Press online-registries to Add Automated Health Emergency Notification Functionality Using Collaboration Catalysts' Digital Enzyme-TM- Business/Technology Editors PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2002-- Rhode Island Businesses to partner on advanced electronic healthcare initiative At the RITEC Venture 2002 meeting sponsored by the Rhode Island Technology Council, Collaboration Catalyst (C2) of North Kingstown and online-registries (OLR) of Newport today announced plans to extend the rich functionality of OLR's current electronic medical records products by taking advantage of C2's patent pending, Digital Enzyme(TM) to create a system to use automatic alerts that notify authorized care communities and family support networks in the case of medical and other personal emergencies. online-registries currently offers a group of web-based service, including medicalproxy.com, med-records.com, kidrecords.com and senior-records.com that allows individuals and families to manage their personal information and in case of emergency share that information within a pre-authorized constituency of "need-to-know" individuals. The incorporation of Digital Enzyme(TM) technology will allow this notification system to be extended to e-mail, telephone and other contact methods to ensure prompt care and support by all concerned individuals and organizations. "With almost 60% of American households "on-line", the Internet already provides a powerful way to ensure prompt and appropriate action in an emergency," says David Stern, CEO of online-registries, "but we are such a mobile society that enhancing this by leveraging other communications vehicles is a natural extension of OLR's mission to provide `peace of mind--online(R)'. When we were introduced to Collaboration Catalyst by Business Development Corporation of Rhode Island at a recent meeting, the synergy became obvious. OLR has the health record infrastructure and Collaboration Catalyst has an extensible digital "alert" technology." "For C2 this is a natural extension of our business model," adds James McGwin, President and CEO of Collaboration Catalyst. "We have developed the Digital Enzyme(TM) to be imbedded into other applications/systems and while our initial marketing concentration is into the supply chain management market, OLR is one of many companies in other sectors who have immediately seen the unique `early-warning-system' value and ease of integration that we offer. When seconds count, the value of alerting and confirming receipt of the event by the primary care physician, family and possibly business associates can make a significant difference in the final outcome. Our system is capable of providing each class of recipient with specific role-based information regardless of their physical location." "We applaud online-registries' efforts to develop a system which will allow immediate access to vital health information, including blood type, medications, allergies, special conditions and past treatments to emergency medical personnel," states Robert Urciuoli, President and CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center. "A health emergency notification system will immediately alert those who need to know, when every second counts." "RITEC Venture 2002 was designed to bring together great people and great ideas that will help emerging technology businesses in Rhode Island grow," said Cliff Dutton, Managing Director of Providence River Group and Co-Chair of Venture 2002. "The fact that two of the companies who are presenting to Venture 2002 are now forging a business alliance is evidence of how this event can produce positive results." About Online-Registries: online-registries Inc. (OLR) is a family of websites offering secure, simple, portable and affordable storage and retrieval of personal medical information. OLR not only provides members with an organizational tool for basic family information including dates and types of immunizations, illnesses, medications and allergies but makes that information available to accredited hospitals in the event of an emergency. online-registries benefits both consumers and businesses by providing immediate access to information, enabling more effective treatment, increased consumer satisfaction, operating efficiencies and cost savings. OLR offers three sites: medicalproxy.com, kidrecords.com and senior-records.com and will launch med-records.com late in the spring of 2002. For more information, visit www.online-registries.com. About Collaboration Catalysts: Collaboration Catalyst (C2) has developed the Digital Enzyme(TM), a component software application that provides instant detection of mission critical trends/exceptions combined with specific knowledge for resolution delivered immediately to responsible people anywhere. The Digital Enzyme(TM) monitors critical systems, machines, sensors, news feeds or other sources of information, generating alerts to key people in the context of their own unique process for resolution. Although C2's primary focus is on the supply chain software market, the Digital Enzyme(TM) is recognized as having broad application, including other markets such as Medical, Facilities and Finance. As a "Specific Information Accelerator" it is an incremental software technology designed for use in existing infrastructure, adding tremendous value. For more information visit www.ccatalyst.com RITEC is a not for profit trade association whose mission is to foster a healthy, prosperous and competitive environment for the Rhode Island technology industries. RITEC promotes information technology development, education and networking to foster within Rhode Island a progressive set of companies and a progressive workforce development system for the 21st century. 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