e-DOCS.net to Adopt New Name, EDOCS.MD; Name to Reflect Company's Mission and Client Base.

Business Editors & High-Tech/Medical Writers

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2000

e-DOCS.net (OTCBB:EDOC), the medical e-solutions company, announced today that the company's board of directors has voted to rename the company EDOCS.MD. The resolution for a new name will be voted on at the company's annual meeting scheduled for Dec. 11, 2000.

Vice-Chairman and CEO Jim Springfield stated, "We believe the name EDOCS.MD clearly represents our business and client base. The EDOCS Physician Network is totally focused on providing medical e-services and financial solutions for physicians and the new name accurately reflects this commitment. Since the release of version one of the EPN is about to occur, the timing is appropriate to announce this new name to the investment community."

e-DOCS Physician Network Inc. (EPN) is releasing a subscription-based professional portal which provides a secure, HIPAA compliant browser-based document handling system that functions as a simple medical record. The EPN captures, organizes and retrieves medical transcription and handwritten patient encounters in the same easy to use format as the traditional paper folder. Scheduled for release in November of 2000, the EPN will provide secure physician access to this patient information 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Companies providing services to the EPN include VeriSign, First Bank of Beverly Hills, The Associated Press, AccuWeather, MedCareers.com, Mapquest.com, Professional Medical Insurance Services, First Union Securities and others to be announced.

About e-DOCS.net

e-DOCS.net is a publicly traded (OTCBB:EDOC) Internet-based medical document company founded in 1994. e-DOCS.net currently has 1,600 physician-clients in 4 states, and transcribes approximately 67,000 physician dictated medical records per month. The e-DOCS Physician Network is a wholly-owned subsidiary of e-DOCS.net.

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to future revenues and operating information and their impact on future results. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of risk factors such as the availability of sufficient capital on terms favorable to the company, market conditions, product life cycles, customer delays in purchasing products, technology shifts, potential difficulties in introducing new products, competition, price sensitivity and the uncertainty of continuing market acceptance of the Company's products by distributors, retailers and consumers. E-DOCS.net is a registered assumed name for Applied Voice Recognition.