NEWS RELEASE

Healthy Canadian Networks Announces the Launch of
Practice MAXX

Ottawa, May 10, 2004 – Healthy Canadian Networks (HCN) is pleased to announce the launch of its national purchasing program and practice management initiative, Practice MAXX. Practice MAXX offers healthcare professionals the opportunity to realise unmatched savings on a variety of practice-essential goods and services, as well as many personal services from well-known brands. Furthermore, Practice MAXX allows healthcare professionals to access name brands and best deals without the hours of research and/or down time associated with finding reputable suppliers in times of need.

For a small monthly fee, subscribing health professionals will be provided with a members’ card and contact information to all participating suppliers in the Practice MAXX program. In addition, Practice MAXX members will benefit from such value-added services as a personal on-line library, help desk and access to PatientDirect TV, HCN’s waiting room television network, designed to educate and inform patients, as they wait.

“Practice MAXX addresses a longstanding and ever-present need by physicians for the reduction of overhead costs for their practices”, states Dr. Don Wilson, President of HCN. “In partnership with our 20+ suppliers, Practice MAXX reduces the erosion of physicians’ net income, by helping them save time and money in their day to day office purchases. As well, Practice MAXX offers buying power on personal services that physicians and their support staff can use and benefit from.”

Practice MAXX is offered to all Canadian physicians and healthcare professionals with an office-based practice. Interested practitioners should call 866-558-0550 or email HCN/Practice MAXX at info@healthycanadian.com

About Healthy Canadian Networks

Healthy Canadian Networks, established in 1998, is a niche-market practice communications and practice management company, specializing in the delivery of services to the health-care sector. Healthy Canadian produces and narrowcasts “PatientDirect TV”, a health-related TV program delivered over the Internet into the waiting areas of medical offices across Canada. Programming is designed to inform and educate patients while they wait to see their physician. “Practice MAXX” is a physician and health provider buying-group, designed to provide practitioners with savings on office and personal products and services. Healthy Canadian Networks has offices in Toronto and Ottawa.  The company’s web site is www.healthycanadian.com.

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