sales in the Pharmacy  Division
increased 65.6% or $2,755,000  from $4,197,000 to $6,952,000.  In the Blood Bank
Division,  system sales  increased 63.6% or $1,497,000 from $2,352,000 in fiscal
1998 to  $3,849,000  in fiscal  1999,  contributing  approximately  30.5% to the
overall  increase in system sales.  The growth in system sales was primarily due
to a  focused  sales  effort  and  marketing  strategy  carried  through  by  an
established and experienced sales team.

Service  revenues  increased 22.9% or $2,894,000 from $12,662,000 to $15,556,000
in fiscal 1999 vs.  fiscal  1998.  The  increase in service  revenues  primarily
related  to  the  acquisition  of  Informedics.   Informedics  service  revenues
contributed  66.6% to the overall  increase.  Service  revenues for the Hemocare
product  increased 14% or $520,000 from  $3,711,000 to $4,231,000 in fiscal 1999
vs.  fiscal  1998.  The increase  was driven by the  installation  of new system
sales.  Service revenues  increased by 5.4% in the Pharmacy Division and 9.3% in
the Operating Room Division from the prior fiscal year.

As a percentage of related  sales,  cost of systems  decreased less than 1% from
fiscal 1998. Even though higher  proportions of lower gross margin products were
sold, the Company  maintained costs consistent with the fiscal 1998 level.  Cost
of services as a  percentage  of service  revenues  increased  less than 1% from
fiscal 1998 to fiscal 1999.  Cost of services  increased  $844,000 or 25.7% from
$3,279,000  in 1998 to  $4,123,000  in fiscal  1999.  The increase in expense is
principally  due to the  increased  client  service  cost  from the  Informedics
product line and a lower  allocation of client  service  technical  personnel to
capitalizable development projects within the Pharmacy division.

Software  development  costs  increased  28.7% or  $725,000  in fiscal 1999 from
fiscal  1998.  Total  expenditures  for  software  development,  including  both
capitalized  and  non-capitalized  portions for fiscal 1999 and fiscal 1998 were
$5,098,000 and  $3,523,000.  These amounts  exclude  amortization.  Additions to
capitalized  software cost were  $2,772,000  and  $1,556,000 for fiscal 1999 and
fiscal 1998  respectively.  The increase in the costs  capitalized was primarily
due  to  WORx  product  development  and  an  increase  in  product  development
activities in the Blood Bank division.

Selling,  general and administrative expenses increased 44.5% or $3,860,000 from
$8,668,000  in fiscal 1998 to  $12,528,000  in fiscal 1999.  As a percentage  of
total revenue,  selling,  general and  administrative  costs  increased 42.2% in
fiscal  1998 to 44.2% in fiscal  1999.  The  increase  was  attributable  to the
increased level of sales and the additional costs of the Informedics  operation.
In fiscal 1999 the Company increased headcount approximately 29%, inclusive of


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the  Informedics  personnel,   to  support  the  growth  in  sales  and  ongoing
development activity. The staffing increases resulted in increases in costs such
as salaries and benefits, recruitment, facilities and general expenses.

Interest  expense  net of  interest  income  decreased  $268,000  or 82.2%  from
$326,000  in fiscal  1998 to $58,000 in fiscal  1999.  This  decrease  is due to
paying off a $3,746,000  promissory note payable to CHS in the second quarter of
fiscal 1999. In the fiscal years ended 1999 and 1998 the Company reported income
tax expense of $491,000  and  $139,000 or an  effective  rate of 11.9% in fiscal
1999, calculated before the write-off of in-process research and development vs.
4.1% in fiscal 1998.

Net  earnings  were  directly  affected by the  $4,553,000  one-time  charge for
in-process  research and  development  resulting in a net loss of  $(970,000) or
$(0.16) per share in fiscal 1999.  Excluding this one-time charge,  net earnings
for the fiscal year 1999  increased  22.3% or $653,000  from  $2,930,000.  Fully
diluted  earnings per share,  exclusive of the  write-off,  were $0.51 in fiscal
1999 compared to $0.44 in fiscal 1998.

Liquidity and Capital Resources at June 30, 2000

As of June 30, 2000,  the Company had cash and cash  equivalents  of $3,634,000,
and  working  capital  deficit  of  $(1,343,000),  compared  to  cash  and  cash
equivalents of $3,556,000  and working  capital of $3, 183,000 at June 30, 1999.
The  current  ratio at June 30,  2000 was 0.88:1  compared to 1.31:1 at June 30,
1999.  The  current  ratio is  negatively  impacted  by a decrease  in  accounts
receivable  related to a decrease in new system sales and an increase in accrued
expenses primarily related to employee  compensation and contract labor fees and
bonuses related to accelerated  product development efforts to meet key delivery
dates.  Cash provided by operating  activities  was  $6,190,000,  $5,661,000 and
$4,082,000  for fiscal  years ended June 30, 2000,  1999 and 1998  respectively.
Cash  provided  by  operating  activities  in fiscal 2000 was  primarily  due to
earnings before non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization, collection
of accounts  receivable,  and  increased  billings  of support to clients.  Cash
provided by operating  activities  in fiscal 1999 was  primarily due to earnings
before  the  write-off  of  purchased  technology  plus  non-cash  items such as
depreciation and amortization.

As of June 30, 2000, accounts  receivable  decreased  $2,481,000,  to $5,880,000
from  $8,361,000 at fiscal year end 1999, and advances from customers  increased
$873,000 to $6,220,000  from $5,347,000 at fiscal year end 1999. The decrease in
accounts  receivable  is  due to  completing  a  significant  amount  of  system
implementations  in the  Pharmacy  Division  and a decrease in new system  sales
related primarily to the  industry-wide  slowdown in new system purchases due to
Y2K. The  increase in advances  from  customers is due to the expanded  customer
base related to the  Informedics  acquisition  in fiscal 1999 and an emphasis on
selling support  services with annual renewals.  Days sales  outstanding was 80,
106 and 122 at fiscal year end June 30, 2000, 1999, and 1998 respectively.

The  principal  uses of cash for  investing  activities  during the fiscal years
ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 included  purchases of fixed assets and investments
in product  development.  Additionally,  in fiscal  2000,  the Company also made
payments of $1,166,000  related to the purchase of the LifeTrak(TM) blood center
software  package.  The  balance of $375,000  was paid in July 2000.  During the
fiscal year,  the Company spent $966,000 on other fixed assets for equipment and
software to  accommodate  increases in employees  and other fixed assets for the
startup of a Dallas, Texas location,  the relocation of the Melville, NY product
center, upgrading aged systems for Y2K, and for use in product development.  For
fiscal years ended June 30,


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1999 and 1998, the Company  invested  $1,120,000 and $804,000 into fixed assets.
During fiscal year 1999 the purchases  were comprised of computer and networking
equipment  to  accommodate   increases  in  employees,   upgrade  aged  systems,
installation  of a WAN,  and fixed assets  associated  with the  relocation  and
expansion of the Pharmacy division office.  The Company  capitalized new product
development of  $4,770,000,  $2,772,000 and $1,556,000 for the fiscal year 2000,
1999 and 1998 respectively.  The investments in product development were related
to significant  development in the Company's  next  generation  products for the
Blood Bank,  Pharmacy and Operating  Room. The Company plans to continue to seek
market  expansion   opportunities   through  internal   development  and/or  the
acquisition of  products/companies  that compliment or augment the existing line
of products.

Cash used in financing activities for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2000, 1999
and 1998 related principally to the repayment of promissory notes. Cash was used
in fiscal 2000 for repayment of $100,000 of notes to a director and repayment of
$50,000 of notes to a non-affiliate.  Cash used in financing  activities for the
fiscal year 1999 related to the repayment of a promissory  note issued to IHS as
part of the purchase  price for the  Pharmakon  and JAC  operations.  During the
fiscal year 2000,  the Company  received  $1,337,000  upon the exercise of stock
options and  warrants,  including  $513,000  upon the exercise of  approximately
675,000 stock  warrants and 15,000 stock options by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors.

The Company's  liquidity is influenced by the Company's  ability to perform in a
competitive  industry.  The factors that may affect liquidity are the ability to
maintain  or improve the rate of system  sales and the  ability to collect  cash
from clients as the implementation of systems progresses.

During  fiscal  year 2000,  in part due to year 2000  issues,  customers  of the
Company tended to upgrade  existing  software  while  delaying  purchases of new
software.  As a result, the Company's revenues for upgrading customers' software
increased  from the prior year while its sales of new software  declined.  While
the Company  cannot  provide  assurances,  new software  sales are  projected to
increase  during  fiscal  year  2001  and  generate  sufficient  cash  flow  for
operations.  However,  the weaker new  software  sales  during  fiscal year 2000
combined with increased product development  expenses is expected to result in a
temporary  cash shortfall in the second or third quarter of fiscal year 2001. In
October 2000, the Company obtained from Fratelli  Auriana,  an entity controlled
by Mr. Auriana,  the Chairman of the Board of the Company,  a commitment to loan
the Company up to  $2,000,000  as needed by the Company  through  September  30,
2002, when any outstanding principal and interest would be due. The loan will be
collateralized  by all of the  assets  of the  Company.  Contemporaneously,  Mr.
Auriana has agreed to defer until the same date the loan from  Fratelli  Auriana
would be due, payment of an existing loan extended by Mr. Auriana to the Company
of approximately  $704,000 plus accrued  interest  (principal and interest total
approximately   $1.2  million)  that  is  currently  payable  upon  demand.  See
Subsequent Events for a description of these loan arrangements.

Subsequent Events

In October 2000,  Fratelli  Auriana,  an entity  controlled by Mr. Auriana,  the
Chairman  of the  Board of the  Company,  committed  to loan the  Company  up to
$2,000,000,  to be drawn in  multiples  of  $250,000,  as needed by the Company,
subject to the terms  described  as follows.  Mr.  Auriana has agreed to provide
funds to Fratelli  Auriana  should any be necessary to ensure  Fratelli  Auriana
meets this  obligation  to the Company.  Interest at the rate of prime plus 1/4%
will be charged  on any  outstanding  balance  and must be paid  quarterly.  Any
principal and interest outstanding must be paid by September 30, 2002. Any money
borrowed may be prepaid without penalty on three days notice.  Any principal and
interest outstanding will become


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immediately due and payable upon a "change of control" of the Company,  which is
to be defined in final agreements between Fratelli Auriana and the Company.  The
loan will be secured by all of the assets of the  Company.  The Company will pay
Fratelli Auriana an origination fee equal to the reasonably incurred expenses of
Fratelli  Auriana,  including legal fees, up to a maximum of 3/8% of $2,000,000.
There  will be no  facility  fee.  In  connection  with the loan  from  Fratelli
Auriana,  Mr.  Auriana  has agreed to defer  payment of  principal  and  accrued
interest on an existing  demand loan  extended by Mr.  Auriana to the Company of
approximately  $704,000,  which with accrued interest totals  approximately $1.2
million  until the same time as the loan from  Fratelli  Auriana to the  Company
becomes due. This earlier loan by Mr.  Auriana to the Company shall maintain its
present  secured  position.  Final terms and conditions  will be documented in a
loan  agreement  and related  documentation  currently  being  negotiated  among
Fratelli Auriana, Mr. Auriana and the Company.

FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE RESULTS

Fluctuations in Quarterly Operating Results

Mediware's  revenues and results of operations can fluctuate  substantially from
quarter to quarter.  System Sales revenues in any quarter  depend  substantially
upon Mediware's sales performance and customer's budgeting and buying practices.
System sales in any quarter may fluctuate due to contract  activity,  demand for
the Company's  products and services,  lengthy and complex sales cycles, and the
customer's  internal budgets for new technology systems and technical  resources
to deploy  them.  Additionally,  the terms of a final  contract  may  materially
affect the ability to recognize  anticipated  quarterly  revenues not limited to
the following:

o    Systems   contracts   may   include   both   currently    deliverable   and
     non-deliverable software products.

o    Customer  needs  for  services  that  include  significant   modifications,
     customization  or complex  interfaces that could delay product  delivery or
     acceptance.

o    Customer specific acceptance criteria.

o    Payment terms that are long term or depend upon contingencies.

Reliance on Third Party Software

Mediware  licenses  various  important  third-party  software  products  that it
incorporates  into  its  own  software  products.  These  products  may  include
operating systems,  relational database  management systems,  knowledge/clinical
databases,  et.al. The termination of any of Mediware's  licenses of these third
party  products or a  significant  change to a relied upon product  could have a
material adverse effect on Mediware's  operations.  These effects  include,  for
example,  its products  becoming  inoperable,  features and  functions  becoming
unavailable,  product  performance  being  materially  reduced,  or  unfavorable
pricing changes.  Although alternate  software products are available,  Mediware
could incur substantial costs if required to adapt to these similar  alternative
products.

Dependence on Third Party Marketing Relationships

Mediware's continued growth depends on its' ability to build and maintain strong
marketing partnerships. The company believes its marketing and sales efforts are
enhanced  by these  relationships.  Mediware  has  marketing  partnerships  with
certain other software vendors who


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are also competitors.  For example,  Mediware partners with SMS and McKessonHBOC
in the area of blood bank products.  However,  both SMS and  McKessonHBOC  offer
competing pharmacy and operating room products, either directly or through other
partners. In the event that marketing relationships are discontinued the Company
could experience a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition,
and results of operations.

Changes in the Healthcare Industry

The healthcare industry is heavily regulated by various political and regulatory
bodies.  The decisions made and initiatives  promulgated by these  organizations
may   significantly   influence   operations   of   hospitals   and   healthcare
organizations.  Their influence affects  purchasing and investment  decisions by
hospitals which could impact negotiations with the Company.

Many  hospitals are  consolidating  and forming (or becoming part of) integrated
healthcare  delivery networks  (IHDNs).  The formation of IHDNs might reduce the
number of  discrete  prospects  the Company  may target and could  provide  more
negotiating leverage to the Company's  prospective  customers.  These events, if
they occurred, could result in a reduction of selling prices, an increase in the
length of the sales cycle, or other situations that could negatively  affect the
Company.

Significant Competition

The market for healthcare information systems is extremely competitive.  Some of
the Company's  competitors  are Shared  Medical  Systems,  McKessonHBOC,  Cerner
Corporation and Sunquest, each of which offer products that compete with certain
offerings  of the  Company.  Many  of the  Company's  competitors  have  greater
financial,  technical,  product development,  sales and marketing  resources.  A
number of factors  determine  success or failure in this market,  including  the
functionality of the software, the quality of client references,  the underlying
technical  architecture,  the financial stability of the software provider,  the
ongoing  support  of the  system,  and the  quality  and  quantity  of the sales
organization.  The Company's ability to maintain a positive stance in all of the
above areas will affect its ability to compete successfully.

Managing Growth

Mediware's ability to manage future growth is partly dependent on the ability to
recruit,  train and retain employees that possess  industry-specific  expertise.
The Company has  experienced  significant  growth in service  related  revenues,
customer base and product development activity. The Company plans to continue to
invest heavily in new product  development in all divisions.  Mediware's success
will  partially  depend  upon  its  ability  to  recruit,  manage  and  maintain
appropriate staffing levels of technical and industry expertise to meet customer
needs and service new sales. The market for such personnel is highly competitive
which makes it difficult to adjust  staffing  timely in reaction to fluctuations
in sales activity.

Government Regulation

The hospitals that comprise the primary  market for the Company's  products must
comply with  various  federal,  state and local  statutes and  regulations.  The
adequacy of blood bank  information  management and record keeping  products are
subject to regulation, inspection and review by the


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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"). The Company's blood bank products
are subject to regulation by the FDA as medical devices.

The FDA has developed new design control regulations, effective in June 1998, as
part of its quality system regulations  adopted in October of 1996 that apply to
blood bank information systems and to the inspection of vendors of such systems.
Although  Mediware is updating  its internal  quality  system to comply with new
guidelines adopted under these regulations, it cannot predict whether it will be
fully in compliance with these guidelines or any future guidelines,  regulations
or inspection procedures.  Non-compliance with any such guidelines,  regulations
or procedures could have a material adverse effect on the operations of clinical
information  system  vendors  of  blood  bank  information  systems,   including
Mediware.

The FDA  Modernization  Act of 1997 was enacted on November  21, 1997 and became
effective on February 20, 1998. Under this  legislation,  the FDA is directed to
consider the extent to which reliance on post-market controls could expedite the
pre-market  notification  review process and the classification of devices.  The
legislation  also  requires  FDA to  ensure  that Good  Manufacturing  Practices
conform, to the extent practicable,  to internationally recognized standards for
medical devices.  Neither of these provisions  appear on its face to contemplate
regulation  which would have a material  adverse  effect on the Company's  blood
bank information  system  operations;  however,  the legislation will expand the
jurisdiction  of the FDA and the  Company is unable to predict the effect of any
resulting  applicable future regulation.  If any of the Company's other products
become subject to Congressional  or governmental  agency efforts to establish or
expand governmental agency  jurisdiction,  compliance would likely be costly and
time-consuming.

In September and October 1999, three product design anomalies were discovered in
the Hemocare  Donor module,  which is utilized by 61 clients.  Although  clients
have reported no adverse events,  the Company has notified and given  procedural
work-arounds  to the 61  clients,  and is  correcting  the  problems in Hemocare
Revision 5.2b, which was distributed in September 2000. In addition, these three
product  malfunctions  are  reportable  to the  FDA  under  the  Medical  Device
Reporting  regulation  (21CFR803) which was mandated by the Safe Medical Devices
Act of  1990.  Mediware  has  submitted  these  Reports  ("MDRs")  to the FDA as
required.

During the period of January 2000 and April 2000, two additional MDRs were filed
for product design issues involving the optional Electronic Crossmatch function.
Additionally,  three  non-clinical Y2K issues were discovered after the start of
the  new  year.   The  Company   instituted  an  extensive   and   comprehensive
retrospective  design  and  validation  review  of  Hemocare's  safety  critical
functionality with the assistance of an external blood bank software consultant.
This effort was  reported to FDA in February  18, 2000 and a progress  report of
the  findings was issued to FDA on April 24, 2000.  The report  outlined  issues
that were identified during the review that require corrective action as well as
a plan to achieve those corrections.

On April 26, 2000, the FDA, under the new Quality  System  Inspection  Technique
(QSIT)  initiative,  inspected  the  Hemocare  Product  Center.  The  inspection
concluded on May 16, 2000 with several  observations.  The Company  responded to
the observations on May 23, 2000 reporting the  implementation of corrective and
preventive actions.  FDA responded by letter on June 26, 2000 that no regulatory
action was  indicated.  Periodic  updates on the progress of the  corrective and
preventive  actions  have been and  continue to be sent to FDA.  There can be no
assurance  that the Company's  actions  taken in response to reportable  events,
corrective or preventive  measures,  will be deemed  adequate by the FDA or that
the Company will not be required to undertake  additional actions to comply with
regulatory requirements.


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The Company has  dedicated  substantial  time and  resources  in its attempts to
comply with  applicable  guidelines and  regulations  and believes that it is in
substantial compliance therewith. The FDA enforces compliance by such actions as
recalls,   seizures,   injunctions,   civil  fines  and  criminal  prosecutions.
Unsatisfactory  compliance and inability to remedy  timely,  resulting in any of
the  above  actions  would  have a  material  adverse  effect  on the  Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations.

New Regulations Relating to Patient Confidentiality

The  Health  Insurance  Portability  and  Accountability  Act of 1996  ("HIPAA")
contains  provisions  regarding  the  confidentiality  and  security  of patient
medical record information. Standards for the electronic handling of health data
and security of patient  information  will become  effective in year 2000.  This
legislation requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services,  or HHS, to (1)
adopt national  standards for electronic health  information  transactions,  (2)
adopt  standards  to  ensure  the  integrity  and   confidentiality   of  health
information,  and (3) establish a schedule for implementing national health data
privacy  legislation or regulations.  The standards and legislation  will impact
the customers' ability to obtain, use or disseminate patient information,  which
will extend to their use of the Company's  products.  The Company  believes that
the proposed  standards issued to date would not materially  affect the business
of the  Company.  The  Company  cannot  determine  the  potential  impact of the
standards that might finally be adopted.

Product Related Liabilities

All of the Company's  products  provide data for use by healthcare  providers in
patient care settings. Mediware's license agreements contain provisions to limit
exposure  to product  related  claims.  These  provisions,  however,  may not be
enforceable  in some  jurisdictions.  The Company  maintains  product  liability
insurance at an amount it believes adequate for its intended  purpose;  however,
there can be no assurances that the insurance will cover a claim brought against
the Company.  Although no claims have been  brought  against the Company to date
for  injuries  related  to the use of its  products,  there is a risk  that such
claims could be pursued.  A successful  claim brought  against the Company,  not
covered by insurance  or greater  than the insured  limits could have a material
adverse effect upon business, results of operations, or financial condition.

System Errors and Warranties

Despite  testing by Mediware,  software  products as complex as those offered by
the Company and used in a wide range of clinical and health information  systems
settings are likely to contain a number of errors (or "bugs"),  especially early
in their  product life cycle.  The Company's  products are clinical  information
systems  used in patient  care  settings  where a low  tolerance  for errors (or
"bugs")  exists.  Testing  of  products  is  difficult  due  to  wide  range  of
environments  the systems are  installed in. Due to these  factors,  there is no
assurance  that the  discovery  of  defects  or errors  will not cause  delay in
product  delivery,   poor  client   references,   payment   disputes,   contract
cancellations,  or additional expenses and payments to rectify problems.  Any of
these  factors  may delay  acceptance  of  products  which could have a material
adverse effect upon business, results of operations, or financial condition.


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Limited Protection of Intellectual Property and Proprietary Rights;  Proprietary
Technology May Be Subjected to Infringement Claims

The Company relies upon a combination  of trade secret,  copyright and trademark
laws, license and marketing agreements,  and nondisclosure agreements to protect
its  proprietary  information.  The Company has not  historically  filed  patent
applications or copyrights  covering its software  technology.  As a result, the
Company  may  not  be  able  to  protect  against  the  misappropriation  of its
intellectual property.

The  Company  does not  believe  its  software  products,  third-party  software
products the Company offers under sublicense  agreements,  Company trademarks or
other Company  proprietary rights infringe the property rights of third parties.
However,  there  can  be  no  assurance  that  third  parties  will  not  assert
infringement claims against the Company in the future with respect to current or
future software  products or that any such assertion may not require the Company
to enter into royalty arrangements or result in costly litigation.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Information contained under the caption "Factors That May Affect Future Results"
set forth under the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" in Item 7 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Data

The  Financial  Statements  and Notes  required  by this Item are  included in a
separate section of this report.

Item 9. Changes and  Disagreements  with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure

None


                                    Part III

Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this Report because the
Registrant  will file a Definitive  Proxy  Statement  pursuant to Regulation 14A
(the "Proxy Statement") not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year
covered by this Report, and certain information included therein is incorporated
herein by reference.

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

The information  concerning the Company's  executive  officers  required by this
item is included in Item 4a of Part I herein.  The  information  concerning  the
Company's  directors  required by this item is  incorporated by reference to the
Company's Proxy Statement under the heading "Election of Directors." Information
concerning  the  Company's  officers,  directors and 10%  shareholders  required
compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of


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1934 is  incorporated  by reference to the Company's  Proxy  Statement under the
heading "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance."

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The  information  required  by this item is  incorporated  by  reference  to the
Company's Proxy Statement under the heading "Executive Compensation."

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The  information  required  by this item is  incorporated  by  reference  to the
Company's  Proxy  Statement  under the heading  "Security  Ownership  of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management."

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

The  information  required  by this item is  incorporated  by  reference  to the
Company's Proxy Statement.


                                     Part IV

Item 14. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8K

(a)  The following documents are filed as part of this Report:

1.   Consolidated Financial Statements

     Independent Auditors' Report

     Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2000 and 1999

     Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years
     ended June 30, 2000, 1999 and 1998

     Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended June 30,
     2000, 1999 and 1998

     Consolidated  Statement  of Cash Flows for the years  ended June 30,  2000,
     1999 and 1998

2.   Exhibits

The response to this  portion of Item 14 is  submitted as a separate  section of
this report.

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K

There were no reports  on Form 8-K filed  during the last  quarter of the period
covered by this report.


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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.


                                        MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

Date: October 13, 2000                  BY:  /s/ Michael Montgomery
                                        -------------------------------------
                                             Michael Montgomery
                                             President and
                                             Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the following  persons on behalf of the  registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

        Signature                         Title                       Date
        ---------                         -----                       ----
/s/ Michael Montgomery       President, Chief                   October 13, 2000
------------------------     Executive Officer & Director
Michael Montgomery

/s/ Les N. Dace              Vice Chairman, Director            October 13, 2000
------------------------
Les N. Dace

/s/ Kerry Robison            Chief Financial Officer            October 13, 2000
------------------------     (Principal Accounting Officer)
Kerry Robison

                             Chairman of the Board              October 13, 2000
------------------------
Lawrence Auriana

                             Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
Jonathan Churchill

/s/ Roger Clark              Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
Roger Clark

                             Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
Joseph Delario

                             Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
John Gorman

/s/ John C. Freiberg         Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
John C. Freiberg

/s/ Walter Kowsh, Jr.        Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
Walter Kowsh, Jr.

                             Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
Hans Utsch

/s/ Clinton G. Weiman        Director                           October 13, 2000
------------------------
Clinton G. Weiman


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

Board of Directors and Stockholders
Mediware Information Systems, Inc.

We have  audited  the  accompanying  consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Mediware
Information Systems,  Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2000 and 1999 and the
related consolidated statements of income,  stockholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the  years in the  three-year  period  ended  June 30,  2000.  These
consolidated  financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of the  Company's
management.  Our  responsibility is to express an opinion on these  consolidated
financial statements based on our audits.

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable  assurance about whether the  consolidated  financial  statements are
free of material  misstatement.  An audit includes  examining,  on a test basis,
evidence  supporting the amounts and disclosures in the  consolidated  financial
statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant  estimates  made by  management,  as well as evaluating  the overall
consolidated  financial  statement  presentation.  We  believe  that our  audits
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated  financial statements  enumerated above present
fairly,  in all  material  respects,  the  consolidated  financial  position  of
Mediware  Information  Systems,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of June 30, 2000 and
1999, and the consolidated  results of their  operations and their  consolidated
cash flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended June 30, 2000,
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.


Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP

New York, New York
September 1, 2000

With respect to Note 7 and 14
October 11, 2000


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               MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                      (Amounts in thousands, except shares)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            June 30,    June 30,
                                                                             2000        1999
                                                                           --------    --------
<S>                                                                        <C>         <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
  Cash and cash equivalents                                                $  3,634    $  3,556
  Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $518 and $907)                     5,880       8,361
  Inventories                                                                   214         403
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                     350         568
  Deferred tax asset                                                           --           448
                                                                           --------    --------
     Total current assets                                                    10,078      13,336

Fixed Assets, net                                                             2,194       1,883
Capitalized software costs, net                                               7,770       4,289
Goodwill, net                                                                 5,720       6,266
Purchased technology, net                                                     1,684         448
Deferred tax asset                                                            1,454        --
Other long-term assets                                                          151         126
                                                                            --------    --------
       Total Assets                                                        $ 29,051    $ 26,348
                                                                           ========    ========

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities
  Notes payable to related party                                           $   --      $    897
  Current portion of long-term debt                                             519         240
  Accounts payable                                                            1,259       1,115
  Advances from customers                                                     6,220       5,347
  Accrued expenses and other current liabilities                              3,423       2,554
                                                                           --------    --------
     Total current liabilities                                               11,421      10,153

Notes payable, and accrued interest payable to a related party                1,236        --
Other long-term liabilities                                                    --           279
                                                                           --------    --------
     Total liabilities                                                       12,657      10,432
                                                                           --------    --------

Stockholders' Equity
  Preferred stock, $.01 par value; authorized 10,000,000
    shares; none issued or outstanding                                         --          --
  Common stock, $.10 par value; authorized 12,000,000
    shares; 7,088,000 and 6,146,000 shares issued and
    outstanding in 2000 and 1999, respectively                                  709         615
  Additional paid-in capital                                                 22,764      21,421
  Accumulated deficit                                                        (7,055)     (6,107)
  Unearned compensation                                                           0         (11)
  Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)                                        (24)         (2)
                                                                           --------    --------
     Total stockholders' equity                                              16,394      15,916
                                                                           --------    --------
     Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity                            $ 29,051    $ 26,348
                                                                           ========    ========
</TABLE>


                 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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               MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
                          For the Years Ended June 30,
                (Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        2000        1999        1998
                                                      --------    --------    --------
<S>                                                   <C>         <C>         <C>
Revenues
  System sales                                        $  8,294    $ 12,783    $  7,868
  Services                                              18,412      15,556      12,662
                                                      --------    --------    --------
     Total revenues                                     26,706      28,339      20,530
                                                      --------    --------    --------

Cost and Expenses
  Cost of systems                                        2,626       4,303       2,661
  Cost of services                                       6,829       4,123       3,279
  Purchased research and development                      --         4,553        --
  Software development costs                             5,135       3,253       2,527
  Selling, general and administrative                   13,730      12,528       8,668
                                                      --------    --------    --------
     Total costs and expenses                           28,320      28,760      17,135
                                                      --------    --------    --------
     Operating (loss) income                            (1,614)       (421)      3,395

Interest and other income                                  147         109         130
Interest (expense)                                         (70)       (167)       (456)
                                                      --------    --------    --------
  (Loss) earnings before provision for income taxes     (1,537)       (479)      3,069
Income tax benefit (provision)                             589        (491)       (139)
                                                      --------    --------    --------

     Net (Loss) Earnings                                  (948)       (970)      2,930
                                                      --------    --------    --------

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
  Foreign currency translation adjustment                  (24)        (38)       --
                                                      --------    --------    --------

     Comprehensive (Loss) Income                      $   (972)   $ (1,008)   $  2,930
                                                      ========    ========    ========

Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share
  Basic                                               $  (0.14)   $  (0.16)   $   0.54
                                                      ========    ========    ========

  Diluted                                             $  (0.14)   $  (0.16)   $   0.44
                                                      ========    ========    ========

Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding
  Basic                                                  6,627       5,963       5,447
                                                      ========    ========    ========

  Diluted                                                6,627       5,963       6,630
                                                      ========    ========    ========
</TABLE>


                 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                For the Years Ended June 30, 2000, 1999 and 1998
                             (Amounts in thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                             Accumulated
                                                      Common Stock      Additional                              Other
                                                --------------------     Paid-In   Accumulated   Unearned   Comprehensive
                                                 Shares      Amount      Capital    (Deficit)  Compensation  Income (Loss)  Total
                                                --------    --------    ---------- ----------- ------------  -------------  -------
<S>                                             <C>         <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>           <C>         <C>
     Balance at June 30, 1997                      5,056         506      13,621       (8,067)        (91)           36       6,005

Shares issued to directors                            11           1          99                     --            --           100
Exercise of stock options                            124          12         152                     --            --           164
Amortization of compensatory stock options          --          --          --                         40          --            40
Shares issued in connection with private
  placement, net of offering costs of $310           400          40       2,050                     --            --         2,090
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options          --          --           342                     --            --           342
Foreign currency translation adjustment             --          --          --                       --            --          --
Net earnings                                        --          --          --          2,930        --            --         2,930
                                                --------    --------    --------     --------    --------      --------    --------
     Balance at June 30, 1998                      5,591         559      16,264       (5,137)        (51)           36      11,671
                                                --------    --------    --------     --------    --------      --------    --------

Shares issued to directors                            14           1          99         --          --            --           100
Exercise of stock options                             96          10         234         --          --            --           244
Amortization of compensatory stock options          --          --          --           --            40          --            40
Shares issued in connection with the
  acquisition of Informedics, Inc.                   445          45       4,655         --          --            --         4,700
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options                                   169         --          --            --           169
Foreign currency translation adjustment             --          --          --           --          --             (38)        (38)
Net loss                                            --          --          --           (970)       --            --          (970)
                                                --------    --------    --------     --------    --------      --------    --------
     Balance at June 30, 1999                      6,146    $    615    $ 21,421     $ (6,107)   $    (11)     $     (2)   $ 15,916
                                                --------    --------    --------     --------    --------      --------    --------

Shares issued to directors                            14           1          99                                                100
Exercise of stock options                            254          25         617                                                642
Exercise of warrants                                 675          68         367                                                435
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options                                   260           --          --            --         260
Amortization of compensatory stock options                                                             11                        11
Foreign currency translation adjustment                                                                             (22)        (22)
Net loss                                                                                 (948)                                 (948)
                                                --------    --------    --------     --------    --------      --------    --------
     Balance at June 30, 2000                      7,089         709      22,764       (7,055)       --             (24)     16,394
                                                ========    ========    ========     ========    ========      ========    ========
</TABLE>


                 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Satements.


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               MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW
                          For the Years ended June 30,
                             (Amounts in thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            2000        1999        1998
                                                          -------     -------     -------
<S>                                                       <C>         <C>         <C>
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
  Net earnings (loss)                                     $  (948)    $  (970)    $ 2,930
  Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to
   net cash provided by operating activities:
     Depreciation and amortization                          2,753       1,829       1,184
     Write-off of acquired research and development                     4,553        --
     Deferred tax provision                                (1,006)        375        --
     Disposal of fixed assets                                  42        --          --
     Shares issued to directors                               100         100         100
     Compensatory stock options                                11          40          40
     Provision for doubtful accounts                          393         464         176
  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
     Accounts receivable                                    2,088      (1,006)     (1,304)
     Inventories                                              189         (52)       (275)
     Prepaid and other                                        193        (202)       (851)
     Accounts payable, accrued expenses and
      customer advances                                     2,375         530       2,082
                                                          -------     -------     -------
  Net cash provided by operating activities                 6,190       5,661       4,082
                                                          -------     -------     -------

Cash Flows From Investing Activities
  Acquisition of fixed assets                                (966)     (1,120)       (804)
  Capitalized software costs                               (4,770)     (2,772)     (1,556)
  Acquisition of Informedics                                              653        --
  Acquisition of LifeTrak software license                 (1,541)
                                                          -------     -------     -------
  Net cash used in investing activities                    (7,277)     (3,239)     (2,360)
                                                          -------     -------     -------

Cash Flows From Financing Activities
  Repayment of debt                                          (150)     (3,746)     (1,230)
  Proceeds from exercise of options                         1,337         244         164
  Proceeds (expenses) of private placement                   --          --         2,090
  Other                                                      --            (7)       --
                                                          -------     -------     -------
  Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities       1,187      (3,509)      1,024
                                                          -------     -------     -------

  Foreign currency translation adjustments                    (22)        (38)       --
                                                          -------     -------     -------

  Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents         78      (1,125)      2,746
  Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year            3,556       4,681       1,935
                                                          -------     -------     -------
  Cash and cash equivalents at end of year                $ 3,634     $ 3,556     $ 4,681
                                                          =======     =======     =======


Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
  Cash paid during the period for:
    Interest                                              $   121     $   104     $   448
    Income Taxes                                          $   142     $   100     $    99
</TABLE>


                 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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               MEDIWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


1.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Mediware  Information  Systems,  Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") develops,
implements  and  supports  clinical  management   information  systems  used  by
hospitals. The Company's systems are designed to automate three departments of a
hospital, namely, the blood bank, the pharmacy, and the operating room. A system
consists of the Company's proprietary application software, third-party licensed
software,  computer hardware and  implementation  services,  training and annual
software support.

Principles of Consolidation

The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  include the  accounts of
Mediware  Information Systems,  Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary  Digimedics
Corporation  ("Digimedics")  and  Digimedics'  wholly  owned  subsidiary  J.A.C.
Computer   Services  Limited  ("JAC").   Accounts  and  operating   results  for
Informedics, Inc. ("Informedics") are included only for the period subsequent to
the  acquisition  of this wholly owned  subsidiary  on September  24, 1998.  All
significant  inter-company  transactions  and balances  have been  eliminated in
consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial  statements in conformity  with generally  accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and related
notes to financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

The Company derives revenue from licensing its proprietary applications software
and sub-licensed software,  sale of computer hardware and the services performed
related to the installation,  training,  consultation and ongoing support of the
software.  License fee revenues are  generally  recognized  when  evidence of an
arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and
collectibility is probable. Revenue from the sale of hardware is recognized when
shipped. Fees for installation,  training and consultation are recognized as the
services are provided.  If the Company  enters into  arrangements  with a client
requiring  significant  customization  of the software,  the Company  recognizes
revenue derived from the sale of licensed  software,  sub-licensed  software and
services  over the period the services are  performed,  in  accordance  with the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position ("SOP")
97-2, Software Revenue Recognition. Support and maintenance fees, typically sold
on an annual  renewal  basis,  are  recognized  ratably  over the  period of the
support contract.

In  December  1999,  the SEC  issued  Staff  Accounting  Bulletin  101  "Revenue
Recognition in Financial  Statements"  ("SAB 101"),  which provided  guidance on
certain revenue recognition


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practices.  The Company does not anticipate  any material  change to its revenue
recognition policies as a result of the adoption of SAB 101.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash  equivalents  include time deposits with maturities of three months or less
when purchased.

Inventory

Inventory  consists  primarily  of computer  hardware and  third-party  software
licenses  held for resale and is valued at the lower of cost or market.  Cost is
determined based on the specific identification method.

Fixed Assets

Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements are valued at cost. Depreciation
for  furniture and  equipment is provided on the  straight-line  method over the
estimated  useful  lives.   Leasehold  improvements  are  amortized  over  their
estimated useful lives or the remaining lease period, whichever is shorter.

Capitalized Software Costs

Capitalized  computer software costs consist of expenses incurred  internally in
creating and developing computer software products. In accordance with Statement
of Financial  Accounting  Standards ("SFAS") No. 86, Accounting for the Costs of
Software  to  be  Sold,  Leased  or  Otherwise   Marketed,   once  technological
feasibility has been established, the costs associated with software development
are capitalized and  subsequently  reported at the lower of unamortized  cost or
net realizable value. Capitalized costs are amortized based on estimated current
and  future  revenue  for  each  product  with an  annual  minimum  equal to the
straight-line amortization over the estimated economic life of five years of the
software.  Amortization expense for the years ended June 30, 2000, 1999 and 1998
was $1,289,000; $927,000 and $560,000, respectively.

(In thousands)
                                              2000        1999        1998
                                            -------     -------     -------
     Capitalized Software Costs
       Beginning of year                    $ 8,017     $ 5,245     $ 3,689
     Additions                                4,770       2,772       1,556
                                            -------     -------     -------
                                             12,787       8,017       5,245
     Less accumulated amortization            5,017       3,728       2,801
                                            -------     -------     -------
                                            $ 7,770     $ 4,289     $ 2,444
                                            =======     =======     =======

Goodwill

Goodwill  represents  the excess of purchase  price and  related  costs over the
value assigned to the net tangible assets of businesses acquired. These business
acquisitions include Digimedics


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in 1990,  Pharmakon  (which was merged into Digimedics) and JAC in June 1996 and
Informedics in September  1998.  Costs  allocated to goodwill in the Informedics
acquisition totaled $944,000 and are being amortized over twelve years using the
straight-line   method.   All  other  goodwill  is  being  amortized  using  the
straight-line  method over twenty  years.  Amortization  expense was $546,000 in
2000;  $397,000  in 1999 and  $357,000  in 1998.  Accumulated  amortization  for
goodwill was $2,034,000 and $1,488,000 at June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

The Company  periodically  assesses  whether its goodwill  and other  intangible
assets are impaired as required by SFAS No. 121,  Accounting  for the Impairment
of Long-Lived  Assets and Other Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of, based on an
evaluation  of   undiscounted   projected   cash  flows  through  the  remaining
amortization  period. If an impairment  exists, the amount of such impairment is
calculated  based on the estimated fair value of the asset. No such  impairments
have been recorded through June 30, 2000.

Software Products Acquired and Purchased Technology

As a part of the  acquisition  of  Informedics  in September  1998,  the Company
obtained certain software products as well as technologies under development.  A
portion of the  acquisition  price of  Informedics  was  allocated  to  software
products based on the net present value of the projected  income stream over the
expected  economic life of the specific products the Company expects to continue
to market. This amount, totaling $498,000, is being amortized over 5 years using
the straight-line  method.  Purchased  technology costs of $1,541,000 related to
the acquisition of rights to  LifeTrak(TM),  a comprehensive  donor blood center
software  package,  from Carter  BloodCare in November 1999 are being  amortized
over 5 years.  Amortization costs for purchased technology charged to operations
were $305,000 and $50,000 during fiscal years 2000 and 1999, respectively.

Another  portion of the  acquisition  price for  Informedics,  $4,553,000 in the
aggregate,  was allocated to in-process  technologies based on an appraisal by a
third party which utilized the net present value of projected  operating  income
from the identified  future products which are anticipated to incorporate  these
acquired  technologies.  In accordance  with SFAS No. 2, Accounting for Research
and Development  Costs,  these  in-process  research and development  costs were
written off during fiscal year 1999 because the products which will  incorporate
these  technologies have not yet passed the  technological  feasibility tests of
SFAS No. 86.

Foreign Currency Translations

The functional currency for the Company's subsidiary, JAC, is the British pound.
The  translation  to U.S.  dollars is performed for balance sheet accounts using
current exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date.  Revenue and expense
accounts are  translated  using the weighted  average  exchange  rate during the
period.  The net gain (loss) resulting from these foreign currency  translations
are reported as comprehensive  income.  Amounts charged to comprehensive  income
were  $(20,000)  in  2000  and  $(38,000)  in  1999.  There  was  no  charge  to
comprehensive income in 1998.


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<PAGE>


Income Taxes

Income  taxes  are  accounted  for  under  the  asset  and  liability  method in
accordance  with SFAS No. 109,  Accounting  for Income Taxes.  Accordingly,  the
provision for income taxes  includes  deferred  income tax resulting  from items
reported in different periods for income tax and financial  statement  purposes.
Deferred  tax  assets  and   liabilities   represent  the  expected  future  tax
consequences of the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts
of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.  Deferred tax
assets and  liabilities  are measured  using  enacted tax rates in effect at the
balance  sheet date.  The  resulting  asset or  liability is adjusted to reflect
enacted changes in tax law.

Earnings Per Common Share

Earnings per share are  calculated  pursuant to the  provisions of SFAS No. 128,
Earnings  per Share,  which  requires  dual  presentation  of basic and  diluted
earnings per share on the face of the statement of  operations.  Basic  earnings
per  share is  computed  by  dividing  the  income or loss  available  to common
stockholders  by the  average  number  of  common  shares  outstanding.  Diluted
earnings per share  includes the dilutive  effect,  if any,  from the  potential
exercise of stock  options and warrants  using the treasury  stock  method.  The
potential  exercise of stock options and warrants was  anti-dilutive  for fiscal
years 2000 and 1999 as a result of the  Company's  net losses.  Such options and
warrants could  potentially  dilute basic earnings per share in the future.  The
weighted  average shares  outstanding  used in the  calculations of earnings per
share were calculated as follows (in thousands):

                                                        2000     1999     1998
                                                       -----    -----    -----
     Shares outstanding, beginning                     6,145    5,591    5,056
     Weighted average shares issued                      482      372      391
                                                       -----    -----    -----
     Weighted average shares outstanding - basic       6,627    5,963    5,447
     Effect of dilutive securities:
       Stock options and warrants                       --       --      1,183
                                                       -----    -----    -----
     Weighted average shares outstanding - dilutive    6,627    5,963    6,630
                                                       =====    =====    =====

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company, in estimating its fair value disclosures for financial instruments,
uses the following methods and assumptions: The carrying amounts reported in the
balance  sheet for cash,  accounts  receivable,  accounts  payable  and  accrued
expenses  approximate  their fair value due to their  relatively short maturity.
The fair value of the Company's  fixed-rate  long-term  obligations is estimated
using discounted cash flow analyses,  based on the Company's current incremental
borrowing  rates for similar types of borrowing  arrangements.  At June 30, 2000
and 1999, the fair value of the Company's long-term obligations approximated its
carrying value.


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Foreign Currency

The Company  translates  assets and liabilities of it's foreign  subsidiary into
dollars at rates prevailing at the balance sheet date.

Stock-Based Compensation

In October 1995, the Financial  Accounting  Standards Board issued SFAS No. 123,
Accounting  for  Stock-Based  Compensation.  SFAS 123  encourages,  but does not
require,   companies  to  record  compensation  cost  for  stock-based  employee
compensation plans at fair value. The Company elected to continue to account for
its employee  stock-based  compensation  plans using the intrinsic  value method
prescribed by Accounting  Principles Board Opinion No. 25 ("APB 25"), Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees and disclose the pro forma effects on net earnings
and earnings per share had the fair value of options  been  expensed.  Under the
provisions  of APB 25,  compensation  cost for stock  options is measured as the
excess,  if any, of the quoted market price of the Company's common stock at the
date of the grant over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock.

2.   Acquisition of Software License

In  November  1999,  the  Company  acquired  the  rights  to   LifeTrak(TM),   a
comprehensive  donor blood center software package,  from Carter BloodCare.  The
purchase price aggregated  $1,500,000,  including $750,000 paid upon delivery of
the product,  and  installments of $375,000 due upon clearance by the FDA of the
donor  system and on June 30,  2000.  The Company  also  entered  into a license
agreement granting Carter BloodCare the right to continue use of the software in
their blood center and laboratory facilities, and providing for royalty payments
to Carter  BloodCare  by the Company in an amount  equivalent  to 5% of LifeTrak
software sales for a five-year  term. The software was  capitalized as purchased
technology and is being amortized over its expected useful life of five year.

3.   Acquisition of Business

On September 24, 1998, the Company acquired  Informedics in exchange for 439,525
shares of the Company's  common stock on the basis of one Company share for each
6.3 shares of  Informedics'  common  stock.  Informedics  develops,  markets and
supports a line of stand-alone computer-based management information systems for
use in the blood bank and clinical  departments  of  hospitals.  The cost of the
acquisition,  which was  accounted  for as a  purchase,  aggregated  $7,100,000,
including  acquisition costs of $801,000,  assumed liabilities of $1,599,000 and
$4,700,000 of common stock issued and options  assumed based on the market price
of the  Company's  common  stock in December  1997,  the  execution  date of the
acquisition agreement.  Assets acquired included $944,000 of goodwill,  $498,000
of technology,  $4,553,000 of in-process  research and development (see Note 1),
and $653,000 cash.

4.   Fixed Assets

Fixed  assets  at  cost  less  accumulated  depreciation  and  amortization  are
summarized as follows: (In thousands)


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                                                        2000          1999
                                                       ------        ------

     Computer, machinery & equipment                   $4,270        $3,542
     Furniture and fixtures                               780           632
     Leasehold improvements                               116           117
                                                       ------        ------
                                                        5,166         4,291
     Less accumulated depreciation                      2,972         2,408
                                                       ------        ------
                                                       $2,194        $1,883
                                                       ======        ======

Depreciation expense was $613,000,  $454,000 and $218,000 in 2000, 1999 and 1998
respectively.

5.   Advances from Customers

Advances from customers represent  contractual payments received by the Company.
It is principally comprised of support and maintenance revenues that are paid by
customers  in advance  monthly,  quarterly  or annually in  accordance  with the
support contract. The revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the support
contract.

6.   Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:

(In thousands)
                                                        2000          1999
                                                       ------        ------
     Payroll and related benefits                      $1,745        $1,037
     Professional fees                                    294           152
     Interest                                             534           492
     Income taxes                                        --             180
     Royalties                                             22           103
     Other                                              1,360           590
                                                       ------        ------
                                                       $3,955        $2,554
                                                       ======        ======

7.   Notes Payable to Related Party

The Company  owes  $704,000 to the  Chairman  of the Board of  Directors  of the
Company which accrues interest at 9%. On October 11, 2000, the note plus accrued
interest  of  $532,000  was  changed  from a  demand  note to a long  term  note
collateralized by the trade accounts  receivable of Digimedics and due September
30, 2002.

8.   Current Portion of Long Term Debt

The  current  portion  of  long  term  debt   represents   $519,000  owed  to  a
co-development partner pursuant to an agreement entered into in 1995.

9.   Stock Options and Warrants

The Company's Equity Incentive Plan,  approved by the Company's  shareholders in
January  1992  and  amended  in March  2000,  provides  additional  compensation
incentives for high levels of  performance  and  productivity  by management and
other key employees of the Company. The


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combined  number of shares issued or available for issuance  under this plan may
not exceed  thirty  percent of the issued and  outstanding  common  stock of the
Company  and not more than  700,000  shares  may be issued  as  incentive  stock
options. Options may be granted for a period up to ten years, with option prices
not less  than  fair  market  value on the date of  grant  for  incentive  stock
options,  not less than 50% of fair market value for nonqualified stock options,
and not less than 110% of fair  market  value for owners of more than 10% of the
Company's  outstanding  voting stock.  As of June 30, 2000,  additional  options
equal to 1,276,000 shares were available to be issued under this plan.

The Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors,  which provides
compensation to directors for their services without the expenditure of cash, is
intended to increase ownership interest of the non-employee  directors.  Options
granted under this plan are  exercisable at 100% of the fair market value on the
date of  grant  and  are  for  terms  of  eight  years  and  vest  in two  equal
installments during the year issued.  Shares granted under this plan are limited
to 500,000, of which 392,000 were available for grant at June 30, 2000.

The Company  also has options  outstanding  pursuant to a 1982 Option Plan and a
former  Non-Employee  Directors  Plan. No  additional  options are available for
grant under these two plans.

The following table sets forth summarized  information  concerning the Company's
stock options as of June 30, 2000 and 1999.

                                          2000                   1999
                                 ---------------------   -------------------
                                              Weighted              Weighted
                                               Average               Average
                                              Exercise              Exercise
                                   Shares       Price     Shares      Price
                                 ----------   --------   --------   --------
     Options outstanding at
     beginning of year              840,534     $4.27     724,146     $3.35

     Granted                        536,000      6.58     321,435      6.67
     Exercised                     (253,851)     2.57     (97,772)     2.51
     Canceled                       (84,580)     6.02    (107,275)     6.80
                                 ----------     -----    --------     -----
     Options outstanding at
     end of year                  1,038,103     $5.73     840,534     $4.27
                                 ==========     =====    ========     =====
     Options exercisable at
     end of year                    388,034     $4.34     521,528     $3.29
                                 ==========     =====    ========     =====

The following table presents  information  relating to stock options at June 30,
2000:


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              Options Outstanding                         Options Exercisable
----------------------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
                                                   Weighted
                                  Weighted          Average                  Weighted
    Range of                       Average         Remaining                  Average
Exercise Prices       Shares    Exercise Price   Life in Years   Shares    Exercise Price
---------------     ---------   --------------   -------------   -------   --------------
<S>                 <C>             <C>              <C>         <C>            <C>
$1.00 - $ 1.76        127,795       $1.03            3.43        127,795        $1.03
$2.80 - $ 3.625       141,669        3.40            2.71        125,419         3.45
$5.25 - $11.19        768,639        6.94            1.21        134,820         8.31
                    ---------                                    -------
                    1,038,103                                    388,034
                    =========                                    =======
</TABLE>

The weighted  average fair value at date of grant for options granted during the
years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 was $3.14 and $5.29 per option, respectively.
The fair value of options at date of grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes
option pricing model utilizing the following assumptions:

                                             2000                   1999
                                        -------------           ------------
Risk-free interest rates                5.46% - 6.86%           4.6% - 6.05%
Expected option life in years               3 - 8                  1 - 8
Expected stock price volatility           50% - 79%              76% - 83%
Expected dividend yield                      -0-                    -0-


Had the Company elected to recognize  compensation costs based on the fair value
of the  options at the date of grant as  prescribed  by SFAS 123,  net  earnings
(loss);  basic earnings (loss) per share;  and diluted earnings (loss) per share
would have been approximately  $(1,349,000),  ($.20) and ($.20) respectively for
the year ended June 30, 2000;  $(1,536,000),  ($.26) and ($.26) respectively for
the year ended June 30, 1999, and $2,468,000, $.45 and $.37 respectively for the
year ended June 30, 1998.

As of June 30, 2000,  the Company has  outstanding  warrants for the purchase of
40,000 shares at $6.00 per share which expired August 26, 2000.

10.  Income Taxes

Income tax expense (benefit) for each of the last three years is as follows:

(In thousands)

                                                  2000      1999      1998
                                                 -----     -----     -----
     Current:
       Federal                                    --       $  28     $  98
       State                                      --          72        29
       Foreign                                      96        16        12
                                                 -----     -----     -----
                                                    96       116       139
                                                 -----     -----     -----
     Deferred:
       Federal                                    (810)      817       398
       State                                      (135)      144        70
       Net operating loss carryforward            --        (755)     (810)
                                                 -----     -----     -----
                                                  (945)      206      (342)
                                                 -----     -----     -----
     Other                                         260       169       342
                                                 -----     -----     -----
                                                 $(589)    $ 491     $ 139
                                                 =====     =====     =====


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For the years  ended June 30,  1999 and 1998,  the  current  tax  provision  was
reduced by $468,000  and  $380,000,  respectively  from the  utilization  of net
operating  losses  carried  forward.  The increase in the deferred  income taxes
benefit from  exercise of  non-qualified  stock  options is allocated to paid-in
capital and shown in "other" above.

The principal components of the net deferred tax assets are as follows:

                                                        2000         1999
                                                       ------      -------
     Deferred tax asset:
       Net operating loss carryforwards                $4,058      $ 1,863
       Business tax credit carryforwards                  300          300
       Valuation reserves and accruals
         deductible in different periods                  256          480
       Other                                               63           40
                                                       ------      -------
                                                        4,677        2,683
          Valuation allowance                            --           (446)
                                                       ------      -------
                                                        4,677        2,237
     Deferred tax liability:
       Software cost capitalization                     3,108        1,709
          Amortization differences                        115           80
                                                       ------      -------
                                                        3,223        1,789
                                                       ------      -------
          Net deferred tax asset                       $1,454      $   448
                                                       ======      =======

The  difference  between the tax expense  (benefit)  reflected on the  financial
statements and the amounts  calculated  using the federal  statutory  income tax
rates are as follows (in thousands):

                                                 2000        1999         1998
                                                -----      -------      -------

Tax at statutory rate                           $(522)     $  (163)     $ 1,030
    State income tax                              (92)         142           65
    Net operating loss carryforward                --       (1,223)      (1,190)
    Non-deductible purchased research
      and development                              --        1,548           --
    Other, including foreign tax                   25          187          234
                                                -----      -------      -------
                                                $(589)     $   491      $   139
                                                =====      =======      =======

As of June 30, 2000, the Company has net operating loss ("NOL") carryforwards of
approximately  $12,350,000  available to reduce future federal taxable income of
which $2,500,000 is subject to limitations in accordance with Section 382 of the
Internal Revenue Code.  Additionally,  the NOL  carryforwards  may be subject to
further   limitations  should  certain  future  ownership  changes  occur.  Upon
utilization,  the tax benefit attributable to $2,220,000 of the NOL carryforward
of Informedics at the date of acquisition will be recorded as a reduction of


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the intangible  assets obtained in the  acquisition of Informedics.  The Company
also has  available  general  business tax credit  carryforwards  of $300,000 to
reduce  future  federal  income tax  expense.  The NOL and  business  tax credit
carryforwards expire in various amounts through 2009 and 2020, respectively.

11.  Retirement Plan

Effective  June 1998,  the Company  implemented  a 401(K)  Retirement  Plan (the
"Retirement  Plan")  which  covers  all  eligible  employees.  Participants  may
contribute up to 15% of their salary,  as defined by the plan. In addition,  the
Company  may make  contributions  to the  Retirement  Plan,  subject  to certain
limitations.  The Company  contribution  to the  Retirement  Plan was  $195,000;
$144,000  and  $7,000  for  the  years  ended  June  30,  2000,  1999  and  1998
respectively.

12.  Related Party Transactions

On March  31,2000,  the  Chairman  of the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Company
exercised a total of 674,695 stock warrants and 15,000 stock options for a total
exercise price of $513,369, increasing his ownership to 14.9% of the outstanding
stock  of the  Company  on that  date,  as  computed  under  Rule  13d-3  of the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission.  The  warrants  exercised  were issued in
connection  with the  fiscal  1998  bridge  financing  at an  exercise  price of
$272,500 for 545,000 shares and $162,119 for 129,695  shares.  The stock options
were exercised at an aggregate price of $78,750 and were granted as compensation
for services as the Chairman of the Board.

During 2000, 1999 and 1998, legal fees totaling $255,000; $375,000 and $292,000,
respectively,  were  incurred by the Company for services  provided by a firm to
which an attorney who is also a director of the Company is counsel.

13.  Commitments and Contingencies

(a)  Operating Lease

Rental  commitments  for the remaining  terms of  non-cancelable  leases,  which
relate to office  space,  expire at various  dates  through  2007.  Under  these
leases,  minimum  commitments,  without regard to amounts due from third parties
under sub-lease arrangements, are as follows (in thousands):

                  2001                               $1,076
                  2002                                  969
                  2003                                  890
                  2004                                  429
                  2005                                  383
                  Thereafter                            719
                                                     ------
                                                     $4,466
                                                     ======


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Certain  leases  provide  for  additional  payments  for real  estate  taxes and
insurance and contain  escalation  clauses related to increases in utilities and
services.  Rental  expense  for the years  ended  June 30,  2000,  1999 and 1998
aggregated $939,000, $783,000 and $537,000 respectively.

(b)  Royalties

In September  1990, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire a perpetual
license for a  computerized  information  system for hospital  operating  rooms.
Under this  agreement,  the Company is required to pay royalties of 5% to 15% on
sales of this software product.

(c)  Other Contingencies and Uncertainties

The  Company  is  subject  to legal  proceedings  and  claims  that arise in the
ordinary  course of  business.  The  Company  believes  that the  outcome of all
pending  legal  proceedings  in the aggregate  will not have a material  adverse
effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cashflows.

The Company's future results could be adversely affected by a number of factors.
Risks and  uncertainties  include:  (a) the wide  variability  of the  Company's
operating results,  the market's acceptance of the Company's  products;  (b) the
intense  competition  in the  clinical  software  industry;  (c) the  rapid  and
significant  technological  advances in the  computer  software  industry  which
renders the obsolescence of computer programs, including the Company's, within a
short period of time;  (d) the effect of government  regulations on the Company;
(e) the Company's  dependence upon its key employees;  (f) the Company's ability
to manage its rapid  growth;  and (g) the risks  associated  with the  Company's
international operations.

14.  Subsequent Event

The Company may require additional financing in order to fund its operations for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. Accordingly,  the Company is negotiating a
loan agreement with Fratelli  Auriana,  an entity  controlled by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors,  and the Chairman.  On October 11, 2000 Fratelli Auriana
committed  to  loan  the  Company  up to  $2,000,000  to be  drawn  in  $250,000
increments as needed with repayments of amounts  borrowed due September 30, 2002
and with  interest  payable  quarterly  at prime  plus  1/4%.  The loan  will be
collateralized  by all of the assets of the Company.  In addition,  the Chairman
agreed  to  defer  payment  of an  aggregate  of  $1,236,000  representing  loan
principal  and  interest  owed to him as of June 30, 2000 which had been payable
upon demand.

15.  Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of credit risk with respect to accounts  receivable is limited due
to the large number of hospitals  comprising the Company's  customer base. As of
June 30, 2000 and 1999, the Company had no significant  concentration  of credit
risk.

16.  Foreign Currency Risk

The Company has exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations  arising
from  sales  made  to  customers  in  the  United   Kingdom.   The  Company  has
approximately $368,000 subject to such risk at June 30, 2000.

17.  Segment Information

The  Company   operates  in  only  one  business   segment:   the   development,
implementation and maintenance of clinical  information system software marketed
to the healthcare industry.  Within this segment, the Company has three distinct
product lines: Pharmacy Systems, Blood Bank Systems, and Operating Room


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Systems.  The Blood Bank,  Pharmacy and Operating Room divisions  operate in the
United States, and JAC, which provides pharmacy stock control systems,  operates
from its facilities in the United  Kingdom.  Selected  financial  information by
geographic area as of June 30 is as follows: (In thousands)

                                                2000         1999         1998
                                              --------     --------     --------

Revenues from Unaffiliated Customers
   United States                              $ 24,352     $ 25,779     $ 18,860
   United Kingdom                                2,354        2,560        1,670
                                              --------     --------     --------
         Total                                $ 26,706     $ 28,339     $ 20,530
                                              ========     ========     ========

Net (loss) Earnings
  United States                               $ (1,042)    $ (1,125)    $  2,902
  United Kingdom                                    94          155           28
                                              --------     --------     --------
         Total                                $   (948)    $   (970)    $  2,930
                                              ========     ========     ========

Identifiable Assets
   United States                              $ 27,259     $ 24,777     $ 22,544
   United Kingdom                                1,792        1,571        1,203
                                              --------     --------     --------
         Total                                $ 29,051     $ 26,348     $ 23,747
                                              ========     ========     ========


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
  No.     Description
  ---     -----------
<S>       <C>                                <C>
2         Agreement and Plan of Merger       Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Prospectus in
          dated December 18, 1997,           Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-57693) ("1998
          between Mediware Information       Registration Statement")
          Systems, Inc. and
          Informedics, Inc., as amended
          on April 30, 1998 and August
          10, 1998

3.1       Restated Certificate of            Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit No. 4 to the Registration
          Incorporation                      Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-7591) (the "1996 Registration
                                             Statement")

3.2       By-laws                            *

10.1      Agreement between the Company      **
          and Intellimed Corporation
          dated September 25, 1990

10.7.2    Letters outlining terms of         *****
          engagement for Les Dace,
          John Esposito,  Rodger Wilson
          and Creighton Miller

10.8      Employee Stock Option Plan,        **
          1982, as amended

10.9      Form of Stock Option               **
          Agreement under 1982 Plan

10.10     Form of Stock Option               **
          Agreement with Quadrocom, Inc.

10.13     1992 Employee Stock Option         Incorporated by reference to Exhibit C to
          Plan                               Company's Proxy Statement dated December 17,
                                             1991

10.14     1991 Stock Option Plan for         Incorporated by reference to Exhibit B
          Non-Employee Directors             to Company's Proxy Statement
                                             dated December 17, 1991
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                                <C>
10.15     Form of Stock Option               *
          Agreement under 1992 Employee
          Stock Option Plan

10.16.1   Form of Note for Interim           *
          Financing

10.16.2   Form of Warrant for Interim        *
          Financing

10.17     Form of Stock Option               Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the
          Agreement for Joseph Delario       Registration Statement on Form SB-2
                                             (File No. 333-18277)

10.18     Warrant issued to Oscar Gruss      ****
          and Son Incorporated to
          purchase 40,000 shares of
          Common Stock

10.19     1997 Stock Option Plan for         Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Company's Proxy Statement
          Non-Employee Directors             dated November 21, 1997.

10.20     Letter outlining term of           Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the 1998 Registration
          engagement for John Tortorici      Statement.

10.21     Lease with Beim & James            Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(iii) to Informedics Inc.
          Properties, as amended             Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended October 31, 1990
                                             (SEC File No. 000-12939).

10.22     Amendments to Lease with Krus      Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(v) to Informedics' Annual
          Way Holdings, Inc. (formerly       Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended October 31, 1994.
          Beim & James Properties)

10.23     Licensing Agreement dated          Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Company's Report on
          7/1/97 between BAXA                Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 1998.
          Corporation and Mediware
          Information Systems, Inc.
</TABLE>


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10.24     Agreement between Carter
          BloodCare and Hemocare, a
          division of Mediware
          Information Systems, Inc.
          dated as of November 1999

10.25     Office Building Lease between
          Carter BloodCare and Mediware
          Information Systems, Inc.
          dated May 23, 2000


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10.26     Commitment Letter from
          Fratelli Auriana, Inc. and Lawrence
          Auriana to Mediware Information
          Systems, Inc. dated October 11, 2000

10.27     Employment Agreement between
          Mediware Information Systems,
          Inc. and Les Dace dated as of
          June 10, 1999

10.28     Employment Agreement between
          Mediware Information Systems,
          Inc.  and Michael Montgomery
          dated as of March 6, 2000

10.29     Stock Option Agreement between
          Mediware Information Systems,
          Inc. and Michael Montgomery,
          dated as of March 3, 2000

11        Schedule of Computation of Net
          Earnings Per Share

21        Subsidiaries of the Registrant     *****

23.2      Consent of Richard A. Eisner &
          Company, LLP

27        Financial Data Schedule

----------

*      Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit bearing the same  designation in
       the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June
       30, 1996.

**     Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit bearing the same  designation in
       the Registration Statement on Form S-18 (File No. 33-40411).

***    Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits 2(a),  2(b),  2(d),  2(e), 2(f)
       and 2(g),  respectively,  in the  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K,
       filed on July 1, 1996.


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****   Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits bearing the same designation in
       the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June
       30, 1997.

*****  Incorporated be reference to the Exhibits bearing the same designation in
       the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June
       30, 1999.

       Exhibits 10.7.2, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10,  10.13,  10.14,  10.15, 10.17, 10.19,
       10.20, 10.27,  10.28, and 10.29 are management  contracts or compensatory
       plans or arrangements.


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