Innovative ICU Care to Debut In Central Indiana Second Major Provider in Indiana Will Implement VISICU's eICU® Technology July 16th, 2004 Baltimore, MD-According to VISICU Inc., inventor of the eICU® solution, Clarian Health Partners in Indiana will offer this latest advancement in ICU care to its most critical patients. The eICU® solution uses proprietary early warning software and electronic monitoring to connect and provide off-site intensivists and critical care nurses with the data needed to proactively care for ICU patients. This partnership with VISICU is further indication of Clarian Health's commitment to continuous improvement and superior patient care. This advanced technology, offered only through VISICU, enables hospitals to meet stringent patient care safety standards and assures fundamental changes in hospital ICU care. The key is that the eICU® solution allows hospitals to leverage their intensivist resources to care for an even larger number of patients simultaneously. The initial installation at Clarian Health will include 51 ICU beds between Methodist and Clarian West hospitals. Ultimately, the eICU® facility will be connected to a total of 139 ICU beds in eight ICUs in all five Clarian Health hospitals. "Our goal is to provide patient care that is second to none," said Daniel F. Evans, Jr., President and CEO of Clarian Health Partners. "We want our patients to see Clarian Health as offering unsurpassed care, and our physicians and nurses to see us as the place to deliver the finest care. The eICU® solution will position Clarian as the only health care provider in central Indiana with such advanced care for our most critical patients." According to Clarian Health Partners Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Richard Graffis, "Clarian Health has designated 2004 the 'Year of Quality'. Adding eICU® technology is in sync with our desire to improve care delivery processes as well as the measurement and reporting of patient outcomes. The eICU® solution will facilitate continuous improvement in all of these areas while enabling us to impart the ultimate level of critical care". "Clarian Health is a leader in patient care and preeminent health care provider that combines community and tertiary hospitals with an academic medical center," said Frank T. Sample, VISICU Chairman and CEO. "Partnering with VISICU to bring the eICU® solution to Clarian Health hospitals clearly demonstrates their commitment to superior information technology and exceptional critical care". Clarian Health Partners owns and operates three hospitals in Indianapolis (Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children) and two new hospitals currently under construction in Avon (Clarian West) and Carmel (Clarian North). In addition, Clarian Health manages numerous outpatient service facilities and community/outreach benefit programs in central Indiana. About VISICU VISICU, Inc., a privately held company founded in 1998 by two intensivist physicians, is headquartered in Baltimore, Md. The eICU® solution enables hospitals to standardize ICU care across multiple hospitals and leverage scarce intensivist talent. From a centralized eICU®, 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, 24/7. A study of the eICU® system published in Critical Care Medicine (Crit Care Med 2004; 32:31-38) proved the clinical and financial benefits. The eICU® solution is currently the only technology solution that enables hospitals to meet the Leapfrog Group's ICU patient-care safety standards. VISICU won the 2001 Healthcare Informatics and Technology Award and in 2002 the eICU® was recognized as one of the top 100 technical innovations by InfoWorld magazine. For more information, visit www.visicu.com. eICU® is a registered trademark of VISICU, Inc.