HEALTHvision Customers Again Score Stunning Victory at 2003 eHealthcare Leadership Awards; Customers Impress with 17 National Awards for Online Health Initiatives.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers IRVING Irving, city (1990 pop. 155,037), Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; inc. as a city 1952. Building supplies, chemicals, electronic equipment, and airplane parts are manufactured in Irving. , Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2003 HEALTHvision, a leading healthcare 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 company, today announced that its customers were recognized 17 times at the 2003 eHealthcare Leadership Awards. This strong showing marks the second consecutive year of customer success at this competition. Last year, HEALTHvision customers walked away with 10 awards for their work using the web to promote community health. In each award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" case, HEALTHvision worked with the customer to develop or enhance the organization's web strategy. HEALTHvision customers 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. at this year's competition include: Baylor Bay·lor , Elgin Born 1934. American basketball player. He was a forward for the Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers from 1958 to 1971 and ranks among the all-time National Basketball Association leaders in points and per-game scoring average. Health Care System (Texas), Danbury Hospital Danbury Hospital is a 371-bed hospital in Danbury, Connecticut. The hospital has 3,300 employees. Frank J. Kelly is president and CEO of Danbury Hospital and Danbury Health Systems. (Conn.), Integris Health (Okla.), Memorial Hermann Hermann, d. A.D. 21: see Arminius. Health System (Texas), St. Luke's St. Luke's or St Luke's can refer to:
The annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards are organized by industry publication eHealthcare Strategy & Trends and presented to healthcare organizations, online health companies, pharmaceutical firms and vendors. This year, more than 1,200 entries were submitted for the nine awards: Best Health/Healthcare Content, Best Interactive Site, Best Care/Disease Management Site, Best eBusiness Site, Best Site Design, Best Overall Internet Site, Best Intranet Site, Best Special Effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and 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. eHealthcare Commitment. Organizations were allowed to compete in multiple categories. To ensure an even playing field, organizations were also grouped into divisions based on organization size and type. For example, Saint Luke's Health System - a nine-facility system in the Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). area - competed in the Healthcare System category, winning two prominent awards for its public web site. The organization took home a Platinum Award for "Best Interactive Site" and a Gold Award for "Best Overall Internet Site." These two awards build on the organization's success at last year's competition, where it won a Silver Award for "Best Overall Internet Site." "With more people than ever turning to the Internet with their health needs, we knew that we had a spectacular opportunity to use our web site to improve community health," said Cherie' Boxberger, senior director of eHealth & NurseLine for Saint Luke's Health System. "The awards and recognition for our work is certainly appreciated, but HEALTHvision's real value to Saint Luke's has come in its ability to help us extend our care beyond the walls of our organization. "Our web site gives people the resources they need to make better decisions about their care. HEALTHvision has been a large part in making that possible," she said. HEALTHvision has worked with Saint Luke's Health System for the last three years, providing the organization with the framework for its consumer web site as well as the accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. health information found on the site. Scott Decker, chief executive officer for HEALTHvision extended the company's congratulations to Saint Luke's and all the other award-winning customers. "Organizations like Saint Luke's, Baylor Health Care System and Memorial Hermann clearly understand the role that their web initiatives can play in reaching consumers," he said. "The fact that these organizations are nationally recognized for these initiatives just stands as another testament to the strong connections that they're able to make with their key audiences." Overall, HEALTHvision's work played a role in the following organization's awards:
-- Baylor Health Care System - (www.baylorhealth.com) -
Certificate of Distinction for "Best Health Content"
(Healthcare System)
-- Danbury Hospital - (www.danhosp.org) - Certificate of
Distinction for "Best Overall Internet Site" (Hospital 200-399
Beds)
-- Integris Health - (www.integris-health.com) - Certificate of
Distinction for "Best eBusiness Site" (Healthcare System)
-- LaurusHealth - (www.laurushealth.com) - Gold Award for "Best
Health Content" (Consumer General Health Site) and Platinum
Award for "Best Overall Internet Site" (Consumer General
Health Site)
-- Memorial Hermann Health System - (www.memorialhermann.org) -
Silver Award for "Best Health Content" (Healthcare System),
Gold Award for "Best Interactive Site" (Healthcare System),
Silver Award for "Best Overall Internet Site" (Healthcare
System) and Winner for "CEO eHealthcare Commitment"
(Healthcare System)
-- St. Luke's Health System - (www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org) -
Platinum Award for "Best Interactive Site" (Healthcare System)
and Gold Award for "Best Overall Internet Site" (Healthcare
System)
-- University Health Care System - (www.universityhealth.org) -
Silver Award for "Best Health Content" (Hospital 400+ Beds),
Gold Award for "Best Interactive Site" (Hospital 400+ Beds),
Platinum Award for "Best Overall Internet Site" (Hospital 400+
Beds)
-- VHA - (www.vha.com) - Silver Award for "Best Overall Internet
Site" (Corporate Business Improvement Site), Gold Award for
"Best Intranet Site" (Corporate Business Improvement Site) and
Winner for "CEO eHealthcare Commitment" (Consumer General
Health Site & Business/Process Improvement Applications)
About HEALTHvision HEALTHvision is a leading healthcare Internet company, focused on helping healthcare organizations address the needs of physicians, patients, consumers and employees through locally branded, web-based solutions. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , based in Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to , HEALTHvision was formed in July 1999 through the merger of the Internet-based products and resources of Eclipsys Corporation (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 : ECLP) (www.eclipsys.com) and VHA VHA Veterans Health Administration VHA Variable Housing Allowance VHA Villages Homeowners Association VHA Voluntary Hospitals Association VHA Virtual Home Agent VHA Very High Altitude VHA Vapor Hazard Area VHA Vermont Holstein-Friesian Association Inc. (www.vha.com). The company's web-infrastructure, e-healthSOURCE, is the most widely used in the industry, hosting more than 5 million unique patient records. Additionally, more than 300 healthcare organizations use a customized version of the company's portal solution - a number that represents more than 20,000 clinicians (including 10,000 physicians), thousands of patients and millions of consumers. For more information, visit www.healthvision.com. |
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