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Contact: Susan Brink, Principal
HealthMark Multimedia, LLC
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HealthMark Multimedia Finalist for Prestigious Freddie Award

DC-based small business recognized by preeminent international health and medical media award

Washington, DC - November 27, 2002 - HealthMark Multimedia today announced that it has been named a finalist for the FREDDIE Award in the category of men's health with its CD-ROM entry Prostate Cancer: Your Decision NotebookŪ. The FREDDIE Award is the industry standard recognizing excellence among medical media professionals at the local, domestic and international levels.

The competition's goal is to encourage and celebrate medical and health media excellence each year, attracting documentaries, series, shorts, videos, Web sites and CD-ROMs from around the world. Now in its 28th year, the FREDDIE Awards competition hosts contests in many categories, ranging from Behavioral Diseases and Children's Health to Patient Care and Safety and First Aid.

Prostate Cancer: Your Decision Notebook® is an interactive CD-ROM aimed at educating men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and at helping them make the difficult decisions they face. The software includes balanced, evidence-based information on treatment options, medical tests and managing health care. Stories from prostate cancer survivors and their partners personalize the CD-ROM. The interactive decision-making tools offer feedback to patients on situations and personal concerns.

"We believe our software is extremely valuable for patients in choosing the treatment option that best fits their medical and personal needs," says Susan Brink, Principal, HealthMark Multimedia. Andrew Robinson, JD, Executive Director, Patient2Patient, concurs, saying Prostate Cancer: Your Decision NotebookŪ is "an extraordinarily useful tool for any patient seriously interested in understanding and actively participating in treatment decisions and management of prostate cancer."

Prostate Cancer: Your Decision Notebook® is available for $39.95. It can be purchased on the Internet at www.yourdecisionnotebook.com or by calling 877-PCA-CALL.

About the FREDDIE Awards

The Freddie Award is an industry standard recognizing excellence among medical media professionals at the local, domestic and international levels. Entries in the FREDDIE Awards competition are rated on five basic areas: content, education, production quality, originality and communication. Juries are comprised of professionals with backgrounds in health care, education, production and media and are located across the United States. The competition is held annually.