A.D.A.M. Launches New Pregnancy Health Center With Methodist Health Care System of Houston, TX.Business Editors, Health/Medical Writers ATLANTA--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 24, 2001 A.D.A.M., Inc, a leading developer of health information solutions for the healthcare market, announced today the launch of its new Pregnancy Health Center, a unique, highly interactive online product designed to guide women and their families through all stages of pregnancy from preconception pre·con·cep·tion n. An opinion or conception formed in advance of adequate knowledge or experience, especially a prejudice or bias. Noun 1. to post-partum and new baby-care. Methodist Health Care System of Houston, TX is one of the first hospitals to license and integrate A.D.A.M.'s new pregnancy center that will add a unique visual learning capability to their popular website, www.methodisthealth.com. Terms of the 2-year agreement with Methodist Health were not disclosed. In development since the beginning of the year, the Pregnancy Health Center is a dynamic, multimedia-based product that taps A.D.A.M.'s rich, graphical content and couples it with the Company's peer-reviewed medical information. The product contains more than 100 articles on various health and medical topics such as conception, infertility infertility, inability to conceive or carry a child to delivery. The term is usually limited to situations where the couple has had intercourse regularly for one year without using birth control. , pre-natal care, nutrition, and labor and delivery. Dozens of custom animations, interactive tools, weekly newsletters, and other visual content create an unparalleled educational experience. The Pregnancy Health Center is an important product in A.D.A.M.'s portfolio of products for the healthcare market and marks the first major update to a series of health center initiatives the Company is undertaking. Each of the health center modules being developed are designed to be part of an integrated suite that will be a comprehensive health content solution for hospitals and healthcare organizations seeking to engage their patients with relevant health resources on their web sites. Pregnancy and pregnancy-related health matters are consistently ranked in the top five hospital inpatient procedures for women and, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. recent Nielson-Netratings, more than half of the women going online are of childbearing child·bear·ing n. Pregnancy and parturition. child  bear ing adj. years (21-49).
"The launch of the new Pregnancy Health Center is yet another important milestone towards building our total solution suite for the hospital and healthcare market," said Kevin Noland, A.D.A.M.'s Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "We are delivering highly unique solutions for our healthcare customers that gives them distinction in their markets and opportunities to engage their users. Our plan is to continue to deliver these innovative offerings, tightly integrated into a complete health solution suite, by taking advantage of our proprietary database of health information and advanced technologies that allow us to bring unique solutions for our customers." To view A.D.A.M.'s new Pregnancy Health Center, visit: www.adam.com/pregnancy. This full working version of the product will be available for preview until October 31, 2001. About A.D.A.M., Inc. For more than a decade, A.D.A.M. (Nasdaq: ADAM) has been a leading developer of interactive health and medical information for consumers, students and healthcare professionals. A.D.A.M.'s products combine physician-reviewed text, medical illustrations, multimedia, and interactive tools and technology that explain complex medical and health information in a consumer-friendly manner. Since 1998, A.D.A.M. has been marketing its health information products to major website portals, healthcare providers and other healthcare-related organizations including the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINEplus. A.D.A.M.'s proprietary content assets include an illustrated 3,800 topic 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 ; topical health centers, 40,000 medical illustrations; 3D models; animations; and interactive tools and technology. A.D.A.M. is a founding member of Hi-Ethics, a coalition of the most widely referenced health websites and information providers committed to developing industry standards for quality of consumer health information. About Methodist Health Care System Methodist Health Care System is a non-profit, comprehensive medical services and health care organization affiliated with the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). . It has extended the world-renowned clinical and service excellence of its founding entity, The Methodist Hospital Methodist Hospital is the name of numerous medical institutions.
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