AuntMinnie.com Receives Award for Outstanding Professional Portal.Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000 Website Enrollment Exceeds 25,000 Registered Users AuntMinnie.com(TM), one of the fastest growing online communities for radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. professionals worldwide, today announced it received an award for best healthcare content on a professional focused 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 portal. The annual eHealthcare Leadersehip Awards were presented by eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, the leading Internet publication and online resource for Internet strategies in the healthcare market. On the same day the award was given, Auntminnie.com registered its 25,000th user - less than one year after the website's initial launch. A wide range of healthcare organizations, online health companies and pharmaceutical/medical equipment firms participated in the eHealthcare Leadership Awards, and nominees were judged by an independent panel of individuals familiar with the healthcare and Internet markets. Winners were recognized during the Alliance's Fifth Annual Internet and Healthcare Conference November 5th - 7th, 2000. AuntMinnie.com's 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. , Dr. Phillip Berman, commented, "We are honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to receive this award and recognition in the Internet healthcare community. We believe that our award-winning content, combined with our rapidly growing user registration and website traffic, validate To prove something to be sound or logical. Also to certify conformance to a standard. Contrast with "verify," which means to prove something to be correct. For example, data entry validity checking determines whether the data make sense (numbers fall within a range, numeric data AuntMinnie.com as a preferred destination on the Internet for the worldwide radiology community. AuntMinnie.com has grown dramatically since its launch on November 30, 1999, and has greatly exceeded our expectations. We crossed our 25,000th registered user this week and have now registered almost 7,000 radiologists, 1,900 radiology residents and over 1,250 radiology administrators. Furthermore, AuntMinnie.com is now serving over one million page views per month." Dr. Berman continued, "A recent poll conducted by AuntMinnie.com showed impressive statistics regarding time spent on AuntMinnie.com versus time spent on print publications. The radiologists responding to our survey said they spend more time on AuntMinnie.com than all other radiology sites combined and they devote nearly twice the amount of time on AuntMinnie.com as they do to reading trade journal publications." AuntMinnie.com is a premier online information, transaction and education site for all individuals affiliated with the diagnostic imaging market. Rich in timely, original content and customer-centered products and services, AuntMinnie.com is intended to enhance the professional lives of its members through interaction, participation, exchange and commerce. AuntMinnie.com is a majority-owned subsidiary majority-owned subsidiary A firm in which more than 50% of outstanding voting stock is owned by the parent company. of Lumisys, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : LUMI). Additional information on AuntMinnie.com is available at www.auntminnie.com. This news release may contain 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. . These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from those forward looking statements, including competition from other Internet sites, market acceptance by the radiology community and those risks detailed from time to time in Lumisys' reports filed with the SEC, including the quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the period ended September 30, 2000. AuntMinnie.com is a trademark of AuntMinnie.com, Inc. |
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