ADVISORY/Improving Medicine Globally: APACHE Demonstrates Three New Internet-based Clinical Decision Support Systems at HIMSS 2000.

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ADVISORY...for Thursday (April 6)

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WHAT:           APACHE will demonstrate its three newest
Internet-based decision support solutions at a healthcare industry
conference in Dallas.

    Designed to help cardiovascular (heart), acute and neonatal
(infant) intensive care specialists provide higher quality medical
care to their patients, reduce medical errors and improve clinical
outcomes, these APACHE software systems are the first in an ongoing
suite of Internet-based healthcare products being rolled out now as
part of the company's APACHE 2000 initiative. Focusing on clinical
decision support for the care of high-risk, high-cost patients, these
products will be available in commercial release throughout the year.

WHY:            "These decision support applications represent the
leading edge in a suite of web-based APACHE products focused upon key
areas of patient care," noted APACHE CEO Peter Gladkin.

    "With the availability of these `Gold Standard' decision support
tools over the world wide web, APACHE is well- positioned to become a
leading internet healthcare content provider. We are repositioning
APACHE as a global application service provider (ASP) of
Internet-based healthcare decision support. As such, we are
`broadening our reach while maintaining our focus' as the world wide
web opens up global markets for our company."

PRODUCT INFO:   APACHE will show four clinical decision support
systems at HIMSS. Three of these are Internet-enabled applications:

--  APACHE(R)NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) Surveyor+(TM)

--  APACHE(R)CV (Cardiovascular) Risk Predictor(TM)

--  APACHE(R)Acute Care Voyager+(TM)

    "APACHE has long been internationally known in the field of
critical care," noted Gladkin. "With our new CV product, we can begin
to realize our dream of also becoming a leader in the field of
cardiovascular decision support."

WHERE/WHEN:     APACHE clinical and technical experts will present
these live, interactive Internet demonstrations at HIMSS 2000, the
healthcare information technology (HIT) industry's premier conference
and tradeshow.

    Scheduled to be held Apr. 9-13, 2000, at the Dallas Convention
Center (Dallas, Tex.), HIMSS (www.himss.org) is sponsored by the
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

    APACHE will be at Booth No. 9032.

NOTE:             This software will run on the APACHE Internet
architecture utilizing web servers from Data General, a division of
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC)(www.dg.com/healthcare).

    Noted Data General executive Peter Stone: "It gives us great
pleasure to know that our company's AViiON(TM) web servers and EMC(TM)
storage helped facilitate our partner APACHE's rapid development of an
Internet architecture for its `Gold Standard' decision support
systems. We are proud to have the opportunity to showcase their
software solutions at our HIMSS booth No. 2920 as they simultaneously
introduce these systems to the industry for the first time at their
booth. This partnership enables Data General to continue to realize
its mission of helping healthcare providers around the world use the
best technology to assist in delivering the best possible care." Stone
is vice president of Data General's worldwide healthcare division.

APACHE(R) is a registered trademark, and APACHE(R) CV Risk Predictor,(TM) APACHE(R) NICU Surveyor+(TM) and APACHE(R) Acute Care Voyager+(TM) trademarks, of APACHE Medical Systems, Inc. Other brand and/or product names referenced in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements under provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to caution readers that the following important factors, among others, in some cases have affected, and in the future could affect, the Company's actual results and could cause its actual results in fiscal 1999 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of the Company.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include but are not limited to the Company's having sufficient sales and timely collections to meet cash requirements and achieve profitability; ability to attract and retain key employees; success of its strategy to concentrate its product offerings on high-risk, high-cost patients; ability to timely develop new products and enhance existing products; ability to compete in the competitive and rapidly evolving healthcare information technology industry; ability to correctly estimate and manage its Year 2000 costs and liabilities; success of its marketing and consulting efforts and ability to effectively utilize its direct sales force; ability to protect proprietary information and to obtain necessary licenses on commercially reasonable terms; and ability to comply with and adapt products and services to potential regulatory changes.

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