[3] Online Health Industry Embraces WebTrends eBusiness Intelligence and Systems Management Solutions.Business Editors, High-Tech/Health Writers REPEATING... PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2000 Leading online health sites rely on WebTrends to track customer trends, increase traffic and optimize site performance WebTrends Corporation (Nasdaq:WEBT WEBT Whole Earth Blazar Telescope ), the leading provider of enterprise solutions for eBusiness Intelligence, Systems Management and reporting, today announced that WebTrends(R) solutions are helping online health sites track customer trends and optimize their sites. Leading online health sites such as adam.com (Nasdaq:ADAM), Caredata.com (Nasdaq:CDCM CDCM Consortium to Distribute Computer Music CDCM Coastal Defense Cruise Missile ) Healtheon-WebMD (Nasdaq:HLTH HLTH Health HLTH WebMD Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), healthshop.com, MedicaLogic.com (Nasdaq:MDLI MDLI Molecular Design Limited ), Medscape Inc. (Nasdaq:MSCP MSCP Mass Storage & Control Protocol MSCP Multi-Storey Car Park MSCP Multi-Species Conservation Program MSCP Managed Services Channel Program (Cisco) MSCP Master of Science in Counseling Psychology MSCP Microsoft Certified Professional ), MotherNature.com (Nasdaq:MTHR MTHR Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (UK) ) and PlanetRx.com (Nasdaq:PLRX) rely on WebTrends reports to provide valuable eBusiness Intelligence and Systems Management information to optimize their online initiatives. The healthcare industry is the largest sector of the U.S. economy expected to reach $1.25 trillion in business this year. As consumers find it increasingly difficult to get the information they need from the existing healthcare infrastructure, many users are turning to the Internet. In fact, surveys indicate that more than 22 million Americans -- 36% of American web users -- have used the web to find health or medical information. (Source: Cyber Dialogue). In response to this growing need for online healthcare information, there are approximately 15,000 to 20,000 healthcare sites on the Internet. As companies compete in this highly aggressive industry, it is essential to provide quality content and support to achieve a competitive advantage. "This is a very important industry focus for us because it demonstrates the scalability of our enterprise solutions required for the rapidly growing needs of online healthcare," said Eli Shapira, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of WebTrends Corporation. "WebTrends' advanced analysis and reporting solutions offer the critical information necessary to optimize site performance and maximize eBusiness success in a competitive market." "As a leading supplier of Web content and applications to healthcare portals, we are seeing many new opportunities to capitalize on the explosive growth of the online health industry," said Mark Kaiser, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Caredata.com. "The nearly seven-fold increase in our Internet-related revenue to $7.8 million in the first nine months of 1999 is evidence of the potential we see through the Internet. WebTrends' solutions have been invaluable to our online growth by helping us increase traffic, improve internal communications and protect content from unlicensed distribution." "As more and more customers turn to the Internet as their healthcare information resource, it is imperative to understand how our customers are interacting with the healthshop.com site," said Glenn Zweig, President and CEO at healthshop.com. "WebTrends provides more than just statistical data and gets to the key information we need to make educated online business decisions to ensure we are providing the valuable high-quality content and services our customers require." "By providing electronic medical record applications for both physicians and consumers, in addition to supporting Internet content and services, MedicaLogic offers our customers a combination of tools that connect patients and physicians through the Internet," said Cameron Lewis, Vice President of Internet Marketing & Business Development at MedicaLogic. "With WebTrends' high-end performance, scalability and advanced reporting capabilities, we can effectively measure and optimize our Internet efforts to improve our services and better serve our customers." WebTrends Corporation provides the industry's most comprehensive eBusiness Intelligence, Systems Management, and Security solutions to help enterprises manage the growth and effectiveness of their eBusinesses. This industry-leading technology offers high-end performance and scalability to address the needs of complex, high-volume sites utilizing numerous server platforms that support hundreds of application users. WebTrends enterprise solutions provide advanced real-time analysis and reporting, centralized management and offer cross-platform, browser-based solutions for Linux, Solaris and Windows NT to identify customer trends, maximize return on investment, optimize content and campaigns, and forecast revenue. See http://www.webtrends.com/products/ for more information on WebTrends Enterprise solutions. About Caredata.com Caredata.com is a leading supplier of Web-based healthcare content and applications to a wide range of Internet portals and e-commerce sites. The Company enables Web businesses to enhance their audience's user experience by delivering Caredata.com's award-winning, co-branded tools to their established online communities. These syndicated tools and services empower physicians, consumers and healthcare enterprises to gain insight into critical healthcare information and conduct business more efficiently. Caredata.com's online products include its HealthcareMatch job community, CiteLine medical Web search engine See Web search engines. , appSTAT universal healthplan application for physicians, MyHealthPlanSelector personalized health plan rankings, and MyPhysicianFinder consumer reference tool. The Company can be found on the Internet at http://www.caredata.com. About healthshop.com Healthshop.com believes that health is the ultimate high. Launched in January 1999, healthshop.com is the leading Web site for custom-tailored natural health solutions, including personalized programs, information and products. Based in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , healthshop.com is the only natural health site to offer a 10-Step Quality Standards Program to ensure that the products they sell are safe and all natural. Healthshop.com is currently ranked the No. 1 e-commerce health site and the No. 1 natural health site on the Internet. About MedicaLogic MedicaLogic brings the Internet to the point of care with eHealthcare products and services for physicians and their patients. Based in Hillsboro OR, the company also maintains product development offices in San Francisco, CA and Houston, TX. MedicaLogic connects physicians and patients through the Internet Health Record in ways that enhance the quality, service and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. Building upon physician acceptance of Logician(R), the leading EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. at integrated delivery networks nationwide, MedicaLogic delivers Internet services and communications tools enabling physicians to manage their clinical information and their practice. Secure access to that same information via 98point6.com enables patients to actively participate in personal and family health management. For more information about MedicaLogic, go to http://www.medicalogic.com and http://www.98point6.com. About WebTrends Founded in 1993, WebTrends Corporation (http://www.webtrends.com) is the leading provider of enterprise management and reporting solutions for Internet and intranet servers and firewalls. 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