April 18, 2001

For Immediate Release
Contact: Jane Albert, 800-525-5912 ext.123

VERITECH ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

East Longmeadow, MA. Veritech Corporation announced the acquisition of all assets of patient education programs from Inlight Corporation of Evanston, Illinois. These patient education programs are designed to offer patients a clear understanding of their medical condition, the nature of tests and procedures they may undergo, and the expected course of their recovery. This library of patient education includes comprehensive information about basic anatomy, specifics of diagnosis, details of treatment procedures, recovery information, and rehabilitation procedures. These programs will be offered to healthcare institutions, national healthcare education distribution networks, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

The Veritech library of patient education programs offers comprehensive information on a wide range of disorders, diseases, and symptoms including such categories as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, orthopedics, and women's and men's health. Using on-location footage, state-of-the-art 3D animations, and exemplary writing, these programs cover hours of information, with ease of use for patients to target their specific conditions in segments that may be just several minutes long. All materials are written for a lay audience and assume no prior medical knowledge. Both nurses and physician specialists reviewed each title for medical accuracy, clarity, and "patient friendliness" during the production process.

These medical education programs provide many benefits to patients including: increasing patient knowledge of their condition; information about the nature of tests and procedures they may undergo, and their expected course of recover. This comprehensive information for patients reduces their anxiety, offers realistic expectations related to their condition, and ultimately enhances patient satisfaction meeting healthcare professionals need to document informed consent as well as patient satisfaction.

"We are excited about the acquisition of these assets, as they complement the custom interactive multimedia education programs being produced for national healthcare staff education, CME and CEU's, as well as marketing programs for pharmaceutical and device companies", commented Steven Graziano, President of Veritech.

The programs will be offered in a variety of platforms including video, CD, DVD, and Intranet distribution for use via in-hospital televisions, computers, and touch-screen kiosks. "We have the capability to adapt the patient education programs to any delivery format based on the desires of the clients," Graziano said.

Veritech Corporation, founded in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts in 1976, and celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, is a nationally recognized, award-winning interactive multimedia production company serving the needs of medical professionals and the healthcare industry. The company designs and produces videos, CDs, DVDs, Broadband-width programs for the Internet, and websites that help the medical and healthcare communities train, promote, and communicate information about their procedures, services, programs, and institutions.

Veritech produces interactive medical education programs featuring surgical techniques and procedures for professional development, covering specific procedures and CME credits, where applicable. With didactic content and courseware supplied to Veritech by the client, they provide their expertise in establishing the multimedia specifications and develop the interactive design of the program. Veritech has expertise in capturing the essence of medical techniques during surgery and developing physicians' content for multimedia programs. Their experienced team includes interactive designers, producers, directors, editors, writers, videographers, graphic artists, medical animators and programmers.

Veritech's experiences in serving the educational needs in the medical and healthcare industry and their strong affiliations with medical institutions and relationships with physicians have resulted in their interactive programs serving as models in outreach educational and certification programs.

Over the years, Veritech has also successfully served many clients in the medical industry including: Bayer Pharmaceuticals; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Parke-Davis; Pfizer; Smith and Nephew; Surgical Dynamics; and U.S. Surgical. Veritech has also worked with and developed custom interactive training, education, and marketing programs for many hospitals and medical institutions throughout the country including: Baystate Health System; Catholic Partners; Clarion Health; Massachusetts General Hospital - The Partners Group; North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System; Tufts Medical Center; and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Patient EDU, LLC is a leading developer and marketer of patient education software programs for healthcare providers. Patient EDU's products aim to enhance patient/provider communication throughout the continuum of care. From the waiting room to the exam room, during pre-op, post-op and beyond, Veritech's programs promote understanding, consent, compliance and recovery.

Veritech Corporation, the parent company of Patient EDU, LLC, specializes in custom and preproduced staff education, CME and CEU programming for hospital and clinic employees fully compatible with the systems that operate the Patient Education programs.