[September 21, 2011]

lifeIMAGE Founder Showcases Medical Imaging Collaboration Solution at Fifth Annual Health 2.0 Conference

lifeIMAGE, the nation's leading provider of solutions for universal e-sharing of medical images, is pleased to announce that co-founder and CEO Hamid Tabatabaie will be a featured speaker at the "Health 2.0 in the Hospital," discussion at the Health 2.0 conference on September 25-27, 2011 in San Francisco. During the panel discussion, Tabatabaie will present the company's vision for creating a unified communication platform for medical image sharing to benefit providers and patients.

"Despite advances in healthcare IT, sharing medical images among doctors and across hospital systems is often still the responsibility of the patient or overnight couriers," said Tabatabaie. "Many of the nation's most highly regarded hospitals are using our cloud based system to dramatically improve collaboration inside and outside their hospital systems; and trending information indicates continued growth for even more sophisticated collaboration over the network into 2012. I anticipate the panel discussion will be lively and full of actionable information about more effective ways for improving care through medical image sharing."

The Health 2.0 conference is the chosen industry forum for launching the latest health technology (HIT) products. Companies attend to preview the latest innovations in patient care improvement, as well as to scout new talent. Software developers, physicians, start-up companies, global corporations, HIT vendors, payers, providers and health care leaders gather each year to be the first to see transformative health technologies before they are introduced in the global marketplace.

Matthew Holt, Health 2.0 co-founder said, "Health 2.0 is known as a forum for ground-breaking ideas and technology. Hamid's years of experience in medical imaging will offer attendees insights built upon hundeds of case studies with hospital systems around the world. We ask all speakers to provide guidance for those in the trenches who want to change medicine for the better. The panel on Health 2.0 in the Hospital fits squarely within that mission."

Tabatabaie has worked in the healthcare information technology industry for 27 years. Most recently, he held the position of chief executive officer of AMICAS, a web-based picture archiving and communication system company from 1999 to 2005. During his tenure, AMICAS experienced significant growth in revenues, size, diversity of its client base and strategic business partnerships. Prior to his departure, AMICAS had achieved annual sales of $50 million and enjoyed a customer base of more than 600 hospitals and imaging centers in the United States.

"Today's medical image-sharing technology is game changing," said Tabatabaie. "The forces of technology, work flow, and diagnostic best practices are all converging at the right time; at a powerful point where outcomes are improved dramatically with some relatively small changes. All of the most forward thinking professionals in the field are paying attention."

lifeIMAGE's list of clients includes seven of the top 17 hospitals named to the 2011-2012 U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of the Best Hospitals.

About lifeIMAGE

lifeIMAGE provides an Internet service for universal e-sharing of diagnostic imaging information. The service is designed to connect hospitals, radiology groups and physicians, to their patients everywhere. lifeIMAGE makes it possible to securely deliver or receive patient imaging information wherever needed from wherever the information originates. The goal of the lifeIMAGE platform is to help avoid duplicate exams and eliminate unnecessary patient exposure to excessive radiation. In an era of concerns about rising healthcare costs, lifeIMAGE is investing in a platform that helps advance patient care, while reducing $10 billion to $15 billion of unnecessary costs. lifeIMAGE was named one of the most innovative technologies by The Wall Street Journal as part of its international 2010 Technology Innovation Awards.

About Health 2.0

Health 2.0: The conference. The media network. The innovation community. The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of cutting-edge innovation transforming the health care system. Since its beginning in 2007, Health 2.0 has served as a community resource for search and online tools to help consumers manage their health and connect to providers. Now that the industry has caught up, Health 2.0 covers the entire cloud, web, mobile and unplatforms technology revolution that is shaking up every sector of health care.

Health 2.0's next conference is on September 25-27 in San Francisco, the culmination of Health Innovation Week, with Health 2.0 Europe in Berlin on October 27-8, 2011. The Health 2.0 organization also operates the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge competitions, the Health 2.0 Advisors market intelligence service, the Health 2.0 News media and TV network and the Health 2.0 Accelerator industry consortium. For more, visit www.health2con.com. For the latest Health 2.0 updates, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and join our LinkedIn group.

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