BehavioralHealthOnline.com Joins With OPEN MINDS to Provide Comprehensive Behavioral Health Products and Services.Business Editors & Internet Writers PEABODY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 PHC PHC Primary health care, see there , Inc., dba Pioneer Behavioral Health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or (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 :PIHC) announced today that its Internet subsidiary BehavioralHealthOnline.com, has entered a strategic business relationship with OPEN MINDS, one of the country's leading industry research and management consulting firms List of Management Consulting Firms 1. McKinsey & Company 2. Marakon Associates 3. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 4. A.T. Kearney 5. Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) 6. Monitor Group 7. Bain & Company 8. Roland Berger specializing in the behavioral health and social service field. "OPEN MINDS is a leader in its field. Our relationship with one of the most respected publishers of behavioral information is welcome recognition of BHO BHO Browser Helper Object BHO Bundeshaushaltsordnung BHO Barack Hussein Obama BHO Bhopal, India (airport code) BHO British History Online BHO Banjo Hangout (website) BHO Battle Handover as the leading Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider of behavioral health related information and resources," stated Bruce A. Shear shear: see strength of materials. Shear A straining action wherein applied forces produce a sliding or skewing type of deformation. , BehavioralHealthOnline.com President. BehavioralHealthOnline's e-commerce site will feature OPEN MINDS products and services such as its periodicals, books, and professional education services. This includes subscriptions to OPEN MINDS' award winning publications OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health Industry Analyst and the OPEN MINDS Advisor, The Management Newsletter for the Behavioral Health & Social Service Fields. In addition, OPEN MINDS will be a key content contributor to BehavioralHealthOnline's Web site. Monica E. Oss, President of OPEN MINDS, notes that the relationship between OPEN MINDS and BehavioralHealthOnline will not only provide OPEN MINDS with a wider distribution of its behavioral health products but will also strengthen BehavioralHealthOnline.com's role as a comprehensive behavioral health Web site. OPEN MINDS was founded in 1987 to provide information products, research and consultation on the financing and delivery of behavioral health and social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales . In addition to its mentioned print newsletters, the company also has one electronic newsletter, OPEN MINDS On-Line News Service. The firm also publishes monographs on behavioral health and social service topics, operates a fax information service, has developed professional education programs on managed care, behavioral health and social service topics, and consults to a wide array of behavioral health and social service professional/provider organizations, corporations, managed care and health insurance organizations, professional associations, and state/county/municipal government clients. Pioneer Behavioral Health's core business provides inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay. in·pa·tient n. and outpatient behavioral healthcare services. The company contracts with national insurance companies, major transportation and gaming companies to provide behavioral health services. Pioneer also owns and operates BehavioralHealthOnline.com, a leading internet-based provider of behavioral health services. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.BehavioralHealthOnline.com. This press release may include 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. about the Company's revenues and earnings and future plans and objectives. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to vary materially. These risks are discussed in the Company's Report on Form 10-KSB for the years ended June 30, 1997, June 30, 1998, and June 30, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 1997, October 13, 1998 and October 13, 1999, respectively. NOTE TO EDITORS: Pioneer's press releases are available at no charge through Business Wire's News On Demand fax service. For a menu of Pioneer's press releases or to retrieve a specific release, call 1-800-469-1254. |
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