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Mon Health System To Offer CapMed® Personal Health Record To Its Patient Community

Christiana, DE, February 21, 2001 – CapMed, the Delaware-based developer of the Personal Health Record (PHR), announced here today that Monongalia Health System (Mon Health System), Morgantown, West Virginia, has partnered with CapMed and will encourage its entire patient community to use PHR as a health management tool. Mon Health System is an integrated healthcare delivery system providing a full range of family-centered care to 465,000 residents of north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.

"Mon Health System is dedicated to delivering the best possible health care to its patients. With PHR, patients can take an active role and interest in the quality of their care, enabling them to work with their physicians to achieve optimum results," said Ron Templeton, CEO of CapMed. " The ‘High Tech ~ High Touch,’ theme of this year’s HealthFair provides an ideal forum for the introduction of PHR as a health management tool for the Mon Health System community."

"The Personal Health Record is designed to help people track their own health and at the same time link to resources that can aid in making the best health care decisions for themselves and their families," said Robert P. Ritz, President and CEO of Mon Health System. "PHR is a valuable resource for Mon Health System and its patients to help to maintain connectivity throughout the entire healthcare process, and securely increase the portability of health data." PHR will be offered to the community for the first time at HealthFair 2001, Mon Health System’s 18th annual community health education and assessment event, being held February 23-24.

CapMed PHR is an easy-to-use, desktop-based computer software tool that enables individuals to manage their health and wellness information securely and privately on their personal computer. With PHR, patients can stay better connected to their Mon Health physicians and Mon General Hospital, maintain an accurate record of treatments, medications, conditions, test results and wellness goals, and research health information on the Internet through customized links using PHR Internet Direct Easy Access™.

Founded by Dr. Ira Denton and Dr. Judith Denton, CapMed is a privately held company headquartered in Christiana. For further information, please visit our website at www.capmed.com.