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Agreement Between ScottCare and Orion Software Development
Signifies Industry-wide Adoption of Orion Outcomes

Longmont, Colorado, — October 28, 2002 — Orion Software Development, the leading provider of medical outcome software solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with the ScottCare Corporation, a leading provider of cardiac rehabilitation telemetry systems. As a result of the partnership, ScottCare will resell Orion Software Development’s Orion Outcomes software, bringing outcome collection and analysis to the telemetry systems ScottCare-powered cardiopulmonary rehabilitation clinics worldwide.

Orion Software Development and ScottCare are working together to expand the integration between Orion Outcomes and the TeleRehab telemetry system. Customers will be able to share patient profile and outcome session data between the two systems.

"We are please to formalize and expand our long standing relationship with Orion.  We now offer customers their choice of the outcomes solution that is best suited to their individual program needs, while maintaining the functionality, flexibility and customization of data that continues to differentiate our system from the competition," said Ken Zajaczkowski, President of ScottCare.

"ScottCare was the first telemetry manufacturer to build an data sharing interface for Orion Outcomes," said Brandon Fuller, President of Orion Software Development. "This agreement expands our relationship with ScottCare to help bring Orion Outcomes to the entire ScottCare user community.  With this agreement, Orion Outcomes is available from all the major telemetry manufacturers."

Availability

Orion Outcomes is immediately available from ScottCare as part of its TeleRehab product offering.

ABOUT ORION OUTCOMES

Orion Outcomes is a Microsoft Windows-based software application that provides the ability to collect and analyze standardized behavioral, clinical, health, economic and service outcome data. The software includes many outcome measurement tools, such as the six-minute distance walk, SF-36 Health Survey, knowledge tests and more.  Users can analyze individual patient performance, as well as overall program performance, by creating customized reports and charts. Programs can participate in benchmarking their outcomes against local or nationwide results.  The software allows for data sharing with all major telemetry systems.  With the endorsement of 10 state associations and usage in programs comprising of 46 states, Orion Outcomes is the leader in cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes.

ABOUT SCOTTCARE CORPORATION

ScottCare Corporation is a leader in telemetry and telemedicine patient monitoring systems for cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. By applying state-of-the-art technology, the company offers the most versatile, powerful and cost-effective patient monitoring and data management systems for rehabilitation professionals. Among the industry advancements brought to market by ScottCare is TeleRehab, the first cardiopulmonary rehabilitation specific telemetry and patient data management system. This innovation was followed by ScottCare’s patented telemedicine solution.  ScottCare successfully combines development and manufacturing of products designed for ease of use and longevity with exceptional ongoing technical service and support.  Based in Cleveland, Ohio, ScottCare is a division of the Scott Fetzer Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska.

ABOUT ORION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Orion Software Development is a leading provider of medical outcome software solutions. The company develops applications that enable organizations to collect and analyze outcome data using a personal computer. The company's flagship product, Orion Outcomes, is used in hundreds of cardiopulmonary clinics throughout the United States. Headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, Orion Software Development markets its products through direct sales and telemetry manufacturers. Orion Software Development can be contacted toll-free at (866) ORION-SW or (720) 494-7950, via fax at (720) 494-7951, through e-mail at info@orionsoftwaredev.com or via the World Wide Web at http://www.orionsoftwaredev.com.

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