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CapMed Selected by Microsoft to Offer in Case of Emergency (ICE) Personal Health Record to Millions Through Microsoft HealthVault Platform.


Strategic alliance helps ensure critical health information is available when and where it is needed most by parents, caregivers, chronic care patients, and people on the go through CapMed's icePHR[TM]

NEWTOWN, Pa. -- CapMed, a Division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
: BITI BITI Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (stock symbol) ), a leader in interactive personal health management solutions, announces that the icePHR[TM], an in case of emergency personal health record (PHR PHR Personal Health Record
PHR Physicians for Human Rights
PHR Professional in Human Resources
PHR Public Health Reports
PHR Partnerships for Health Reform
Phr Phrygian (linguistics)
PHR Presse Hebdomadaire Régionale
), which is designed especially for use in emergencies, is now accessible through Microsoft Corp.'s new online consumer platform, HealthVault (http://www.healthvault.com). CapMed has distributed over 600,000 personal health records directly to consumers and through third-party partnerships with entities such as hospitals, health plans and pharmaceutical companies.

CapMed is one of the select vendors showcased in Microsoft's live demonstration of HealthVault, scheduled for October 4, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET at the Willard Inter-Continental, Washington, DC. Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group at Microsoft, will discuss how vendors such as CapMed will contribute to fulfilling HealthVault's vision to deliver technology solutions that help people make the best health and wellness decisions and live better, longer lives.

"CapMed's strategic alliance with Microsoft will give millions of Americans access to their personal health records," says Wendy Angst angst 1
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A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression.



angst 2
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, CapMed's General Manager. "icePHR -- CapMed's In Case of Emergency Personal Health Record -- works with Microsoft HealthVault Microsoft HealthVault is an online service from Microsoft to store and maintain health-related information. The platform consists of three different services:
HealthVault Search: HealthVault Search is a topical search engine to search specifically for health-related
 to provide consumers with private and timely access to personal health information in a security-enhanced environment, virtually whenever and wherever they need it."

icePHR is a core HealthVault service designed to help consumers connect with and manage personal health information to achieve greater control of their health and wellness. The icePHR allows consumers to update personal health information through a secure, password-protected, personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 website accessible from any computer. Consumers receive a unique web address for accessing securely stored information, and providing access to emergency personnel for themselves and up to 10 family members.

icePHR ensures that critical health information is available to consumers in all situations, including emergencies such as accidents and injuries in the home or neighborhood, or on vacation and business trips. Such information can range from, demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. , blood type and active health orders such as the existence of a living will, to allergies, conditions, medications, implantable devices, health insurance information and emergency contacts. Consumers can also depend on icePHR technology when they fill out or update health and medical forms at physician practices, schools and the workplace.

"CapMed's icePHR, now available through HealthVault, gives consumers a sense of security and peace-of -mind that they can access critical health information wherever and whenever they need it," says Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President of the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft. "The entire healthcare system will benefit from such immediate, easy access to health information."

Additionally, families who want to do a better job of managing their own health, as well as the health of their children and relatives, will benefit from using icePHR. Family members who may live two doors away or 1,500 miles away can easily share their personal health information.

CapMed's icePHR[TM] will soon allow consumers to also make personal health information available directly from their cell phones. Consumers will be able to synchronize See synchronization.  information using the icePHR Mobile emergency phone application. Close to 250 million Americans, or 68 percent of the U.S. population, already have cell phones, according to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, enabling CapMed to reach a broader range of consumers with PHR technologies.

The unique features and benefits of CapMed's PHR have earned the company the Best PHR Award at the 2006 and 2007 sessions of the Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR TEPR Toward an Electronic Patient Record Conference ) conference, sponsored by the Medical Records Institute.

About CapMed

CapMed, a division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., is the cornerstone of Bio-Imaging's Personal Health Management Division. CapMed is the leading provider of patient outreach solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems, providers' offices, managed care organizations and pharmaceutical companies, with more than 600,000 distributed to date. These solutions enable patients to monitor and manage their health and to improve communications with care providers, ultimately improving outcomes and reducing costs of care and are available in four formats: Online PHR and icePHR, the portable Personal HealthKey, Personal Health Record CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
, and the soon-to-be-release mobile phone application icePHR Mobile. CapMed offers custom development to organizations who want to add unique or proprietary capabilities to the platform. For more information on the CapMed Personal Health Management Solutions, please visit www.CapMed.com or the consumer website, www.CapMedPHR.com.

Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
" intended to qualify for the safe harbors Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. In particular, the Company's statements regarding trends in the marketplace and potential future results are examples of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the consummation CONSUMMATION. The completion of a thing; as the consummation of marriage; (q.v.) the consummation of a contract, and the like.
     2. A contract is said to be consummated, when everything to be done in relation to it, has been accomplished.
 and the successful integration of current and proposed acquisitions, the timing of projects due to the variability in size, scope and duration of projects, estimates made by management with respect to the Company's financial results, backlog, critical accounting policies, regulatory delays, clinical study results which lead to reductions or cancellations of projects and other factors, including general economic conditions and regulatory developments, not within the Company's control. The factors discussed herein and expressed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by such statements. The forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstance. You should review the Company's filings, especially risk factors contained in the Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 and the recent form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
.

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