Introducing eZ for Healthcare; Quickly Share Medical Images & Information Live Even On Slow Connections.

Business/Technology Editors & Health/Medical Writers

HIMSS 2003 Annual Conference

Booth #5851

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2003

eZmeeting will be showcasing eZ3, the latest release of their popular document management and collaboration software, at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference (HIMSS), to be held in San Diego at the San Diego Convention Center, February 9-13, 2003. Diagnosis, outpatient services, research, and education/training are just some of the ways that eZ can be used to collaborate instantly across a distance, speed decision making, enhance learning, save time, and significantly reduce costs.

With partner WACOM High Resolution Pen Display Technologies, eZmeeting will demonstrate how touch screen technology combined with eZ's new improved user interface makes it easy for healthcare professionals to manage, share and collaborate on medical images like X-rays and MRIs, with anyone, at any time, in or out of the office.

eZ is simple-to-use, powerful software that enables incredibly fast universal sharing/viewing/mark-up of virtually any medical image or document in the healthcare field. It can be used offline or online in real time from multiple distance locations. It works over the Internet, private networks, and even wireless networks. Its peer-to-peer architecture and patented graphics/geometric engine make it highly bandwidth efficient, even on slow connections. In most cases, it's application independent, meaning users don't need the application that created the file to open, work or collaborate instantly on images or documents.

Diagnosis: eZ fundamentally improves the quality and speed of critical decisions, particularly in emergency situations. Physicians and healthcare professionals can share virtually any type of medical image and/or document from any place in the world, even over wireless networks while traveling. It also reduces the costs associated with repeated exams and radiological interpretation.

Outpatient Services: Doctors can follow-up with patients remotely reviewing medical records and images, saving patients and doctors travel time and money. eZ is very secure because of its direct computer-to-computer connection. No public web servers are required.

Research, Education & Corporate Training: eZ provides for a more powerful, interactive educational and training experience locally and across a distance. For example, a lecturer could use eZ connected to a projector to share and mark-up virtually any document or data on his/her computer. At the same time, students in various places around the world who are connected remotely to the lecturer's eZ session, can also mark-up and make changes to those same documents in real time without delay. The learning experience becomes truly interactive and more impactful.

One of the great additional advantages of eZ is that the educational material created for the training experience can be archived and distributed to all participants after the meeting for future reference.

System Requirements and Cost:

eZ is currently available for Windows 98, NT, 2000, Me and XP. A permanent license can be purchased for $399 plus 25% annual maintenance after the first year. eZ is also available for a $20 monthly subscription. A fully functional 30-day trial version can be downloaded free at www.eZmeeting.com. For more information or to purchase online visit the website or call toll free, 888-990-0900. You can also stop by the eZ/WACOM technologies Booth #5851.

eZmeeting is a software company that specializes in developing collaborative solutions for organizations, their employees, partners and suppliers. The company's flagship product, eZ, is the most comprehensive solution for reliable, secure, electronic exchange of information and data over any TCP/IP network, including the Internet.

JPEG medical screen shots of eZ in-use are available upon request.