December 4, 2000

Medicity, Inc. Unveils Powerful e-Health Security Solution

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Medicity Inc., a leading innovator of secure e-health solutions, today announced the general availability of its MediTrust™ solution for secure, portable access to sensitive patient information over the Internet.

Integrated into the Medicity Internet platform, MediTrust™ was designed to create a secure environment in which physicians, hospitals, practice groups and laboratories can exchange patient records and other sensitive data. Medicity's strategy allows organizations that deal with electronic patient information to link existing systems together with minimal expenditure, while meeting emerging federal standards for the protection of patient privacy.

MediTrust™ is an innovative solution that combines the most advanced security technology with a user-friendly interface. "Nobody wants to wade through complicated security procedures to be able to look up a lab result," said Kipp Lassetter, M.D., CEO of Medicity. "Physicians want to know that we've taken care of the details, and that they can trust our solution to protect their patients' privacy.

MediTrust™ takes a step beyond conventional Internet security systems by allowing a user to quickly establish a secure connection from any computer with access to the Internet, including PDAs.

MediTrust™ is a key part of Medicity's strategy to use the power of the Internet to improve the practice of healthcare. Recognizing that physicians use the tools they find most useful during the workday, Medicity offers physicians an Internet "desktop" accessible by a single, secure login. The desktop ties together the electronic resources specific to the physician's practice, including laboratory data, prioritized office communications, third-party ASP offerings, e-mail, and practice-specific content. With an unparalleled degree of personalization and utility, Medicity can be the physician's single point of access to the Internet. "Medicity is a useful tool because it aggregates the resources and prioritizes the communications unique to each physician's practice," Lassetter said. "Physicians don't have the time to sift through irrelevant content--Medicity lets them select their own content."

"We met the two goals we had for MediTrust™: unbeatable security and utter simplicity. We wanted a level of security that would surpass current expectations and would be scalable for the future. We also wanted it to be so easy to use that you wouldn't know it's there," said David Coyle, president of Medicity. Medicity is currently using the technology to distribute laboratory and hospital data to physicians nationwide.

The MediTrust™ solution is built upon 128-bit encryption and public key infrastructure in combination with a portable, software-only authentication system that employs the power of digital certificates protected by "cryptographic camouflage." The system can authenticate roaming users who are logging-in from remote computers. The steps of the authentication process are automated, so the user is virtually unaware of the security infrastructure protecting his information. The technology will be available for the Pocket PC in the first quarter of 2001.

About Medicity
Founded in 1998, Medicity provides a secure, vendor-neutral Internet platform for healthcare communications and connectivity. Medicity addresses the healthcare industry's need to electronically link local healthcare participants and provide effective, efficient and private information sharing. The company is committed to facilitating the growth of online healthcare communities by providing its members with unlimited access to personalized content and productivity solutions. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Medicity, Inc. is a privately held company created by a team of healthcare experts. For more information about Medicity visit our Web site at www.medicity.com.

Media Contact: Mike Woodruff, 801.322.4444