Andrew R. Heller, Chairman & CEO of Heller Associates,

Joins VidiMedix Board AUSTIN, Texas (PROTEXT) - VidiMedix Corporation, a leadingprovider of advanced telemedicine / health information technologysolutions and services, announced today that Andrew R. Heller hasjoined its Board of Directors and has been engaged as an advisorto the Board and to Management. Heller's experience as anextremely successful entrepreneur, investor, venture capitalist,executive, advisor and developer complements and strengthensVidiMedix' Board as the Company begins to commercialize its newInternet Enabled Series 2000 Product System(A). "We are very excited to have Andrew Heller join with us in oureffort to enable the delivery of a large percentage of physician/ patient encounters over computer networks which will includethe Internet. Heller's understanding of the forces at play intoday's rapidly evolving computing and networking environmentcoupled with his company building and financing experience makesfor a very powerful addition to an already strong Board," saidPhil Faris, VidiMedix president and chief executive officer. Andrew Heller commented that, "Telemedicine has been viewed asa technology waiting to happen. Unfortunately, up until recentlythe necessary technology to deliver telemedicine was expensiveand limited in availability. Now, all of the enablingtechnological building blocks that have been needed to maketelemedicine viable as an economic tool for delivery of day-to-day specialty and remote medical services are coming into place.For the first time in the long history of telemedicineexperiments and attempts, VidiMedix, with its new family ofproducts using the Internet and other generally available broadband services has brought telemedicine within the reach of mainline medical practice, not just as a battlefield and EMS anomaly.I am excited about the prospects of the Company, the products andthe team. The use of the Internet should allow these new productsto enter the market quickly and become another tool to helpcontrol the costs of delivery of medical services." Heller has had a distinguished career in the computingindustry spanning over 30 years. In his 23 years at IBM, he washonored by being the youngest person ever appointed to theprestigious post of IBM Fellow, along with numerous othertechnical and business honors. While at IBM, Heller served inmany technical and management capacities including CorporateDirector Advanced Technology Systems directing a wide range ofR&D activities with IBM, was a member of the Executive CommitteeOn Technology (ECOT), was a member of the executive TechnicalReview Board (TRB) overseeing long term technology commitmentsfor the Company, and was General Manager of the IndependentBusiness Unit responsible for UNIX and workstation activitieswithin IBM. After IBM, Heller joined Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, andByers, a very well known Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer,as a consulting partner where he worked with numerous start upcompanies helping them to formulate and define business plans,and in the early stage execution of those plans. Heller is currently involved in working with early stage andstartup companies and serves on numerous Boards of Directors andAdvisory Boards of high technology, software, networking, datamining, and other related technology companies. He continues tooperate his privately held consulting firm, Heller Associates,Inc., based in Austin, Texas. VidiMedix Corporation is a privately held company that designstelemedicine systems using state-of-the-art technology. VidiMedixsystems assist physicians in the delivery of quality medical careand patient education by overcoming the barriers of time anddistance. The Company is co-located in two of the country's hightech centers, Austin, Texas and San Diego, California. Additionalinformation about VidiMedix can be found on the World Wide Web atwww.vidimedix.com. VidiMedix and the Cone Logo are trademarks of VidiMedixCorporation. (A) U.S. and Foreign Patents Pending. ots Original TextService: VidiMedix Corporation Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Linda Makinson, Director,Marketing and Sales Support of VidiMedix Corporation, (USA) 619-450-8020 or email, lindamakinson@vidimedix.com Website: http://www.vidimedix.com

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