adam.com Partners with Medical House Publishing to Distribute Health Information Products in UK.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2001 adam.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADAM), a leading creator and syndicator of health information for the eHealth and eLearning markets, today announced an exclusive multi-year agreement with Medical House Publishing Ltd. that will expand adam's distribution network to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Medical House Publishing, a leading source of medical content, software and other health-related products, will resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. adam's visual health content to clients focused on a broad range of business sectors, including healthcare providers, health organizations and other medical-related companies. Medical House Publishing also will localize lo·cal·ize v. lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing, lo·cal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To make local: decentralize and localize political authority. 2. adam's health content to provide cultural relevance to the UK and Irish communities. "We recognize the importance of providing health information to more than 120 million consumers in the UK and Ireland, and believe this opportunity provides us with an opening to the rest of the European healthcare market," said Robert S Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. . Cramer Jr., Chairman 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. of adam. "In partnering with Medical House Publishing, we have united with one of the premier medical and health content distributors in the UK." adam and Medical House Publishing will introduce adam's content products to the European healthcare industry next month during Healthcare Computing computing - computer 2001, a major health information management event in Europe. Medical House has an annual revenue commitment to adam, but specific financial terms were not disclosed. "We're delighted to work hand-in-hand with adam.com, a company known internationally for quality content in both the healthcare and education markets," said Ian Townsend, Chief Executive of Medical House Publishing. "This alliance strengthens our position in the medical information and technology marketplace." adam is rapidly advancing its globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation strategy. In addition to Medical House Publishing, adam recently announced a strategic partnership with DrTango.com that involves the translation, cultural adaptation and distribution of Spanish and Portuguese versions of adam's health content products for Latin and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Spain and Portugal. About adam.com For more than a decade, adam.com (Nasdaq: ADAM) has been at the forefront of developing the world's most interactive and engaging health and medical information. Today, through partnerships with companies including Yahoo!, WebMD, the National Library of Medicine, and Pearson PLC, adam has quickly become the leading creator and distributor of engaging, interactive health and medical content. adam is a founding member of Hi-Ethics, a coalition of the most widely referenced online health sites and information providers committed to developing industry standards that earn consumer trust and confidence in Internet health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract . adam's proprietary content library features a medical encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books covering 4,000 diseases and conditions, 40,000 medical illustrations, health education presentations, 3-D image models, virtual tours Virtual Tours The phrases panoramic tour and virtual tour are often used to describe a variety of video and photographic based media. The word panorama indicates an unbroken view, so essentially, a panorama in that respect could be either a series of photographs or panning video of the human body, broadcast-quality animations, and topic-specific health centers. About Medical House Publishing Ltd. Medical House Publishing is the medical information arm of The Medical House plc, a group of companies that provides medical devices, products and information. The Medical House plc was floated on the Alternative Investment Market in September 2000. Medical House Publishing is a leading marketer and distributor of medical content, software and other health-related services and, in addition to the agreement with adam, has an exclusive arrangement with Aberdeen University to market, sell and distribute an extensive range of computer-aided learning Computer-Aided Learning - Computer-Aided Instruction packages. 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. Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially. Factors that could affect the company's actual results, performance or developments include general economic conditions, development of the Internet as a source of health information, pricing actions taken by competitors, demand for the company's health information, regulatory changes, and other laws that impact how the company conducts its business. Note to Editors: adam.com is a trademark of adam.com. All other products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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