( BW)(CA-STAYHEALTHY-INC) Stayhealthy Announces
Partnership With PharMerica; Leading Web-Enabled
Products and Services Company to Use Innovative Tools in
Partnership With Assisted Living Market Leader
Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers
MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 2000--Stayhealthy, Inc., a
leading online company dedicated to empowering consumers to monitor their
health and fitness, has signed a partnership agreement with PharMerica, the leading
provider of professional quality pharmacy products and services to the long-term
care, assisted living, sub acute, and skilled nursing industries. John Collins, chief
executive officer of Stayhealthy, and Charles J. Carpenter, PharMerica's president
and chief executive officer, made the announcement today.
Under the terms of the agreement, Stayhealthy will integrate its innovative,
Web-enabled products and services into PharMerica's diverse product offerings
through its nationwide network of 145 pharmacies. PharMerica serves more than
330,000 residents living in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, residential
and independent living communities, specialty hospitals and home settings.
PharMerica's services also include home pharmacy support that delivers
medicines, medical supplies and equipment to the workers' compensation
claimant, home bound chronically ill and catastrophically injured populations.
The companies plan to launch the partnership with a pilot program in which
Stayhealthy devices will be installed and used in nursing home facilities that
PharMerica services. Stayhealthy's state-of-the-art equipment will be used to test
and monitor residents, each of whom will be provided with a private, password
protected Web page where the resident's readings can be stored, displayed and
accessed by the residents, their families and caregivers.
Stayhealthy will also establish private e-mail accounts to facilitate patient
communications with their family and caregivers. In addition, Stayhealthy will
create a shopping cart solution for use by PharMerica and its customers to order
health care and nutritional products and supplies.
"The partnership with Stayhealthy is significant to PharMerica's Web-enabled
business initiatives because it offers an innovative approach to enhance and
broaden our service offerings to our long-term care customers," said Carpenter.
"The development of Web-based offerings helps us continue to achieve our goal
of extending quality patient care and aggressively maximizing efficiencies via
Internet applications."
Through call center support, Web-connectivity and instant e-mail, Stayhealthy's
direct-to-consumer and business-to-business marketing programs, products and
services will provide improved functionality and substantial content to
PharMerica.
"Working with an industry leader like PharMerica allows us to introduce our
products and services to the large, rapidly growing assisted care market and gives
PharMerica easy-to-use, highly accurate tools that enhance the value and
effectiveness of PharMerica's service to its customers," said Collins.
Stayhealthy's products include the BC1 Body Composition and Calorie
Tracker, a simple desktop device that allows users to accurately monitor their
body composition and measure caloric burn. An essential tool for any weight
management or fitness program, the BC1 works with Stayhealthy software to
connect users to the Stayhealthy Web site at www.stayhealthy.com through their
existing Internet connection and view performance graphs, news and other
personalized information in a secure, password-protected environment.
Stayhealthy is leading the development of Web-enabled products and services
for management and measurement of weight, blood pressure and heart rate,
hearing loss, vision and colorblindness and respiratory function. Created for
consumer and clinical use, the company's leading-edge products and services
facilitate better communication and increase efficiencies between doctors and
patients and health-care facilities, reduce the need for in-person appointments and
improve opportunities for early illness detection. In doing so, Stayhealthy's
comprehensive home monitoring programs create mutually beneficial opportunities
for a wide variety of industries and professionals such as self-insured employers,
physicians, dieticians, nutritionists, fitness trainers, health club owners, insurers
and others.
Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., PharMerica operates more than 145 pharmacies
nationwide and is a leading provider of pharmacy products and services to
approximately 330,000 residents living in skilled nursing facilities; assisted-living
facilities; residential and independent-living communities; specialty hospitals; and
the home setting. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bergen Brunswig
Corporation (BBC), a leading supplier of pharmaceuticals, medical-surgical
supplies, specialty health-care products, information management solutions and
consulting services for the nation's leading health-care providers, drug stores,
manufacturers and patients. Through product distribution, pharmacy management
programs and Internet fulfillment strategies, the company is dedicated to reducing
costs and improving patient outcomes across the health-care spectrum. For more
information, contact PharMerica at 813/626-7788 or visit the PharMerica Web site
at www.pharmerica.com.
Headquartered in Monrovia, Stayhealthy is a leader in developing and marketing
Web-enabled products and services that empower consumers to screen, assess
and monitor their health. The company's proprietary programs are accessed
through its comprehensive health Web site that features a comprehensive drug
database, original health, nutrition and fitness content, and e-commerce. For more
information, contact Stayhealthy at 626/256-6152 or visit the Stayhealthy Web site
at www.stayhealthy.com.
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CONTACT: Stayhealthy.com
Peter Bylsma, 626/256-6152
or
PharMerica, Tampa
Michael McCarthy, 813/626-7788
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA FLORIDA
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