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Biotech / Medical : Stayhealthy.com: Monitoring your wellness on the Web -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: OFW who wrote (1054)	12/15/2000 10:59:24 AM
From: Eric Fader	Respond to of 3785

At .22, NIMU looks to me like a very cheap stock even though I like Stayhealthy's business model a lot better than Vivometrics'. I'm not amazed by NIMU's motion device, but their expenses are very low and they might one day see substantial royalties from the Lifeshirt. There's plenty of room in the marketplace for several approaches to data collection in pharma trials.

To: OFW who wrote (1054)	12/15/2000 11:16:09 AM
From: Eric Fader	Respond to of 3785

Here's another interesting company (new to me) that competes with Vivometrics: nexan.com And this one was discussed here a few months ago: sensatex.com

To: OFW who wrote (1054)	12/15/2000 5:37:42 PM
From: Eric Fader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3785

One more item from another familiar company: (BW)(CA-HEALTH-HERO-NETWORK) Health Hero's Health Buddy Appliance Named one of 'The Best Products of 2000' by BusinessWeek Magazine Business Editors & Medical/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 13, 2000-- Simple-To-Use Communication Appliance Designed To Connect Patients With Their Health Care Provider Continues To Receive Industry Accolades Health Hero Network, Inc. today announced that its Health Buddy(R) appliance, designed to connect the chronically ill to their care providers, has been recognized as one of "The Best Products of 2000" by BusinessWeek Magazine. The extremely easy to use in-home communications device was developed as a tool to aid health care professionals deliver, via the Internet, vital health care and disease management services directly to those patients in need. Health Buddy, showcased in the December 18th, 2000, issue of BusinessWeek, the leading magazine for business professionals, is part of Health Hero's Internet-based patient management platform designed to keep patients educated, motivated and connected to their health care providers. Through the appliance, patients, typically seniors, have an effortless way of receiving and responding to structured content from their nurse/care managers on a daily basis. This daily interaction enables care managers to identify potential problems sooner while facilitating patient education for self-management and behavioral modification, a practice that has been shown to increase patient satisfaction while reducing hospitalizations and emergency room (ER) visits. "This important recognition by BusinessWeek highlights a year where using the Internet to deliver health care moved from a great new idea to one of necessity," said Steve Brown, CEO of Health Hero Network. "Within this growing market the Health Buddy and Health Hero platform has proven to be a vital tool in the delivery of these services, especially to seniors with the most needfor care." Health Hero provides its platform and Health Buddy(R) appliance to managed care organizations, HMOs, Hospitals/IDNs, Provider Networks and Disease Management companies seeking an efficient and effective solution to remotely monitor and manage patients with a variety of chronic conditions. In a meta-analysis of data from three customer sites deploying Health Hero's platform for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), the Health Hero solution has been shown to reduce utilization of hospital and ER services by 69% and to reduce costs by more than $8,000 per patient per year (PPPY). Health Hero Network, Inc., based in Mountain View, Calif., develops and markets a technology platform for remote patient monitoring and Internet-based application services for care management and research. The Health Hero(R) solution consists of web-based tools for caregivers and the Health Buddy(R) appliance, an easy-to-use communications device used by patients to respond to daily queries about symptoms, behavior and knowledge. The Health Hero platform enables care providers to deliver care with better outcomes at far lower costs to the health care system. For more information about Health Hero, visit www.healthhero.com. --30--lr/sf* pb/sf CONTACT: Health Hero Network, Inc., Mountain View Shawn Hopwood, 650/559-1000 hopwood@healthhero.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INTERNET MEDICAL MEDICAL DEVICES SOFTWARE EDUCATION PRODUCT