4Medica Appoints Michael E. Warthen as VP of Sales and Business Development

Healthcare IT Veteran to Spearhead Product Strategy and Positioning for Leading Provider of Internet-Based Clinical Laboratory Solutions

Culver City, Calif. - October 2, 2003 - 4Medica - the leading independent provider of systems to transmit medical laboratory test results, orders and related data via the Internet - today announced the appointment of Michael E. Warthen as the company's new vice president of sales and business development. In his new post, Warthen will help 4Medica build upon the strong sales momentum of its proprietary suite of clinical connectivity systems, including its core Retriever™ test results and ordering products.

Warthen comes to 4Medica with more than 25 years of senior-level sales and marketing experience in healthcare information systems, eBusiness and smart card technology.

Prior to joining 4Medica, Warthen served as manager of eHealthcare business development for SeeBeyond (formerly Software Technologies Corp.), where he helped the enterprise application integration provider gain prominence in the healthcare industry. He also helped launch MedAssure, LLC (a Datacard Group subsidiary), serving as the director of sales & planning for the world's first portable patient record solution utilizing smart card, PKI and Internet technologies.

Other experience includes serving as director of health industry marketing for Datacard Corporation, senior marketing consultant for hospital information system (HIS) provider SMS Corporation and account executive for Cerner Corporation - the world's leading provider of integrated clinical information systems. Warthen began his career at IBM in its Health Industry Division, where he held various sales and management positions.

About 4Medica
4Medica is the leading independent (i.e., non-laboratory owned/operated) provider of clinical lab data via the Internet, linking more than 75 major clinical and hospital lab chains with more than 10,000 healthcare facilities 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. These standards will improve healthcare outcomes and efficiency, reduce costs and enable public health agencies to rapidly identify infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorism.

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