SEATTLE, WA -- January 11, 2005 -- 3DGrid, a Seattle-based software firm that provides comprehensive, cost-effective solutions for the healthcare industry, has entered into a partnership with OneHealthPort to provide discounted HIPAA compliance products and services to its subscribers.

OneHealthPort, a secure online portal that supports the exchange of business and clinical information within the health care community, will offer its subscribers 3DGrid's software and online training workshops and seminars through its web site at www.onehealthport.com. Subscribing healthcare professionals, who register for their OneHealthPort digital ID at no cost, will be eligible for deep discounts off of 3DGrid’s software and training.

"Because our subscribers are concerned about being HIPAA compliant, giving them easy, affordable access to 3DGrid's products and workshops is a valuable service that we are pleased to provide," said Rick Rubin, president and chief executive officer of OneHealthPort. To date, OneHealthPort has more than 10,000 individual subscribers from 4,400 organizations.

3DGrid, which focuses on providing comprehensive solutions for small and medium sized practices, is recognized for its HIPAA Checkup suite of products and services, which are designed to help healthcare practices reach HIPAA compliance quickly and easily.

"We are excited to be working with OneHealthPort," said Tobin Arthur, president of 3DGrid, "It gives us an opportunity to reach a network of providers whose membership in OneHealthPort already identifies them as practices interested in finding efficient solutions."

As part of a special education outreach program, 3DGrid is inviting OneHealthPort subscribers to a series of free webcasts about HIPAA compliance at noon on both January 11 and January 18, 2005. Presented by Bob Crimmins, 3DGrid's vice president of product development, the webcasts will feature an overview of the new HIPAA Security Rule including how the Security Rule differs from the Privacy Rule, how Security Rule enforcement works, and what tasks are necessary for compliance. OneHealthPort subscribers can register for the webcasts at www.onehealthport.com.

OneHealthPort subscribers can directly access 3DGrid by going to www.onehealthport.com and clicking on the 3DGrid link from the home page.

About OneHealthPort
OneHealthPort was created by a coalition of health plans, physicians and hospitals that joined together to build a trusted community in which business and clinical information could be shared securely and simply. Their goal: to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all parties by applying collaborative information technology solutions. The consortium of founders includes The Everett Clinic, First Choice Health Network, Group Health Cooperative, Premera Blue Cross, Regence BlueShield, The Sisters of Providence and Swedish Hospital.

OneHealthPort offers healthcare professionals an easy and secure way to access the provider sites of major local health plans, hospitals and other valuable online services. Rather than placing time-consuming phone calls or logging into several different web sites, OneHealthPort users can gain access to information from all participating organizations using one common security solution. In addition, all parties enter into a common contractual framework that addresses HIPAA requirements and other information sharing issues. OneHealthPort also serves as a single source of training and promotion to adopt and encourage online usage.

About 3DGrid Healthcare Solutions
3DGrid Healthcare Solutions is a privately funded Seattle-based healthcare software development firm that provides comprehensive, user-friendly software for small and medium-sized healthcare providers, as well as workshops, web-based training and professional consulting services. Workshops and web-based training programs, however, are also designed for trade associations as well as large hospital organizations ant multi-practice clinics.

3DGrid's flagship line of software is the HIPAA Checkup family of products—a comprehensive and cost-effective way to achieve and maintain HIPAA compliance. Offering step-by-step solutions to help providers navigate the compliance hurdles of HIPAA, all 3DGrid products are backed-up with strong customer support and robust guarantees. More information is available at www.3dgrid.com.