WIRELESS, HANDHELD CAPABILITY INTRODUCED WITH DATATRAK EDC FOR CLINICAL TRIAL DATA COLLECTION.

DATATRAK International, Inc. (Nasdaq: DATA) the leading and most experienced Application Service Provider (ASP) in the Electronic Data Capture (EDC) industry announced that it is introducing the capability to implement its software, DATATRAK EDC, through deployment with wireless and handheld technology. Initial feasibility and performance assessments were done with a Hewlett Packard Jornada device utilizing Lucent wireless ORiNOCO modem technology. Since DATATRAK EDC is delivered via a previously audited and validated ASP platform, selection of the handheld mode of connection is available immediately to the market based upon sponsor selection.

Such wireless technologies allow for connection to a remote analog telephone line as long as the user is within approximately 100 feet of the hard-wire connection. These distances can be extended through the use of repeaters that are appropriately positioned throughout a facility. Wireless and handheld capability is increasingly sought by the pharmaceutical industry and investigators in order to integrate more attractively and productively within the clinical research environment. With such capability, a physician or a research coordinator could enter data while traveling from one exam room to the other in the clinic; or from bedside to bedside in the hospital or Phase I Unit without the need to be tethered to a wire. The handheld device is easily portable and can comfortably fit within a lab coat.

The ability to enter data directly from the patient bedside into an ASP functionality with acceptable speed and performance can streamline workflow, since data does not have to be written down on paper and then input into a hardwire platform at a later time. Importantly, the inherent advantages of ASP delivery are retained, since no data resides on the handheld device. All information is immediately transmitted to the central database upon entry of each individual data item. Loss or breakage of the handheld device does not jeopardize in any way the data that has been collected.

The setup costs for the wireless platform are comparable to traditional implementations where sponsors need to fund hardware deployment. However, the wireless option can be more cost-effective at busy research sites since up to eight (8) users can simultaneously work through one connection. With the hardwire option, this is not possible.

"Initial assessments of this attractive wireless platform for our product showed amazingly fast performance which was indistinguishable from that seen with traditional Internet connections," stated Dr. Jeffrey A. Green, President & Chief Executive Officer of DATATRAK International, Inc. "DATATRAK EDC has been increasingly recognized worldwide over the past year as a premier product, especially with respect to performance, and this speed is not sacrificed even in a wireless mode. Though we have a documented user acceptance rate published at 95% in an international clinical trial consisting of 162 sites in 21 countries, this innovative capability will further add to the attractiveness of our product to investigative site personnel. This capability is a testimony to the competence and vision of our software development and IT teams on producing a product suite with stable foundations and robustness to have not only an unparalleled history of more than six years in this emerging market, but also being able to effectively and quickly migrate to new capabilities in this dynamic area of technology applications. I believe sponsors of clinical research and users will be extremely attracted to this capability."

DATATRAK International, Inc. is a worldwide Application Service Provider for the electronic data capture industry. The Company provides a suite of EDC software products known as DATATRAK EDC and related services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. DATATRAK EDC was developed in order to deliver clinical research data from investigative sites to sponsors faster and more efficiently than conventional, manual methods. DATATRAK EDC can be deployed worldwide in either a distributed platform using laptop computers, in a centralized server environment with hardwire connections, or via wireless, handheld methodologies. All of these platforms use the Internet for data transmissions through an ASP delivery mode. DATATRAK EDC software and its earlier versions have successfully supported more than 50 clinical studies encompassing over 1,000 clinical research sites and encompassing greater than 28,000 patients in 31 countries. DATATRAK International, Inc. has offices located in Cleveland, Ohio and Bonn, Germany.