Inova Health System --- First in Metro DC Area to Offer eICU® Solution VISICU Life Saving ICU Technology to be Offered throughout Inova's Northern Virginia Hospitals March 15th, 2004 Baltimore, MD - VISICU, Inc. creator of the eICU® solution, announced today that Inova Health System, a four hospital system headquartered in Falls Church, VA, will be the first health system in the Washington DC metropolitan area to offer its critical care patients the eICU® technology. The contract reflects the commitment of Inova Health System to improve patient safety and provide the highest quality care to their patients and the region. The eICU® solution uses high fidelity telemedicine, early warning software and electronic monitoring to connect and provide off-site critical care physicians and nurses with the information needed to proactively care for ICU patients. The around-the-clock advanced technology enables Leapfrog ICU patient safety compliance and promises fundamental changes in hospital ICU care. The plan is to initially connect all Inova acute care hospital ICUs to the eICU® center. J. Knox Singleton, president and chief executive officer of Inova Health stated, "The eICU® solution complements the power that an integrated health system can deliver and offers a synergistic way to extend our ICU care expertise throughout our health system and region." Singleton added, "We're proud to be on the forefront of the high-tech support systems and part of the future of health care." "Inova Health System has established a deep and ongoing commitment to quality and VISICU has established a unique way to improve critical care quality," stated Nanci Little-Gosnell, Inova's chief information officer and vice president of information technology. Gosnell continued, "The eICU® solution will enable us to provide our critical care patients with the very best technology available for patient safety." "We are extremely pleased to partner with Inova and look forward to working together to bring the eICU® technology to patients throughout northern Virginia and Washington DC," stated Frank T. Sample, VISICU president and CEO. About VISICU VISICU, Inc., a privately held company founded in 1998 by two intensivist physicians, is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The eICU® solution enables hospitals to standardize ICU care across multiple hospitals and leverage scarce intensivist resources. From a centralized eICU® facility, intensivists and nurses monitor and care for ICU patients through a high-fidelity telemedicine network that has been likened to air traffic control. Proprietary software is used to proactively manage patient care and electronically connect the "patient to the doctor", 24 x 7. A study of the eICU® system published in the Journal of Critical Care Medicine (Crit Care Med 2004; 32:31-38) proved the clinical and financial benefits. The eICU® solution is currently the only technology that enables hospitals to meet the Leapfrog Group's ICU patient care safety standards and is continually recognized for its technology innovations. In 2004 VISICU won the Microsoft MS-HUG award for Acute Care Clinical Information system, in 2002 the eICU® solution was recognized as one of the Top 100 technical innovations by InfoWorld magazine and in 2001 the company received the Healthcare Informatics and Technology Award. For more information please visit www.visicu.com. eICU® and Smart Alerts® are registered trademarks of VISICU, Inc.