WASHINGTON, DC–(EMWNews – July 22, 2008) – James R. Mault, MD, a key figure behind

Microsoft’s innovative “HealthVault” online personal health platform and an

accomplished physician, researcher and inventor, will speak at a September

Summit in Florida about how personal health records (PHR) can aid the fight

against chronic disease in the workplace.

Dr. Mault, director of new products and business development for the Health

Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp., will be a featured speaker at the Sept.

8 to 10 Integrated Care Summit, hosted by the National Association of

Manufacturers and DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance at the Westin Diplomat

Resort and Spa, in Hollywood, Fla.

Microsoft HealthVault is designed to put individuals in control of their

health information. A free HealthVault account helps users collect, store

and share information with other trusted individuals — family members, for

example — and offers numerous applications and devices to help manage

fitness, diet and health.

Dr. Mault came to Microsoft with more than 25 years’ experience as a senior

executive in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry, as well as

clinical medicine. He founded five medical device and health monitoring

services companies, led them to develop novel technologies, secured FDA

approvals and established strategic partnerships with dozens of Fortune 500

companies. He is board-certified in both general surgery and cardiothoracic

surgery, having specialty practices in heart and lung transplantation,

thoracic oncology and critical care.

Dr. Mault has conducted academic medical research under numerous grant

awards from National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society Inc. and

other organizations; is the author of more than 100 published scientific

articles, chapters and books; and the named inventor of dozens of issued

and pending patents for a variety of medical devices and health monitoring

systems and informatics. Dr. Mault maintains a clinical faculty position at

the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.

Recent estimates place the cost of chronic disease at $1.3 trillion

annually and, of that, $1.1 trillion represents the cost of lost

productivity. The Integrated Care Summit, now in its second year,

demonstrates to employers and other health care purchasers how prevention,

wellness and disease management programs can improve employee health and

productivity — and lower health care costs — for U.S. manufacturers and

other businesses. Learn more at www.IntegratedCareSummit.org.

Note to reporters: Media credentials for the Integrated Care Summit may be

requested at [email protected] or by calling (202) 737-5781.

About NAM

The National Association of Manufacturers is the nation’s largest

industrial trade association, representing small and large manufacturers in

every industrial sector and in all 50 states. Headquartered in Washington,

D.C., the NAM has 11 additional offices across the country. Visit the NAM’s

award winning Web site at www.nam.org for more information about

manufacturing and the economy.

About DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance

DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance convenes all stakeholders providing

services along the continuum of care for population health improvement,

including health and wellness promotion, disease management and care

coordination. Through advocacy, research and promotion of best practices,

DMAA advances population-based strategies to improve care quality and

outcomes and reduce preventable costs for individuals with and at risk of

chronic conditions. DMAA represents more than 200 corporate and individual

stakeholders, including wellness, disease and care management

organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers and benefit managers, health

information technology innovators, biotechnology innovators, employers,

physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, and researchers and

academicians. Learn more at www.dmaa.org.