Healthcommunities.com Inc. Joins eHealth Alliance.Business Editors/High-Tech and Health Writers NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2000 Healthcommunities.com(R) Inc., a Physician Developed and Monitored(TM) Web site company, has joined the eHealth Alliance. Sponsored by Sickbay sick·bay n. 1. The hospital and dispensary of a ship. 2. A place in which the sick or injured are treated. Health Media Inc., (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : SKBY), the eHealth Alliance is the health industry's first and largest cooperative of e-health companies. Membership in the Alliance allows Healthcommunities.com to benefit from a variety of Sickbay's services, products, sales channels and financing opportunities that would otherwise be difficult or expensive to procure. "The e-health care sector is one of the most competitive in the industry," said Stanley Swierzewski III, M.D., chief executive officer and founder of Healthcommunities.com. "We believe the eHealth Alliance will provide us with a competitive advantage and will drive the business to a higher level by connecting us with the resources and providing economies of scale we need to market our site to an even wider audience." The eHealth Alliance has identified several target areas to improve overall traffic to Healthcommunities.com including content, interactive tools and ad hosting services. The eHealth Alliance represents the industry's first and most significant gathering of independent, health-related companies to date. "Some e-health companies are forced to outsource services from non-health providers at costs that usually cut severely into revenues," said Mark R. Basile, 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. of Sickbay Health Media Inc. "Relationships fostered within the Alliance enable strategic business partnerships to become established quickly and with favorable results for all parties." Healthcommunities.com(R) Inc., 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. founded in 1998, provides innovative online resources for health care consumers and professionals. The company's medical specialty medical specialty Any specialty that provides non-interventional Pt management, ie with drugs, or with minimum intervention–eg, balloon catheterization Examples Internal medicine–allergy and immunology, cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, Web channels, in partnership with leading pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, serve health care consumers searching for reliable information. Healthcommunities.com is a Physician Developed and Monitored(TM) online community providing medical information and resources in a trusted environment. Sickbay Health Media Inc. is the first dedicated, full-service eHealth agency that offers other eHealth companies, media planners Media Planner is a job title in an advertising agency responsible for selecting media for advertisement placement on behalf of their clients. The main aim of a Media Planner is to assist their client in achieving business objectives through their advertising budgets by recommending , health and pharmaceutical product manufacturers, PR companies, content aggregators An organization that combines information such as news, sports scores, weather forecasts and reference materials from various sources and makes it available to its customers. See customer aggregator. , health related e-commerce companies, and traditional health companies a unique and experienced approach to eHealth branding, advertising, marketing and research. Through its agency division, Sickbay is the only company with both online and offline community experience, web engineering and design capabilities, an integrated media network and the ability to originate and produce Internet, print, radio, video and multimedia health programming. "Sickbay Health Media," "Sickbay.com," "Healthline," "Skincare Today," "eHealth Alliance" and "Allergy & Asthma" are trademarks of Sickbay Health Media Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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