FTC Lists drkoop.com as Resource for Quality Healthcare Information Online
PR Newswire - June 24, 1999 08:30
AUSTIN, Texas, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- drkoop.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: KOOP), the consumer healthcare network led by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, today was noted by the Federal Trade Commission as a resource for providing quality healthcare information to consumers.
As part of its "Operation Cure.All" consumer education campaign, the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection unveiled a list of valuable Internet tools that provide consumers with good quality health information. drkoop.com was included as a resource for reliable, accurate online healthcare information. "Operation Cure.All" is spearheaded by the FTC Internet Health Fraud Law Enforcement division, whose charge is to combat deceptive health claims on the Internet.
"drkoop.com has received many awards for the content and quality of its Web site, but today's acknowledgment from the FTC is especially important because of the Commission's role in protecting consumers," said Don Hackett, president and CEO, drkoop.com. "drkoop.com is committed to providing consumers with trusted healthcare content, services and tools that allow them to take charge of their healthcare."
One unique Internet tool that drkoop.com offers is the drkoop.com Drug Checker(SM), an online drug interaction assessment tool that compares different prescriptions, over-the-counter (OTC) medications and food products to determine possible adverse interaction and help save lives.
For more information about the "Operation Cure.All" consumer education campaign, contact the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection's Office of Public Affairs at 202-326-2180 or the "Operation Cure.All" website at www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/9906/cureallad.htm .
drkoop.com, Inc.
The Company operates www.drkoop.com , a leading Internet-based consumer healthcare network. The Network consists of a consumer-focused interactive Web site that provides users with comprehensive healthcare information and services, as well as affiliate relationships with portals, other Web sites, healthcare organizations and traditional media outlets. The drkoop.com Network is an Internet healthcare initiative that integrates dynamic healthcare content on a wide variety of subjects, interactive communities and tools as well as opportunities to purchase healthcare-related products and services online. drkoop.com is the exclusive provider of health and related content on three Web sites of the GO Network: GO Health Center, ESPN.com Training Room and the Family.com Health Channel. drkoop.com is also the premier health content provider for GO's ABCNEWS.com. Additional information on drkoop.com can be found at drkoop.com .
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