1-07-08 Press Release

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SAFEMED APPOINTS RICHARD NOFFSINGER AS CEO

San Diego, CA – January 7, 2008 – SafeMed, developer of a revolutionary clinical decision intelligence (CDI) system that provides personalized health analysis to both caregivers and patients in real-time, announced today the appointment of Richard Noffsinger as chief executive officer. Noffsinger will succeed founder Ahmed Ghouri, M.D., who will become the company’s chief medical officer and will continue to serve on SafeMed’s Board of Directors. Noffsinger brings 20 years of information technology (IT) and healthcare experience to SafeMed. His appointment became effective on December 10, 2007.

Noffsinger previously served as president and chief operating officer of Amicore, Inc., a healthcare information technology company. Amicore was jointly founded by Microsoft, IBM, and Pfizer to serve physicians and clinical management by automating their practice and connecting them to patients, hospitals, payers, labs and pharmacies. Previously, Noffsinger served as group industry manager, worldwide healthcare market for the Microsoft Corporation, where he led the company’s business development team in healthcare. While he was at Microsoft, he directed the healthcare group’s revenue growth through acquisitions and strategic distribution partnerships with leading IT solution providers, including the joint launch of Amicore.

“I am excited to join SafeMed, the most innovative company to provide healthcare professionals and patients with real-time actionable results based on the unique profile of each patient,” said Noffsinger. “I am impressed with the company’s technology and the customers they currently serve. I look forward to introducing our analytical engine to a broader customer base and continuing the development of solutions that deliver actionable results to help reduce medical errors and increase the quality and affordability of healthcare.”

“We are pleased to have a world-class leader like Richard Noffsinger join SafeMed. His diverse and extensive management experience in healthcare information technology will be the foundation of a new and exciting innovative growth phase in the company,” said Dr. Ghouri, M.D. “Additionally, my new focus as chief medical officer and principal product architect will greatly accelerate our innovation timeline and vision.”

Thomas O. Hicks, chairman and chief executive of Hicks Holdings, LLC. added, “SafeMed has successfully introduced a revolutionary clinical decision intelligence system. This appointment further strengthens the management team as the company expands their sales and marketing activity.” Hicks Holdings, a Dallas-based, family-owned private investment enterprise, acquired a 40 percent stake in SafeMed in June 2007.