Orange, CA, June 18, 2004 - Loren Shook, President and CEO of Silverado Senior Living, teamed with Yulun Wang, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of InTouch Health, took home the Silver ABBY Award at Wednesday's Sixth Annual Innovations in Healthcare^SM Event and Awards Ceremony, presented by the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization, a membership organization for CEOs and Presidents of healthcare and technology firms.

Silverado, of San Juan Capistrano, and InTouch®, of Goleta, were honored with the Silver ABBY Award for jointly developing a new modality that overcomes geographic barriers, by enabling someone to be remotely present via a robot. In fact, Yulun Wang "attended" Wednesday's event from Japan, using the "Companion" robot via an Internet connection.

Utilizing this robot, clinical experts can monitor and assess a patient's situation, meet with other clinical staff and/or patients' families and provide consultation and clinical feedback for immediate care planning or intervention - without leaving their office. Operations experts can remotely meet with facility administrators and staff to provide assistance and training to immediately impact the positive operations of a facility. The InTouch "Care Stations" can be installed anywhere there is an Internet connection and are currently in use at Silverado's corporate and regional office, physicians' clinical offices and in families' homes.

"ABL's Innovations in Healthcare ABBY Award was established to honor companies which best exemplify innovative approaches to providing or enabling the timely delivery of quality, cost effective healthcare," noted ABL President Mimi Grant. "The InTouch 'Companion' robot clearly does that: as we saw how one of Silverado's highly skilled geriatricians, who are in very short supply, could make 'house calls' on patients located in facilities in multiple states on the same afternoon. This is the closest thing to 'beam me up, Scotty' in healthcare today." Loren Shook, President and CEO of Silverado Senior Living commented, "We are honored to have been recognized by the ABL Organization. Silverado will continue to look for innovations which enhance the quality of life for the people we serve, those suffering from memory impairments."

Approximately 120 attendees - executives and business leaders from healthcare, life science and venture capital industries - listened to presentations by the nine Abby Award nominees and then voted for the person/company they believed should receive the Innovation in Healthcare (ABBY) Awards. The nine Finalists were earlier selected by ABL's Technology Advisory Board from an array of organizations nominated for their innovative medical products, systems, processes and services.

Also receiving awards Wednesday was Leonard Schaeffer, Chairman and CEO of WellPoint, who received the first-ever "Leadership in Innovation" Award, and delivered a spirited address on "Leadership & Innovation." Other ABBY winners were George Carpenter, CEO of WorkWell Systems, Inc., of Aliso Viejo, who received the Platinum Award; and Dirk Soenksen, CEO of Aperio Technologies, Inc., of Vista, who took home the Gold.

The other Finalists were: William Huse, M.D., Ph.D., CEO, Applied Molecular Evolution of San Diego; Michael Perry, CEO, CardioDynamics, of San Diego; Michael Cho, CEO, DestinationRx, of Los Angeles; Abbe Land, Co-CEO, Los Angeles Free Clinic, of Los Angeles; Giovanni Colella, M.D., CEO, RelayHealth Corporation, of Emeryville; and Harry Soza, Founder, Resolution Health, of San Jose.

About ABL Organization
For over 21 years, the ABL Organization (originally named SO/CAL/TEN) has facilitated forums and leveraged connections enabling the continuing development of healthcare and technology chief executives. Through focused, confidential, monthly Round Tables and regularly scheduled Conferences, Members help each other capitalize on market trends and generally assure they are well positioned for corporate and personal success. More information on ABL Organization is available at www.abl.org.

About Silverado Senior Living
Silverado Senior Living, Inc. is a nationally recognized leader in providing specialized care for those with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Vascular and other memory impairment diseases. Silverado currently operates 12 communities in California, Utah and Texas, providing specialized long-term, short term and day services. Silverado also provides Home Care/Care management services in Orange, San Diego and LA counties in California. Silverado has a number of research affiliations with leaders in the field of Alzheimer's disease including the University of California, San Diego, UCLA, USC, University of Utah and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Silverado Senior Living, Inc. was founded in 1996, and is headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, CA. More information about Silverado Senior Living can be found at their website, www.silveradosenior.com.

About InTouch Health
InTouch Health(tm) is a privately held development stage company based in Santa Barbara, CA. The company provides technology solutions which dramatically increase the effectiveness of healthcare professionals, and is addressing the impending demographic crisis in both acute care and long-term care by pioneering the use of Remote Presence in healthcare with its Companion(tm) system. Through a proprietary communications and mobile robotic platform, skilled medical professionals are projected to other settings where a patient or caregiver is located to provide care, coach and train staff, or monitor healthcare services.

About Innovations in Healthcare Awards and Event
The Sixth Annual Innovations in Healthcare Awards and Event was held Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at The Sutton Place Hotel in Newport Beach, California. It was open to ABL Members, as well as senior executives of therapeutic, diagnostic, medical device and healthcare payers, providers, information and services firms.