iMetrikus Chooses ComSense to Create Security Access Device for MyHealthChannel™

MetrikCard™ to Provide Extra Security Layer for Interactive Health Port

Carlsbad, CA, May 30, 2001 -- iMetrikus today announced plans to develop and introduce a card-based security and access device for their online personal health record--MyHealthChannel. Use of MetrikCard supplements iMetrikus' Secure Anonymous Information Architecture, SAIA™, which provides one of the most stringent privacy practices of any healthcare related site. iMetrikus will make MetrikCard available to MyHealthChannel members who register for the service. The primary distribution of MetrikCard will be through iMetrikus business partners who serve large patient populations who use the iMetrikus personal health record.

iMetrikus has entered into a comprehensive agreement with ComSense Technologies Ltd. to supply the solution. The card will include ComSense's ComDot security technology-embedded microelectronics in a standard credit-card sized card that interacts with the ComDot Authentication Server. MyHealthChannel members can use the cards for one-click launch of the iMetrikus health management site and secure access to their private accounts.

The MetrikCard system provides an additional level of privacy and security, because no one can access the user's personal information online without both the MetrikCard and knowledge of their personal password. Using security architecture similar to an ATM card, the MetrikCard identifies and authenticates the iMetrikus member. MetrikCard is "reader free," meaning that it works with the microphone of a PC, laptop, or mobile device sending a one-time, encrypted user code over sound waves to the microphone of the computing or telephony device.

"The security and privacy of our users was designed into our system architecture from day one," said Rose Higgins, iMetrikus senior vice president of corporate marketing and product development. "We chose the ComSense solution to provide our users the combined benefits of added security plus convenient access to their health records regardless of location."

"iMetrikus presented very stringent and exacting standards that we had to meet to be selected for this partnership," commented Tomas Meinen, ComSense CEO. "We are pleased to have been chosen to deliver a value-added component of the iMetrikus solution to their global community of users."

With a commitment to ensure secure, interactive access to the latest personal health monitoring tools, iMetrikus' solutions are designed to give patients and physicians the personalized knowledge and resources they need. For more information on iMetrikus offerings, visit www.imetrikus.com, and to learn more about ComSense, visit www.com-sense.com.

About iMetrikus

A privately held company, iMetrikus was named for the principles it represents. iMetrikus links the individual (i) through metrics (metrik) - that is, systematic measurement of diagnostics, therapeutic intervention and outcomes management - with the healthcare community (us). iMetrikus develops applications that provide secure, web-based real-time connections between patients, healthcare professionals and various sectors of the healthcare industry. iMetrikus (www.imetrikus.com) solutions enable healthcare clients to focus on improving disease outcomes, monitoring of chronic diseases, and health promotion through broad access to advanced, secure, interactive Internet applications.

About ComSense

ComSense is the maker of ComDot™ -- the world's first self-powered reader-free ISO card technology. ComDot-powered card systems create value for card issuers and providers of online or phone-based services through their unique user authentication and loyalty functionality. For end users, ComSense cards introduce unprecedented ease, security, and privacy to shopping, banking, and information access over telephone and computer networks. Founded in mid-1998, ComSense Technologies Ltd. has offices in San Jose, California, Munich, Germany, Tel Aviv, Israel, and New York City.

Press Contacts

iMetrikus
(760) 804-8800
press@imetrikus.com

Wendy O'Dea, Fischer & Partners
(310) 577-7870
wodea@fisherhealth.com

Jamie Cohen, Brodeur Worldwide
(602) 954-0044
jcohen@brodeur.com

For more information about iMetrikus, visit the company's home page at www.imetrikus.com or call 760-804-8800.

iMetrikus, MyHealthChannel, ThePhysicianChannel, MediCompass and Therametrics are trademarks of iMetrikus, Inc. All other company and product names used herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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