Contacts:

Jon Blackman, MD Gean Rains

PocketInformatics LLC Rains & Associates LLC

503. 887. 9215 503. 297.1791

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [April 1, 2002]

PocketPractitioner™ 2002 Delivers Integrated Patient Tracking

and Billing Software for Doctors and Clinics

Portland, OR - Pocket Informatics LLC announced the launch of its new suite of medical applications for use on the Palm OS and Windows PC -- PocketPractitioner™ 2002 Basic, PocketPractitioner 2002 Professional and PocketPractitioner 2002 Office.

The patient tracking application was first introduced last summer. Since then over 3,000 of the software applications have been downloaded via the web by medical practitioners from all over the world. Today, PocketPractitioner 2002 represents a complete suite of fully-integrated tools for use on the Palm OS and Windows PC.

The PocketPractitioner Suite of Tools provides medical practitioners with a fully integrated patient tracking and billing system created by a doctor for use in clinical settings. Its use is simple and intuitive. It was designed for use at the point-of-care by medical practitioners to improve patient tracking, capture diagnoses and procedural histories, as well as decrease billing errors.

“Case studies have shown that charge capture at the point-of-care with a handheld PDA [personal digital assistant] saves time, increases accuracy, improves charge capture and reduces lost billings. One study showed that charge capture on cognitive skills [CPT™ 90000 codes] increased 77% and all other procedures increased 16%. A conservative estimate for the additional billing a small clinic with six doctors can recover is estimated to be $86,400 per year. Not to mention a handheld patient tracking application can save substantial time transcribing notes into patient records,” said Dr. Jon Blackman, application designer.

About PocketPractitioner 2002 Suite of Tools

PocketPractitioner 2002 Basic offers an inexpensive way to explore handheld patient tracking.

PocketPractitioner 2002 Professional is a complete Palm OS application. It features integration of patient information, the most popular CPT™ [procedure] and ICD-9-CM [diagnostic] codes from the AMA, modifiable lists, patient notes and IR printing.

PocketPractitioner 2002 Office is the fully integrated Palm and PC version. A fully integrated Desktop application, which can be synced up to the medical practitioner’s Palm. It contains all current CPT™ and ICD-9-CM codes fully-licensed from the AMA. This version offers a rock-solid business application built on Microsoft Access designed to keep track of billing for individual practitioners and clinics alike, at a fraction of the cost of comparable custom solutions.

PocketPractitioner 2002 Office features include:

§ Microsoft Access [Runtime included]

§ Tracking patients in inpatient and outpatient settings

§ Recording patient demographic data

§ Listing diagnoses and medications

§ Mapping patient procedures

§ IR printing

§ Maintains a medication list

§ Creates notes in all lists, essentially replacing the note card file

§ All ICD-9-CM and CPT™ codes are fully-licensed from the AMA

All three versions contain security features designed to meet federal HIPAA requirements

for the protection of patient information.

Where to find PocketPractitioner 2002

PocketPractitioner 2002 is available on www.pocketinformatics.com and consumer sites -- www.handango.com , www.palmgear.com and www.pdamd.com.

About Pocket Informatics LLC and Dr. Jon Blackman

Pocket Informatics LLC is a privately held company headquartered in Portland, Oregon dedicated to developing the highest quality PDA clinical tools for practicing physicians.

Dr. Jon Blackman, owner and application designer, has an MS in Medical Informatics from Oregon Health & Science University [OHSU], and an M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He is also a board-certified Family Physician with 20 years of clinical practice.

PocketPractitioner and Pocket Informatics are trademarks of PocketInformatics LLC. Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. Microsoft Access and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

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