35th Patent Awarded to Health Hero Network, Inc. Defines Technology Platform for Patient Communication Via Television.

Business Editors, Health/Medical Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8th, 2000

Health Hero Network, Inc., announced today it was just awarded a patent on the connection of medical devices to television sets and providing interactive feedback to patients. Health Hero provides a technology platform and application services that enable healthcare providers to communicate with patients at home and monitor health status.

The patent, 6,144,837, which issued on November 7, 2000, is entitled "Method and apparatus for interactively monitoring a physiological condition and for interactively providing health-related information." The patent is a continuation of patent number 5,601,435 filed on Nov. 4, 1994 and also assigned to Health Hero Network, Inc.

"We focused on developing technologies that work for people who need care the most, including elderly patients with chronic illness, and the people who care for them" said Steve Brown, CEO of Health Hero. "This patent will facilitate our expansion into the interactive television market through strategic alliances and licensing arrangements with television manufacturers, interactive television network operators, and medical device companies."

The company's technology platform includes web-based services for sending personalized health questions to patients and viewing patient responses, and application services that enable caregivers to analyze data from patient populations. Patients currently receive messages and send information to care managers using the Health Buddy(R) communication appliance. The recent patent is part of the company's strategy to extend its remote patient monitoring platform from dedicated health appliances to interactive television and other devices.

About Health Hero Network, Inc.

Health Hero Network, Inc. empowers healthcare organizations to leverage the Internet and information appliances to communicate with patients at home and monitor their health status. Health Hero's tools enable caregivers to rapidly identify changes in a patient's health condition and focus attention on those in need of intervention, a factor that has tremendous impact on reducing healthcare spending while improving the quality of care.

Health Hero paves the way for existing, as well as emerging, healthcare companies to take advantage of opportunities in disease management, clinical studies, health education, and wellness.

For more information about Health Hero, visit www.healthhero.com.

Note: Certain statements in the press release, including statements concerning Health Hero Network, Inc.'s plans, intentions and expectations are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These statements are not guaranties of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, forward-looking statements only speak to the date of this release and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon them. Health Hero Network, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.