U.S. Military Health System Selects HealthGate to Provide Content for Global Web Portal.Business/Technology/Health Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--March 22, 2001 104 Military Hospitals and Clinics Worldwide Planning to Use HealthGate's Managed Content HealthGate(R) Data Corp. (Nasdaq: HGAT), a leading provider of next generation content and health management tools to the healthcare industry, is announcing a multi-year agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense's Military Health System (MHS (1) (Message Handling Service) An earlier messaging system from Novell that supported multiple operating systems and other messaging protocols, including SMTP, SNADS and X.400. It used the SMF-71 messaging format. ). Under the agreement the MHS will license HealthGate's CHOICE(R) 3.0 eHealth Platform for its Web portal See portal. , TRICARE Online, providing access to healthcare content, services, and benefits for 8 million U.S. military beneficiaries. By the end of the summer a total of 104 MHS hospital Web sites are expected to be online, using the CHOICE package as a primary source of reliable and credible health information to the military's beneficiaries. HealthGate is working on this project with Integic Corporation, a leading provider of eBusiness solutions, which has contracted to build TRICARE Online for the Department of Defense (DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. ). The MHS health program serves active duty and retired service personnel, their eligible family members and survivors. The MHS is using HealthGate's CHOICE Platform to enhance local hospitals and clinics by offering personal health management tools and a comprehensive library of up-to-date medical content. TRICARE beneficiaries will be able to make real-time appointments, obtain reliable drug and prescription information, fill prescriptions, and communicate with support groups. HealthGate's managed health content will help enable MHS beneficiaries become their own healthcare advocates. "Reaching the federal government with the CHOICE Platform is an exciting opportunity for HealthGate, especially as we are expanding so rapidly into diverse healthcare markets," said HealthGate's President 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. Bill Reece. "We look forward to assisting the Department of Defense's Military Health System in improving health information access and awareness for its beneficiaries." 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. John DePiro, Director, Systems Engineering at Integic Corporation, "Integic is working to make the MHS eHealth Web portal the most valued resource for its users with one-stop shopping for all healthcare needs and information. HealthGate's managed health content is a critical resource and will be an integral part of this multi-dimensional site." About TRICARE TRICARE is the health care program for active duty and retired service personnel, their eligible family members and survivors. TRICARE combines both military and civilian services Civilian service is service to a government made as a civilian, particularly such service as an option for anti-militarists and pacifists who object to military service. Examples of countries with thriving civilian service programmes are Switzerland (Swiss Civilian Service), to deliver high quality healthcare. About Integic Chantilly, Va.-based Integic delivers vertically focused inter-enterprise applications and business-to-business integration solutions that enable e-commerce and e-communities to transform a client's business and technology strategies. With more than a decade of experience, Integic prepares its clients to take immediate advantage of the Web, streamlining operations and increasing Return-On-Investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) while leveraging new market opportunities. With a stable and growing client-base in targeted industries, Integic leverages its subject matter expertise and leading partners to deliver end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. . Clients include Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. In 1988, Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records, Inc. for $2 billion. CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name, and Sony renamed the label , Dominion Resources Dominion NYSE: D (formerly Dominion Resources) is a power and energy company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, USA, that supplies electricity, natural gas, or other energy services to homes in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and eastern North Carolina. , Schering AG, and Xerox. Other government clients include the National Education Association, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Niagara Frontier The Niagara Frontier refers to the stretch of land south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and extending westward to Cleveland, Ohio. This only includes the land east of the Niagara River and south of Lake Erie within the United States. Transit Authority. For more information, please visit www.integic.com. About HealthGate Data Corp. HealthGate Data Corp. is a leading provider of next generation content management, products and services for the healthcare industry. Through its CHOICE eHealth Platform, HealthGate enables hundreds of hospitals to build loyal eHealth communities of heath heath, tract of open land heath, tract of open land characterized by a few scattered trees, abundant moss cover, and numerous low shrubs, principally of the heath family (see heath, in botany). information consumers and healthcare professionals. HealthGate establishes the infrastructure for integrating these constituents into Web-based e-business processes that improve efficiency and reduce costs. In addition, HealthGate provides interactive, managed content to pharmaceutical companies, healthcare insurers, employers and eHealth companies. With its activePress Publishing Services Division, HealthGate provides leading publishers with Web-enabling services that manage the complexities of converting and distributing traditional healthcare print materials via the Internet. For more information, visit HealthGate at www.healthgate.com or call 1-800-434-GATE. This press release contains certain statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. HealthGate's actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the 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. . These forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, are based on many assumptions and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, among other things: risks associated with HealthGate's ability to generate sufficient revenues or reduce certain discretionary spending; HealthGate's ability to develop and implement its Intelligent eContent strategic initiative; reliance on expected continuing growth of HealthGate's Syndication See syndication format. business; HealthGate's ability to sell a substantial number of CHOICE Web sites; competition in the Internet-based healthcare industry; management of the HealthGate's growth and expansion; performance of the HealthGate's computer system; dependence on the HealthGate's content providers; risks associated with the majority of revenue being derived from a few customers; the risk of infringement of intellectual property rights; risks associated with the HealthGate's ability to continue to license software that is necessary for the development of products and service enhancements; and other risk factors that are described in the periodic reports and registration statements HealthGate files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. HealthGate does not intend to update or publicly release any revisions to the forward-looking statements. HealthGate(R), CHOICE(R), activePress(TM) and the HealthGate logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of HealthGate Data Corp. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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