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InterCare to Participate in Pri-Med West, April 3 - 5, 2003

InterCare Clinical Explorer(TM) (ICE(TM)), Company's Scalable, Integrated Healthcare Management Software Solution to Be Featured at Regional Symposium

LOS ANGELES, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anthony C. Dike, MD, Chairman and CEO of Intercare DX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ICCO - News) announced today that the company will participate in the Pri-Med West regional educational conference, which will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center April 3 - 5, 2003. The Pri-Med Western Region Conference is a well-attended continuing education opportunity jointly sponsored by the Harvard Medical School and UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. At the conference (Booth 1566), InterCare will demonstrate the latest version of its InterCare Clinical Explorer(TM) (ICE(TM)), an innovative and robust software suite designed for integrated management of the healthcare enterprise, from medical history to diagnosis and treatment through billing. InterCare is the exclusive value-added reseller of ICE(TM) under an agreement with Meridian Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MEHO - News).

ICE(TM)'s extensive, scalable system flexibility allows its adaptation to clinical workflow, operating independently in centralized and decentralized facilities. The program features intuitive order entry, "tapering" orders, a clinical knowledge base, digital video enhanced patient education module, real-time electro-physiological data capture and display, voice command, voice recognition, digital dictation module and numerous other capabilities to complement and document the diagnostic and treatment processes, including unlimited free-text notes.

ICE(TM) provides practical business solutions, including off-site data collection, replication and storage custom-tailored to current health care environments, in which error reduction, medical necessity checking, HIPAA compliance and revenue loss reduction are essential. The software meets HL-7 standards, operating as a stand-alone system or integrated with other Legacy or third-party healthcare applications.

Microsoft OCX, GRID, SQL Server and PUSH technologies are provided on ICE(TM), and the system provides real-time information to physicians and other healthcare providers on a need-to-know basis. Maximized information displays increase workflow efficiency by minimizing mouse clicks and screen changes.

ICE(TM) is available for both inpatient and outpatient clinical documentations, thus enabling healthcare providers to create a life-time longitudinal multimedia patient clinical record.

ICE has been designed as a user-friendly solution that integrates all aspects of the healthcare process. Its purpose is to provide excellent tracking of patient care and to reduce errors in treatment while also reducing administrative burden, thereby freeing healthcare providers to focus on their patients. "ICE is specifically designed to provide one single cost-effective solution to meet the exacting demands of today's healthcare environments," said Dike. "With an estimated 98,000 deaths per year attributable to medical error, public pressure is causing healthcare organizations to investigate how they can improve the quality of care, including patient and medication safety, through a combination of procedural changes and better use of information technology. In such an environment, ICE(TM) becomes one of the best total solutions to a multifaceted and critical problem," Dike said.

Intercare DX, Inc. an affiliate of Meridian Holdings, Inc., developed and markets under an exclusive value-added reseller agreement InterCare Clinical Explorer(TM) (ICE(TM)), an innovative, robust and totally scalable software application designed to integrate every aspect of the healthcare enterprise. InterCare provides implementation and support for the ICE(TM), which is used to document and track inpatient and outpatient diagnoses and treatment modalities in various healthcare environments, ranging from individual practices to entire hospital systems. For more information about the company and its products and services, visit www.intercare.com .

Periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission by InterCare and Meridian, including their annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, may be viewed at http://www.sec.gov