A.D.A.M. Internet Health in New Partnership with QuadraMed Corporation.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1999-- Companies are working together to bring "best of breed" tools to the professional coding market A.D.A.M. Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Health (Nasdaq: ADAM Adam, the first man, in the Bible Adam (ăd`əm), [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life. ), the Internet's premier developer of online health information, and California-based QuadraMed Corporation (Nasdaq:QMDC), a leading healthcare information company, today announced that A.D.A.M.'s proprietary medical content and technology will be distributed to select QuadraMed coding users. "Chris Schofield Christopher Paul Schofield (born October 6, 1978, in Rochdale, Lancashire) is an English cricketer, one of the few leg-spinners to play Test cricket for England in recent times. , President of QuadraMed's Clinical Data Systems Division, said, "We are pleased to be working with A.D.A.M. Their technology will provide benefits to our customers, which include on-line access to valuable, detailed anatomy anatomy (ənăt`əmē), branch of biology concerned with the study of body structure of various organisms, including humans. Comparative anatomy is concerned with the structural differences of plant and animal forms. information necessary to make accurate and precise coding decisions. We will deliver this content to select QuadraMed coding users in a seamless manner." "We are pleased to be working with such a forward-thinking company like QuadraMed, and believe that this is just the start of an important relationship between our two companies," said Neal Alen Alen or aln is a traditional Scandinavian unit of distance similar to the north German elle: roughly 60 centimeters. The Danish alen, also used in Norway, was equal to 62.77 centimeters (2 Danish fod). The Swedish aln was 59.38 centimeters. , sales director of A.D.A.M. QuadraMed Corporation uses technology to transform disparate healthcare data into valuable, enterprise-wide information. Providing and distributing meaningful information through its software, services and Internet solutions, QuadraMed has enabled its 3,800 customers in the U.S. and Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of to generate operational efficiencies, improve cash flow and measure the cost and quality of care. QuadraMed has implemented its product and service solutions in over 60% of the nation's hospitals. Based in Atlanta, GA, A.D.A.M. Software, Inc., d/b/a A.D.A.M. Internet Health, is a leading online health information content developer with over 32 gigabytes of medical illustrations, animation and interactive 3D content. The company also is producing www.adam.com - the premier destination site on the Web for consumer health and medical information. ADAM.com features The A.D.A.M. Online Medical Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books , the leading source on the Internet for consumer-level disease and symptoms-related information. In addition to developing ADAM.com, the company licenses content and software components to the healthcare, education and other professional markets. Statements in this news release concerning A.D.A.M.'s future results, performance or expectations are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Actual results, performance or developments could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors including those described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases and other communications. |
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