Biologix Pulls Onto The Information Highway.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 1996--BIOLOGIX Chairman Michael Grandon, reports the company has reached agreement with the IQ NOW Corp. of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, for acquisition of up to a 30% equity interest in that firm. IQ NOW, The Healthcare Knowledge Network, is an emerging Internet-based information services See Information Systems. company currently providing on-line network services to over 120,000 healthcare professionals; and whose subscriber base is expected to expand dramatically over the coming two years. IQ NOW offers professionals, administrators and service providers in the health care community a variety of on-line services, including special interest bulletin boards, teleconferencing, career resources, current health care news, industry journals, continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). , highly focused product advertising and a unique set of benchmarking tools, including one called Polls & Surveys. IQ NOW consolidates the best features of existing on-line communication and information technologies into a simple, single, easy-to-access delivery system. Valuable communications and management information, on-library services, medical association and subscribers data, advertiser-supported products and services, and even on-line purchasing capability is provided instantaneously in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. to IQ NOW subscribers pursuant to ensuring both business and clinical success. One of IQ NOW's leading customers, the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
AACN American Association of Critical-Care Nurses AACN American Association of Colleges of Nursing AACN Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (General Motors) Home Page on the 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 to include information on public policy, AACN publications, chapters, programs, and products. With a simple click of the button on the AACN Home Page and a password, users can enter the AACN Private Network, communicate with peers, complete Continuing Education Credits, utilize proprietary nursing databases, and access clinical and administrative information from more than 700 health care journals. The BIOLOGIX/IQ NOW strategic alliance calls for an investment by BioLogix as a combination of cash infusion and public stock, includes BIOLOGIX access to the IQ NOW worldwide network, and provides for IQ NOW to eventually go public on its own. More announcements are expected. CONTACT: BIOLOGIX Michael Grandon, 415/954-8588 |
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