A.D.A.M. and University of Pennsylvania Health System Partner on New Platform for Health Content.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 Leading Academic Medical Center Signs Content Licensing Agreement and Will Assist A.D.A.M. in Developing its Next-Generation Health Information Platform A.D.A.M., Inc. (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. ), a leading developer and distributor of interactive health content, announced today a content license agreement with the University of Pennsylvania Health System The University of Pennsylvania Health System is a diverse research and clinical care organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that operates under the direction and auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, its umbrella organization Penn Medicine and the University of (UPHS UPHS University of Pennsylvania Health System UPHS United Partners for Human Services ), one of the leading academic medical centers in the U.S. Under terms of the agreement, UPHS will license several of A.D.A.M.'s content products including its Health Illustrated 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 on UPHS's consumer website, www.pennhealth.com. In addition to the content license agreement, UPHS will assist A.D.A.M. and serve as a beta site An organization or group that is beta testing hardware and/or software. See beta test. for the company's new health content platform. The new platform will give UPHS the ability to combine A.D.A.M. content with UPHS medical and health information in order to facilitate the growth of its medical specialties Medical Specialties See also anatomy; disease and illness; drugs; health; remedies; surgery. adenography the science of the description of glands. — adenographic, adj. . Engineered with a newly developed content management system, A.D.A.M.'s platform contains an actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action. An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. data structure to dynamically link searchable health content to UPHS's services and other UPHS-generated content. This architecture will enhance a consumer or patient's ability to navigate more effectively to information and clinical services directly related to their health condition or topic of interest. UPHS will be the first health care organization in the U.S. to incorporate A.D.A.M.'s new content architecture, which is expected to be implemented later in the year. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , the flagship hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, was recently recognized as one the nation's elite medical institutions and was named an "Honor Roll honor roll n. A list of names of people worthy of honor, especially: a. A list of students who have earned high grades during a specified period. b. A list of people who have served in the armed forces. " hospital for the fifth consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Hospitals" issue. UPHS chose A.D.A.M. as its consumer healthcare content provider after a thorough review of available content providers in the market. "A.D.A.M.'s level of clinical information is recognized as being of high academic quality," commented Rani ra·ni also ra·nee n. pl. ra·nis also ra·nees 1. The wife of a rajah. 2. A princess or queen in India or the East Indies. Fogel, an Associate Executive Director at UPHS. "A.D.A.M.'s vision for how content can facilitate actions with our web site visitors is well aligned to our business and marketing goals. Further, being an academic medical center places an unusually high standard for the kind of content we offer. We were quite pleased to learn of A.D.A.M.'s editorial affiliations in the academic community as well as the high number of specialty experts they have involved in their editorial process," continued Fogel. "UPHS is an excellent partner for what we are doing to produce the next generation of consumer health information," 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. . "Their commitment to innovation is very appealing to us and we are looking forward to the implementation of this exciting and important initiative." About A.D.A.M., Inc. For more than a decade, A.D.A.M. 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. For more information, visit www.adam.com. About UPHS Established in 1993 as the nation's first fully integrated academic health system, the University of Pennsylvania Health System has grown to a network of leading academic medical centers including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (the nation's first teaching hospital); Presbyterian Medical Center; Phoenixville Hospital; and Pennsylvania Hospital - the nation's first hospital - founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1751. For more information, visit www.pennhealth.com. 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. Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially. Factors that could affect the company's actual results, performance or developments include general economic conditions, development of the Internet as a source of health information, pricing actions taken by competitors, demand for the company's health information, regulatory changes, and other laws that impact how the company conducts its business. |
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