Virtual Care Provider Teams Up With Jargon Software

September 28, 2001

Milwaukee, Wisc. -- Virtual Care Provider, Inc., a Business Solutions Provider (BSP) serving the long term care profession, announced today that it has formed a strategic alliance with Jargon Software Inc., a Minneapolis-based software tools developer. Under the agreement, Virtual Care Provider and Jargon Software can promote and cross-market their products and services for the long term care profession.

"Jargon Software offers software developers powerful tools for quickly building ASP-enabled business applications for long term care facilities," said Howard Lange, vice president of Virtual Care Provider. "Jargon Software’s latest release makes it easy to add real-time POC (Point of Care) support to existing applications, using wireless PocketPC handheld devices, as well as desktop PCs."

Jargon Software creates software tools to build high-performance business applications that can be run over the Internet on wireless handhelds and on desktop PCs. Many of these applications have been designed specifically to meet the needs of long term care facilities. Jargon Software offers software developers the optimum balance of highly functional graphical components, quick runtime performance, database connectivity and a zero deployment overhead strategy.

"We are very pleased to have enabled Virtual Care Provider to offer self- deploying applications to their customers, saving them high maintenance and support costs, " said Richard Rubenstein, president of Jargon Software. "By combining our software tools with Virtual Care Provider’s ASP model and extensive technical support, we believe their clients will have available to them some of the most advanced options in the industry."

Virtual Care Provider, Inc. is one of the largest ASPs serving the information technology (IT) needs of the long term care profession. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it hosts, manages, and deploys critical software applications and technical resources to providers in 22 states with over 3,000 users. Virtual Care Provider, Inc. delivers comprehensive information technology services designed to reduce IT-related capital expenditures and operational costs for its customers. A core component of Virtual Care Provider, Inc.’s successful business strategy is to develop customized IT solutions - saving its customers valuable time in identifying areas of opportunity to improve their operations and financial results.

CONTACT: Richard Rubenstein - Jargon Software (612) 338-1175 dick@jargonsoft.com

CONTACT: Rand Johnson - Virtual Care Provider (414) 908-8255 RJohnson@Extendicare.com

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