ISH Inc. and eOptimize® Form Strategic Partnership

eOptimize recognizes ISH as a value-add implementation partner

West Orange, October 6, 2003 - eOptimize is the ‘smart’ scheduling company. Its innovative, automated approach to enterprise time management resolves many of the operational challenges that occur every day, in every industry. ISH Inc., is a professional services and business operations Improvement Company, who has worked with hundreds of hospitals nationwide to deliver operational efficiencies to their healthcare clients.

“ISH sees eOptimize as changing and improving the world of enterprise scheduling. Our combined solution is a clear winner for those organizations looking to reduce total cost of ownership and improve the quality of the outcome. They’re About: Timeä for Healthcare product coupled with the skilled implementation specialists of ISH has already yielded tremendous results at Anaheim Memorial Medical Center. This relationship will have a long term positive impact on this client as well as future clients.” stated John Marchisin, Executive Vice President with ISH Inc.

“Combined with our clinical and implementation expertise, and the knowledge and flexibility of the eOptimize product line, we will be able to provide a scheduling staff with a next generation system. ISH’s value proposition focuses on leveraging IT as a strategic enabler to help improve our clients' financial, operational and product performances. Our relationship with eOptimize supports that proposition,” commented Jeffrey J. Uliano, CEO ISH Inc.

“ISH complements our technical and functional support staff extremely well by providing knowledgeable, dedicated project management personnel to the implementation team. Their extensive healthcare background and organizational expertise was clearly evident during our Anaheim project, where ISH made a significant contribution to keeping projects on-task, on-budget and ensuring a mutually rewarding collaboration for all stakeholders.” stated Karen S. Hawkins, Senior Vice President of Products and Services with eOptimize Inc.

“eOptimize and ISH share a commitment to providing tangible business value to customers through the provision of world-class solutions and service. That core business value is what brought this strategic relationship together and allows us to collectively offer a very distinctive, cost-effective alternative to the healthcare delivery marketplace. The combination of eOptimize technology and ISH service capabilities and domain knowledge is a potent one,” commented David J. Harestad, eOptimize’s President & CEO.

About ISH
Founded in 1989, ISH (www.ishinc.com) is headquartered in West Orange, NJ and is comprised of over one hundred sixty full-time Operations Logistics, Clinical and Information Technology Specialists. ISH has assisted over 500 organizations by improving business performance through the implementation of software, process improvements, change management, and better business and clinical practices. They are experts at consulting and implementations in Operating Room, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Surgical Services, Sterile Processing, Case Management, Document Imaging, Physician Practice, and Security.

About eOptimize and About:Time™ for Healthcare
eOptimize specializes in the delivery of intelligent patient scheduling and resource management solutions that offer advanced mathematical optimization capabilities built upon the Microsoft .NET framework to schedule patients and services while optimizing the allocation and utilization of enterprise resources in real-time. The About:Time™ for Healthcare product is an award-winning enterprise scheduling solution that delivers clear strategic advantages for healthcare organizations by bringing hospitals, physicians, patients, and data together in a way that better integrates the delivery network through a functionally rich, collaborative platform. For more information, please visit our web site at: www.eoptimize.com or email info@eoptimize.com

For more information, please contact

John Amoscato
Director of Marketing,
ISH Inc.
Phone: 800-284-8018 x242
jamoscato@ishinc.com

Dave Harestad
President & CEO
eOptimize Inc.
Phone: 250-377-3500