Center for Healthcare Information Forms Data Partnership With Skila Inc.; CHI Databases Now Linked to Skila's Healthcare Intelligence Platform.NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--June 22, 1998--The Center for Healthcare Information's (www.healthcare-info.com) unique managed care and health care databases will now be available as an integrated system under a partnership with Skila Inc. (www.skila.com), according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an announcement by the two organizations. The Skila(R) Healthcare Intelligence Platform integrates information from multiple leading data producers such as Center for Healthcare Information (CHI (Computer Human Interface) Typically refers to the devices and associated applications used by humans to interact with computers. For example, a CICS data entry screen displayed on a 3270 terminal makes up a CHI for a banking application. ) to provide a complete overview of the healthcare universe, including detailed market and clinical data on specific diseases, products, suppliers, payers and providers. The Platform, which has been installed company-wide at many of the nation's leading health care companies, consolidates a company's intelligence throughout the organization, integrating in-house In-house In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. data with external databases. CHI databases include managed care organizations such as HMOs, PPOs, IPAs, (Independent Practice Associations), PHOs, (Physician Hospital Organizations), practice management companies, and large group practices, and specialty health care providers such as homecare British Gas HomeCare is the name for British Gas Services which operates in the United Kingdom, which was originally set up to provide maintenance for central heating and other gas appliances. businesses and nursing facilities. "With this partnership, leading healthcare companies can now access CHI's unique health and managed care databases as part of an integrated market intelligence system," said CHI president Kevin KEVIN Keepers of the Eternal Vigilance of the Islamic Nation (fictional, from White Teeth by Zadie Smith) O'Grady, M.D. "This is what the market has told us it wants." A subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Dorland Data Networks, CHI has published directories, databases and market research reports for both managed care and healthcare organizations since 1988. Dorland also publishes physician, medical industry and human service directories through its Dorland's Directories unit. Founded in 1995, Skila Inc. is a leading provider of market intelligence and knowledge management solutions for pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic and biotechnology companies Top 100 Biotechnology Companies The following is a list of the top 100 biotechnology companies ranked by revenue. The first nine companies qualify for the list of the top 50 pharmaceutical companies. . For information about CHI databases, contact the Center for Healthcare Information, 4000 Birch birch, common name for some members of the Betulaceae, a family of deciduous trees or shrubs bearing male and female flowers on separate plants, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. St, Suite 112, Newport Beach, Calif. 92660, 800/627-2244, fax: 949/752-8433; http://www.healthcare-info.com; e-mail: chi@healthcare-info.com. For information about Skila's Healthcare Intelligence Platform, contact Skila Inc., 1200 MacArthur Blvd., Mahwah, N.J. 07430, 201/818-2277; fax: 201/818-5222; http://www.skila.com.
CONTACT: Center for Healthcare Information
Kevin O'Grady, 800/627-2244, Ext. 111
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