ADVISORY/Major Internet Healthcare Sites, CVS.com and Healtheon/WebMD, Join Forces; CVS.com Seattle executives available for comment.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2000 WHAT Seattle-based online drugstore CVS (1) (Concurrent Versions System) A version control system for Unix that was initially developed as a series of shell scripts in the mid-1980s. CVS maintains the changes between one source code version and another and stores all the changes in one file. .com has entered into a co-branding partnership with Healtheon/WebMD, one of the Internet's leading healthcare portals for doctors and consumers. Healtheon WebMD will provide comprehensive health content for the CVS.com site. The companies will develop new products and technologies, such as a standard, secure method for generating and filling prescriptions electronically. OUTCOME The partnership positions CVS.com as the exclusive e-pharmacy and online drugstore for The Microsoft Network See MSN. Microsoft Network - The Microsoft Network , Lycos, Excite@Home and WebMD. CVS.com anticipates this partnership will dramatically increase site traffic and generate more than one billion new impressions. WebMD will build their brand off-line, receiving significant exposure in CVS' 4,100 retail drugstores. INTERVIEWS CVS.com executives are available for comment. To coordinate an interview, contact: Mitchell Reed Vice President, Corporate Communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. and Brand Strategy mitchr@email.cvs.com 206/403-4407 Rachel Templeton Manager, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most rachelt@email.cvs.com 206/403-4551 Tim Hohl Manager, Media Relations timh@email.cvs.com 206/403-4550 CVS.com Launched in January 1999 as soma.com, CVS.com is the nation's first complete Internet pharmacy internet pharmacy Online A website that offers prescription drugs from the comfort of home Cons The IP or prescribing physician may not be qualified or licensed to prescribe drugs in all states. See Operation Cure-All, VIPPS. and online destination for health-related purchases and information. CVS.com provides 24-hour-a-day access to registered pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
Healtheon/WebMD Healtheon/WebMD (www.webmd.com) is the first end-to-end Internet healthcare company connecting physicians and consumers to the entire healthcare industry. Healtheon/WebMD leverages the Internet to facilitate a new system for the delivery of healthcare, resulting in a single, secure environment for all communications and transactions that will enable a more efficient and cost effective healthcare system. http://www.businesswire.com/cnn/cvs.shtml |
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