CapMed Executive to Discuss 'Key to Personal Health Record Adoption' at TEPR 2008 Conference

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www.capmed.com - CapMed Mary Ellen Zipper, Director of Client Relations 267-757-3000 or Media Inquiries: KNB Communications Christopher Capot 212-505-2441, 203-379-8019 mobile or Investor Relations: Porter, LeVay, and Rose Linda Decker 212-564-4700 CapMed, a division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BITI) and a leader in interactive personal health management solutions, today announced that Mary Ellen Zipper, Director of Client Relations, will educate attendees about the "Key to Personal Health Record Adoption" at this year's TEPR conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 20th at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Room 204.

"Educating both hospital staff and patients on the basics of PHR use and maintenance as well as its many benefits is essential for successful PHR adoption," says Zipper. "Once educated, patients gain a valuable skill set for personal health management resulting in overall increased self-knowledge of their own health, while caregivers can begin to take the necessary steps needed to streamline their work and devote more time to providing quality care."

CapMed is leading the way in PHR adoption, recognizing that ongoing education is needed in persuading patients to adopt and maintain a PHR. Zipper will be presenting a case study highlighting a particular hospital's success in rolling out a PHR program by effectively influencing patients to develop personal health records and educating them on how to maintain their newly-adopted technology. Points of interest to be addressed include easy-to-learn terms, hypothetical scenarios, learning sessions, and hands-on training, along with how to give guidance on maintaining copies of medical records.

Despite the benefits and proposed incentives for ongoing PHR usage, widespread consumer adoption of PHRs will follow the availability of standardized electronic information that is easily imported and exported. Because only 20 percent of physicians are utilizing EMRs in their practice of medicine, 80 percent of physicians cannot help their patients easily populate and maintain a comprehensive PHR which is why education on this subject matter is imperative within the healthcare industry.

The TEPR Conference includes more than 500 speakers, close to 5,000 attendees, and approximately 200 exhibitors. While at TEPR, CapMed will showcase its interoperability with other exhibitors. CapMed will reveal how providers and consumers can easily populate these records with lab results, radiology images, medical summaries, referrals, home monitoring device data and cardiology reports. Stop by CapMed's booth #429 to learn more about this exciting demonstration.

About CapMed

CapMed, a division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., is the cornerstone of Bio-Imaging's Personal Health Management Division. CapMed is the leading provider of personal health management solutions for hospitals and health systems, providers, managed care, employers, and pharmaceutical companies, with more than 600,000 distributed to date. These solutions enable patients to monitor and manage their health and to improve communications with care providers, ultimately improving outcomes and reducing costs of care and are available in multiple formats: onlinePHR, icePHR, icePHR Mobile, desktopPHR, and the Personal HealthKey. CapMed offers custom development to organizations who want to add unique or proprietary capabilities to the platform. For more information on the CapMed Personal Health Management Solutions, please visit www.CapMed.com.

Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc

Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. is a healthcare contract service organization providing services that support the product development process of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company has specialized in assisting its clients in the design and management of the medical-imaging component of clinical trials since 1990. Bio-Imaging serves its clients on a global basis through its Core Labs in Newtown, PA, and Leiden, The Netherlands, along with business offices in PA, MA, The Netherlands, Germany and France. Phoenix Data Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Bio-Imaging Technologies, is a leading global clinical data services provider of electronic data capture (EDC) services and a comprehensive array of broadly interoperable eClinical data solutions to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Phoenix Data Systems delivers full service EDC, a unique combination of electronic data capture, interactive voice response, reporting, and data management solutions. Through its CapMed Personal Health Management Suite, Bio-Imaging provides its Personal HealthKey* technology, the Personal Health Record (PHR) software, and CapMed Patient Portal allowing patients to better monitor and manage their health care information. Additional information about Bio-Imaging is available at www.bioimaging.com.

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Mary Ellen Zipper, Director of Client Relations, to offer advice
for successful PHR implementation through case study findings for both
patients and consumers