For Immediate Release

Contact: Steven Graziano, 800-525-5912 ext.101

PatientEdu, LLC announces that Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet Illinois has signed on as software licensee

East Longmeadow, MA. PatientEdu announced that Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL has joined the growing list of hospitals nationwide that are using the company's programs to provide their patients with a clear understanding of their medical condition, the nature of tests and procedures they may undergo, and the expected course of their recovery.

Silver Cross Hospital located in Joliet, Illinois is a 297 bed hospital, which recently was honored as one of the nation's top performance improvement leader hospitals by Solucient, a leading provider of strategic business and clinical information for the health care industry. Silver Cross and its senior management team were recognized for developing consistent and effective organization-wide performance improvement across critical measures at a faster rate than other U.S. hospitals between 1997-2001. These measures include quality of care, operational efficiency, and financial performance.

The PatientEdu patient education program includes comprehensive information about basic anatomy, specifics of diagnosis, details of treatment procedures, recovery information, and rehabilitation procedures. The education programs offer comprehensive information on a wide range of disorders, diseases, and symptoms including such categories as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, orthopedics, women's and men's health, asthma and head and neck cancer.

Patient education programs provide many benefits to patients including: increasing a patient's knowledge of their condition; information about the nature of tests and procedures they may undergo, and their expected course of recovery. This comprehensive information for patients reduces their anxiety, offers realistic expectations related to their condition, and ultimately enhances patient satisfaction meeting healthcare professionals need to document informed consent as well as patient satisfaction.