Healthcare ASP Creates First Cardiovascular E-Community

Internet Technology Links Heart Patients, Physicians and Hospitals—
—Seattle Systems Introduces its New Identity as LUMEDX with Launch of CardioChart.com—

OAKLAND, Calif.—July 6, 2000—LUMEDX, formerly Seattle Systems, Inc.—the market leader in cardiovascular clinical information systems—today announced the debut of CardioChart.com™, the healthcare industry´s first Internet portal designed to connect patients, physicians, hospitals and industry vendors in a cardiovascular e-healthcare community built around physician-generated patient records.

Dedicated to improving shared access of quality clinical information, CardioChart.com:

• Grants physicians remote and secure access to their patients´ complete cardiovascular records, including previous diagnostic studies, drug allergies and lab results—on personal computers, Palm Pilots or Web cell phones;
  
• Allows patients to better manage their conditions with Web-based access to their physician-approved cardiovascular medical records and medical content;
  
• Delivers Web-based point-of-care software tools to clinicians and administrators via an application service provider (ASP) model, where LUMEDX assumes the burden of all application maintenance and support for a low monthly fee;
  
• Gives hospitals—for the first time—online access to national benchmarks from clinical data gathered at the point of care; and
  
• Creates supply chain efficiencies by connecting hospitals with vendors and suppliers—such as large pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers—in an online community.

Cardiovascular disease affects more than 23% of the nation´s population and accounts for roughly $286.5 billion in annual US healthcare expenditures. Now these constituents can be connected in one e-community via CardioChart.com.

"Occupying a major role in the cardiovascular clinical information systems market over the past 10 years has exposed LUMEDX to the connectivity needs that healthcare´s constituents now demand," said the Company´s CEO Allyn McAuley. "CardioChart.com´s Web platform provides these parties with that fundamental connection. We believe we are the first vendor to offer a full range of point-of-care clinical software applications under the ASP delivery model. Soon, it will also support procurement and commerce opportunities so that clinicians and hospitals can further streamline their workflow and assure they have the appropriate devices and medications to meet their patients´ needs."

CardioChart.com Meets Every Level of Need

CardioChart.com´s ASP platform fits the needs of any hospital—from a standalone facility to a large integrated delivery network—depending on the depth of its information technology staff and its functionality requirements. CardioChart.com´s open architecture allows hospitals to integrate the service into any existing clinical information system or LUMEDX´s own flagship product Apolloä —a suite of software products that integrates demographics, history, lab and pharmacy data with detailed patient information within a comprehensive database. The Company also plans to extend e-procurement and e-commerce opportunities to its customers.

"Strategic use of the Internet is growing dramatically in the healthcare industry. The most logical starting point in this process is the streamlining and optimizing of communications between patient, physician, and hospital," explained Bob McCullough, senior analyst with the Hurwitz Group. "LUMEDX has leveraged their long-standing expertise in the healthcare field into an understating of the constituencies to serve, and the information they are looking for. Sharing this breadth of information can make an impact in health care."

The Company recently changed its name from Seattle Systems to LUMEDX. The new brand identity underscores the Company´s expansion into Internet-based solutions and services that allow physicians, clinicians and patients to easily share and access personalized medical information from their desktops.

About LUMEDX

Leveraging its 10-year reign as the undisputed leader in cardiovascular information systems, LUMEDX is the healthcare industry´s first technology vendor to offer a comprehensive suite of clinical, point-of-care applications offered via an application services provider (ASP) model. Its recently launched Internet portal, CardioChart.com, is the first in a series of specialty-specific e-health communities that meet the unique information sharing needs of the physician, patient, administrator and vendor—improving information flow, creating operating efficiencies and providing unprecedented benchmarking and revenue opportunities for hospitals.

For more information, please visit our Web site at www.lumedx.com

LUMEDX, Seattle Systems, Inc., CardioChart.com, and Apollo are trademarks of LUMEDX.

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