4Medica Appoints Ravi Sharma President and CEO

November 20, 2002… Culver City, CA… 4Medica, Inc. announced today the appointment of Ravi Sharma as President and CEO. Mr. Sharma succeeds Company co-founder Alexander Zubatov, who will continue to serve 4Medica as a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Sharma is former President and CEO of MedAssure, a leading developer of portable electronic patient records, General Manager of the Diagnostix division of Sunquest Information Systems, the world's leading supplier of laboratory information systems, General Manager of the Northeast Region of General Electric Medical Systems and Vice President of Marketing of Toshiba America Medical Systems.

"Ravi's proven ability to design and implement large-scale medical product ramp-ups, his consistent track record of success and his deep knowledge of the clinical laboratory and electronic medical record fields uniquely equip him to lead the Company at this stage of rapid growth and business development," stated Oleg Bess, M.D., Chairman and Chief Medical Officer.

Mr. Sharma earned a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. He was chosen by General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt to lead GE Medical Systems' Global Six Sigma program. At Sunquest, Mr. Sharma led the development of its flagship Diagnostix systems from concept to reality. Sunquest was subsequently acquired by British banking and healthcare IT conglomerate MISYS plc.

"I am pleased to join 4Medica at this exciting time in its growth," said Mr. Sharma. "In less than one year of commercial release, 4Medica's breakthrough technology for enabling web-browser access to clinical information has become the leading independent solution for communicating lab results and orders between physicians' offices, hospitals and laboratories. The opportunity now exists to create significant corporate value while building a world class organization," Mr. Sharma continued. "4Medica's recent successes in product and business development, marketing and nationwide sales provide a very solid foundation for rapid growth," added Mr. Sharma.

4Medica is the leading independent provider of clinical lab data via the Internet, linking over 75 major clinical and hospital lab chains with over 10,000 healthcare providers nationwide.

4Medica is also working with its partners in the eHealth Initiative and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote national communication and integration standards for healthcare information, to improve healthcare outcomes and efficiency, reduce costs and provide public health agencies better tools for early identification of infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorism.

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