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Hackensack University Medical Center to use OCG Technology's PrimeCare on the Web, Your Own Doctor and Your Own Health Web Sites


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, N.Y. – August 14, 2000 - OCG Technology, Inc. (OTC BB: "OCGT") announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Hackensack University Medical Center, an affiliate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/New Jersey Medical School and member of the University Health System of New Jersey. Under the terms of the agreement, OCGT's wholly owned subsidiary, PrimeCare Systems, Inc. ("PSI") will integrate three of it's Web sites, PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com, YourOwnDoctor.com, and YourOwnHealth.com, into the Medical Center's Web sites for use by the Medical Center's network of physicians and their patients. The Medical Center will schedule training seminars for physicians and their staffs which will be conducted by PSI's personnel.

"We are very pleased to be working with Hackensack University Medical Center, a highly regarded nationally known medical facility with a reputation for being on the cutting edge of medical and information technology," stated Jeff Nelson, Executive Vice President of OCGT. "This agreement will make our healthcare software readily available, via the Internet, to the Medical Center's more than 1,000 healthcare providers and their patients through the integration of YourOwnDoctor.com into the Medical Center's Web site for physicians, which will provide the physicians access to both PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com and YourOwnHealth.com. YourOwnDoctor.com is a Web Community that hosts individual Web sites for physicians enabling them to promote their services on their own Web sites. Use of these sites enable physicians to provide high quality care for patients, while cutting administrative waste and reducing costs".

Peter DeMauro, M.D., President of North Jersey Medical Management Services, L.L.C. stated, "Integration of the PSI sites into our Web site greatly expands the services available to our physicians through our ISP. Use of PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com and YourOwnHealth.com by physicians will enable them to maintain their high standard of quality care more efficiently through the use of state of the art information technology. PSI's interactive Questionnaires and Reports provide the physician with a comprehensive history of a patient's medical problem accompanied by a list of diagnostic possibilities. The record is created without dictation and transcription costs. This saves the physician considerable time and expense. We believe our physicians will recognize the healthcare benefits and cost efficiencies that PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com and YourOwnHealth.com bring to the physician/patient relationship."

PrimeCare's patient interactive medical history Questionnaires permit healthcare providers to select and have their patients securely complete, via the Internet, one or more of approximately 275 medical Questionnaires related to patient symptoms or problems. The patient's responses are immediately processed to generate a Report that includes a list of the diagnostic considerations together with the responses that support each consideration. This creates a comprehensive history of the patient's current medical problem for the physician. The Report can be used for remote triage and initial treatment planning, all without requiring the patient to travel to the doctor's office.

Hackensack University Medical Center, the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey, is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/ New Jersey Medical School and is a member of the University Health System of New Jersey. The medical center has been honored since 1995 as the first hospital in New Jersey to receive the Magnet Award for nursing excellence from The American Nurses Credentialing Center, and the second hospital in the nation to receive a four-year redesignation of this award. The medical center is also the recipient of the Consumer Choice Award in Bergen and Passaic counties for four consecutive years. Based on a survey of 400,000 people to determine the best hospitals in the country, the Medical Center was named as the hospital of choice for quality of staff, community programs, personalized care, and overall reputation.

OCGT and PSI have an extensive commitment to healthcare software and informatics technology. They own, maintain, and operate several Internet Web sites based upon PSI's PrimeCareTM Patient Management System: http://www.YourOwnHealth.com, http://www.YourOwnDoctor.com, and a Web site restricted to use by physicians, http://www.PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com. PSI also created, operates and hosts http://www.DeniseAustin.com, an exercise and fitness Web site. All of PSI's products actively involve consumers in their own healthcare and fitness. For more information, visit PrimeCare's corporate web site at http://www.pcare.com.

Safe Harbor Statement:

The statements that are not historical facts contained in this release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described, including but not limited to product acceptance, economic, competitive, governmental, results of litigation, technological and/or other factors, which are outside the control of OCGT as well as those risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's Security and Exchange Commission filings.

Company Contact:

OCG Technology, Inc.
Jeffrey P. Nelson
Vice President, Investor Relations
Tel. (914) 576-8457, ext 21
jnelson@pcare.com


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