Caresoft's TheDailyApple.com Develops Online Interactive Cholesterol Site.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 12, 2000

Integration of Actual Patient Blood Cholesterol Levels with

Personalized Interactive Cholesterol Management Program

Differentiates Site

Caresoft Inc., through its highly acclaimed Web site, TheDailyApple.com, is launching the Net's most comprehensive interactive cholesterol management site.

The six-week, step-by-step management program is highly personalized and follows the guidelines established by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) and used by the American Heart Association.

"We offer much more than just content, tracking tools and a diary," said JJ Singh, Caresoft's CEO and president. "We offer the most comprehensive personalized cholesterol management program on the Net."

The Cholesterol Center allows users to create a personalized self-management care program to lower their cholesterol level and reduce the risk of heart attack and strokes. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), 99.5 million Americans have a total cholesterol level of at least 200mg/dl, which is considered borderline-high level. Studies, such as the Coronary Primary Prevention Trial, show evidence that mortality rates drop when total cholesterol levels are lowered to between 160 mg/dl and 199 mg/dl as a primary prevention measure, according to the AHA.

"The Cholesterol Center helps consumers take an active role in their health care by providing individualized assessments and goals for managing their cholesterol levels," said Singh.

Online users first receive an interactive mini-assessment and then establish goals pertinent to their own cholesterol management issues. The Cholesterol Center also features the ability to track weight, stress, nutrition, medications and exercise. During each session, users are provided with educational tools so that they can work and communicate with their doctor on lowering cholesterol levels. The physician is assured that TheDailyApple's information and guidelines have been developed by a team of health care professionals and are based on information from government organizations and published research.

"The Cholesterol Center was developed at Caresoft by a dedicated team of health professionals using information and guidelines from national and governmental organizations, as well as publications about current research," said Roy Palmer, Ph.D., Caresoft's vice president Web Architecture.

The Caresoft team has extensive experience in working with people to help them manage their cholesterol levels. The team includes registered dietitians, clinical pharmacists, registered nurses, health educators, public health specialists, a registered physical therapist, and a behavioral specialist.

Designed to work with TheDailyApple's new online clinical laboratory results service, the Cholesterol Center allows online users with new lab results, or cholesterol results from an old test, to receive a highly personalized step-by-step program through the assistance of an interactive mini assessment. The results are then incorporated into the user's personal health record and become an integral part of the user's Cholesterol Center personal program.

By having online access to their lab test results, patients can better understand the context of the information the doctor is interpreting, how the results play into their overall wellness plan, and what they should do to take a more active role in their health. The lab test results are presented in clear, easy-to-understand terms, along with the normal range values for the tests and explanations on how the test assists the physician in managing a person's health care.

Programs like the Cholesterol Center help make TheDailyApple the online health care site for thousands of patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, obesity, hypercholesterolemia and high blood pressure along with the people who care for them.

About Caresoft

Caresoft provides an Internet-based health care information exchange that aggregates and integrates patient-specific data from its network partners including, clinical laboratories, health plans, physicians, and pharmacies. Caresoft's proprietary information exchange provides connectivity to companies throughout the health care industry and offers its network partners a comprehensive source of aggregated health information, interaction and electronic commerce opportunities.

Patients access their personal health data in the exchange through Caresoft's award-winning site, TheDailyApple.com, which is the first and only site that provides online clinical laboratory test results along with easy-to-understand supporting information. Caresoft's customers, including pharmaceuticals and health plans, use the exchange to enable a secure permission-based customer relationship management solution with highly qualified and motivated patients. Caresoft is a private company with headquarters in Sunnyvale, and can be contacted at www.caresoft.com.