MEDNET NEWS

March 30, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Michael Howe, former CEO MinuteClinic, elected as Chairman of MEDNET Board of Directors

Minneapolis Minnesota:

MEDNET (www.mednetworld.com) the leader in Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) connectivity and Health Information Exchange (HIE) today announced the election of Michael Howe, former CEO of MinuteClinic and Arby's, Inc., as Chairman of its board of directors. Mr. Howe brings extensive health care and operational expertise to MEDNET from his MinuteClinic experience.

"MEDNET has great technology for rapidly building modern and standardized health information exchanges" said Howe. "However, what excites me the most is MEDNET's focus on ensuring the privacy of patient information and engaging the patient in their own health care information. I want to help build a company that puts the privacy and security of patient information first. This strategic approach to information exchange is the right platform from which to engage the provider and investment community in MEDNET as the secure, safe choice as we connect healthcare." Howe stated.

"Mr. Howe, with his extensive healthcare expertise, has embraced this opportunity to build another national healthcare success story" said MEDNET CEO John Fraser. We are very pleased to have Michael Howe as Chairman of the MEDNET Board of Directors, and look forward to his positive impact to our company, our customers and most importantly on patient care", Fraser continued.

About Michael Howe:
Mr. Howe joined MinuteClinic as CEO in June of 2005. Under Howe's leadership, MinuteClinic expanded to more than 500 clinics in 27 states. In 2006 MinuteClinic was acquired by CVS Corporation. In 2007, Howe was appointed to the Minnesota Governor's Healthcare Transformation Task Force. In addition to being CEO of MinuteClinic and Arby's, Mr. Howe held several positions with Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Accounting degree, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

About MEDNET
MEDNET specializes in Health Information Exchange (HIE) applications and services, empowering clinicians with real-time access to clinical data locally, regionally and nationally while providing industry-leading patient privacy protection. MEDNET utilizes the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) to standardize healthcare information exchange and collaborates in building the NHIN network. MEDNET is uniquely positioned in the healthcare interoperability marketplace with industry-leading Health Information Exchange solutions and NHIN expertise.

For more information:

MEDNET
Chris Smith
612-435-7603
www.mednetworld.com

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