MedAptus and Skyscape Partner to Deliver Integrated Mobile Medical Solutions

MEDAPTUS AND SKYSCAPE PARTNER TO DELIVER INTEGRATED MOBILE MEDICAL SOLUTIONS

Skyscape™ Mobile Library Provides Clinicians with Intuitive and Rapid Access to Pertinent Clinical Data

Boston and Hudson, MA – October 24, 2002 - MedAptus, Inc and Skyscape, Inc. have announced a strategic partnership focused on providing the highest quality, integrated solutions to physicians and healthcare enterprises. The Skyscape™ Mobile Library integrates with the MedAptus Charges in Hand™ solution to provide the content of numerous highly respected and trusted medical references in the context of patient care, making high quality clinical data available at the clinician’s fingertips.

The Skyscape Mobile Library is fully integrated with MedAptus core application offerings including patient and workflow management, charge capture and dictation. While entering or reviewing patient-specific data it is now possible to do immediate context sensitive searches within any installed clinical titles. Such medical references provided and powered by Skyscape include 5 Minute Clinical Consult, Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, Physicians’ Desk Reference™ and Drug Interaction Facts (published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Thomson, and Facts and Comparisons respectively.)

These reference applications are specifically designed for intuitive use on handheld devices. Using a combination of MedAptus’ modular application design and Skyscape’s patented ARTTM technology, content searches can be done within the context of any MedAptus application. For instance, while documenting diagnoses and procedures with Charges in Hand, the medical practitioner can instantly look up those procedures or disease states within an appropriate Skyscape medical reference such as the Washington Manual. The solution integrates medical reference information and puts it in context--reducing the time doctors need to spend searching through information and adding value by enabling complex information queries and access to the latest disease, drug, and drug interaction information.

“This offering applies current clinical knowledge to the patient care context at the time and place where decisions are made,” said Lance Baldo, MD of MedAptus. “While a clinician is documenting a patient diagnosis and wants to get more information on the topic, two taps of the stylus will take them to the appropriate chapter in the Washington Manual. Want to know what drugs to treat? Two more taps and they are in the drug reference guide with dosing and contraindication all readily available.” Added Dr. Baldo, “The integration of MedAptus core products and the context sensitive searches in the Skyscape Mobile Library are unparalleled. We are proud to be partnered with Skyscape, the industry leader of intelligent mobile solutions.”

“Information where and when you need it is what Skyscape brings to the medical community. Our partnership with MedAptus will allow physicians to benefit from our vision of integrating medical references with transaction systems,” states Sandeep Shah, president and CEO of Skyscape.

Through the use of integrated Skyscape and MedAptus solutions on their handhelds, physicians can diagnose illnesses, determine treatment, prescribe medication, identify drug interactions, calculate dosages, and perform all the necessary steps involved with quality patient care right at the patient’s bedside. ART-based solutions enable practitioners to follow their own intuitive thought process and workflow, improving care quality and reducing administrative time.

About Skyscape

Skyscape is the leading provider of interactive, intelligent mobile solutions for the healthcare community. Skyscape utilizes its patented ART (Advanced Reference and Transaction) infrastructure technology to create compelling high-value solutions for handheld devices that reflect and support the intuitive thought processes of the medical practitioner. Skyscape’s solutions significantly improve the quality and efficiency of medical decision making—at the point of care—by enabling doctors to diagnose illnesses, determine treatment, prescribe medication, identify drug interactions, calculate dosages and perform all the necessary steps involved with quality patient care.

Skyscape has the largest installed base of paying customers in the industry including individual and communities of medical practitioners at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Stanford Medical School, Partners Health System, Duke University, Mayo Clinic, and Kaiser Permanente. Skyscape’s solutions are available on multiple platforms including Palm OS®, Windows® CE, and Pocket PC. For more information about Skyscape, please visit our Web site at www.skyscape.com.

About MedAptus, Inc.

MedAptus, Inc. is a healthcare information technology company providing point-of-care solutions for physicians. MedAptus provides clinicians with a comprehensive suite of workflow and revenue enhancing solutions including patient management, charge capture, dictation and clinical content. MedAptus' flagship application, Charges In Hand™, allows physicians to document professional charges at the point-of-care. The use of Charges In Hand™ increases efficiency, reduces the lag time between professional services and claim submission and improves compliance with billing regulations. Additional clinical solutions are under development to augment the suite and create a unified mobile and web-based offering. MedAptus can be reached via www.MedAptus.com or by calling 617-896-4000.