NEWS RELEASE

Toronto, February 2005

Healthy Canadian Networks (HCN) is pleased to announce that The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) has agreed to support HCN’s PatientDirect TV service as a valuable patient educational tool within family medicine practices across Canada.

PatientDirect TV is a video-based TV program, distributed to physicians’ office waiting- areas over the Internet and watched by patients on large-screen TV’s before their visit with their doctor. The PatientDirect TV program focuses on prevention, health tips, new clinical research, disease management as well as offering daily news, sports and weather features, specific to various parts of Canada.

“We believe that the waiting room is an untapped resource for educating patients about health matters and is an excellent venue for encouraging patients to take a more active role in their overall health care”, states Dr. Don Wilson of Healthy Canadian Networks (HCN). “We are pleased to have the College support PatientDirect TV and we look forward to working with Canadian family physicians, to enhance health care delivery across Canada”.

“The College believes that this program is an effective patient communication tool and offers our members an excellent opportunity to revitalize their practice waiting areas”, states Dr. Alain Pavilanis, President of The College of Family Physicians of Canada. “PatientDirect TV provides the means for patients to learn about many of the common health related concerns they may have, as well as explain the role of family doctors in Canada’s health care system and what family physicians are doing to try to improve the health of Canadians”.

Healthy Canadian Networks will provide its PatientDirect TV program to all interested family physician members of the CFPC who choose to avail themselves of this program, at preferential rates. The CFPC will assist with content development and contribute some content features to PatientDirect TV. As a benefit to CFPC members, HCN will also customize a portion of its TV programming at each installed location, to assist the host physician(s) with making announcements, articulating clinical policies, or with various information pieces deemed important by the doctor(s).

As in the past, HCN will offer air time to third-party sponsors, such as government departments, associations and private companies, for promotional purposes.

About The College of Family Physicians of Canada

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CPFC) is the voice of family medicine in Canada. Representing 17,000 members across the country, it is the professional organization responsible for establishing standards for the training, certification and lifelong education of family doctors and for advocating on behalf of family medicine, family doctors and their patients. The CFPC accredits postgraduate family medicine training in Canada’s 17 medical schools.

About Healthy Canadian Networks (HCN)

Established in 1998, HCN is a niche-market media and communications company, specializing in the delivery of services to the health-care sector. Healthy Canadian produces and narrowcasts a health-related TV program, “PatientDirect TV”, into the waiting areas of medical offices across Canada, with a focus on primary care practices. The network features an Internet-based delivery of TV programming, designed to loop every 20 minutes, throughout the business day. Programming from content providers like Discovery Health, the Canada Safety Council. CBC and others is designed to inform and educate patients while they wait to see their physician. The PatientDirect TV network is funded through advertising and sponsorship programs. PatientDirect TV is currently narrowcast to over 800 physicians’ practices across Canada, notably in Vancouver, Calgary, London, Hamilton, Greater Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. The company has offices in Toronto and Ottawa. The company’s web site is

www.healthycanadian.com.

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