DATATRAK International, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Result...(D Mr. Wilke will be integrally involved ...),Health

DATATRAK's backlog at December 31, 2008 was $11.4 million and backlog currently stands at approximately $10.1 million. This compares to a backlog of $13.0 million at December 31, 2007. Backlog is defined as the remaining value of signed contracts or authorization letters to commence services. The Company does not include in its backlog potential contracts or authorization letters that have passed the verbal stage, but have not been signed. All contracts are subject to possible delays or cancellation or can change in scope in a positive or negative direction. Therefore, current backlog is not necessarily indicative of the Company's future quarterly or annual revenue. Historically, backlog has been a poor predictor of the Company's short-term revenue.

The Company, in compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4350(b)(1)(B), also announced that the audit report included in DATATRAK's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 expresses an unqualified opinion from its independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young, LLP, but contains an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company discusses the matter further in its Form 10-K, which will be filed later today.

"In 2008, we implemented and largely completed a substantial reorganization and right-sizing initiative, and as a result, we believe we are well positioned to withstand the increasingly difficult operating environment. The impact of these changes aided in our ability to maintain a small operating loss of only $109,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008 versus an operating loss of $2.6 million in last year's f
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