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CAREEVOLVE.COM, A BUSINESS UNIT OF BIO-REFERENCE LABOATORIES, SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH HEALINX CORPORATION
Expands Services to Include Doctor-Patient Messaging
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ, February 24, 2000 - Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc (NASDAQ: BRLI - news), announced today that CareEvolve.com, its connectivity health portal, has entered into an agreement with Healinx Corp. The agreement allows CareEvolve.com to incorporate Healinx™ Web-based doctor-patient messaging systems into its own connectivity solution. CareEvolve.com offers a full suite of services and products designed to enable participating physicians to provide "better healthcare through better communications."
Healinx Corporation is the premier vendor of online physician-patient communications tools, offering one of the Internet's first Web-based messaging systems designed to facilitate physician-patient communication. When combined with the CareEvolve.com suite of services, patients will benefit from convenient online access to their own physicians as well as medical information and customized health information designed to improve their wellness.
Marc Grodman, MD, Chairman and CEO of BRLI, stated, ``Our vision is to provide a connectivity
solution, which allows the physician to operate the most reliable, convenient and cost efficient
Web-enabled medical practice possible. Healinx Corp. gives us the infrastructure and tools
to provide this complete solution. CareEvolve.com will provide a comprehensive and universal
selection of products and services that will enable the physician to embrace the current evolution
of healthcare. Working together with Healinx, CareEvolve.com will enhance physician-patient
and physician-payor electronic communications on a secured basis, including communicating laboratory
results, messaging, prescriptions and refills, scheduling, payor verification and eligibility,
as well as offering other Internet- based services to the physician members."
Giovanni Colella, MD, CEO of Healinx, stated "We are excited about the relationship with
CareEvolve.com. The opportunity to introduce our product to the CareEvolve.com physicians and
their patients will provide Healinx with immediate access to physicians in the New York Metropolitan- area
market. We believe the Healinx product will fuel the growth of CareEvolve.com and the acceptance
of the CareEvolve.com solution will, in turn, enhance Healinx's market impact.
It is clearly a mutually beneficial relationship."
For additional information about BRLI, please visit www.bioreference.com, www.doctorny.com, www.drugscreenlab.com, www.drugabusekit.com, www.bioincubator.com, and www.rightbodyfoods.com.
BRLI, is a multi-faceted Health Services and Information Company as well as the largest regional clinical laboratory in the North East United States. It has major market positions in physician offices, industry, nursing homes and correctional institutions. Its toxicology division performs employee drug testing for major corporations nationwide, as well as drug treatment centers and psychiatric hospitals.
About CareEvolve.com
CareEvolve.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of BRLI, is a Physician based health portal
that seeks to enhance physician-patient and physician-payor electronic communications on a
secured basis, including communicating laboratory results, e-mail, prescriptions, payor verification
and eligibility, as well as offering other Internet based services to the physician members.
These services will be provided through an Internet connectivity backbone.
Statements included within this news release that are historical in nature constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that this news release contains certain such forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. When used, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect" and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or its management are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Further management discussion of risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap system under the symbol "BRLI."
About Healinx
Healinx Corporation is the premier provider of Web-based, doctor-patient communication services.
The Healinx system enables secure, clinically structured, and auditable communications between
doctors and patients. Healinx earned this position by using state-of-the-art technology,
strategic relationships, and a unique understanding of the needs of doctors and consumers.
Healinx helps doctors address their need to recoup income while providing efficient, secure
online services to their patients. At the same time, Healinx offers patients convenience
and access -- the convenience of communicating directly with their physicians at anytime
from anyplace. By streamlining the doctor-patient relationship, Healinx enables payers to
improve member satisfaction and retention and reduce their exposure to rising healthcare
costs. For information, visit www.relayhealth.com.
