Just saw this PR from today, isnt this the company that will also be at the convention?
( BW)(CA-ADAM.COM)(ADAM) adam.com, the Leading Provider of Consumer Health Information Online, Comments On Reports of Healtheon/WebMD Merger
Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers
SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--May 20, 1999--adam.com (NASDAQ:ADAM), the leading provider of consumer health information online, today commented on news reports of a proposed merger of its health Web site rivals Healtheon (NASDAQ:HLTH) and WebMD.
"As the leading provider of consumer health information content online, we will continue to compete aggressively with Healtheon and WebMD in the consumer health market, whether they merge or not," said adam.com Chairman and CEO Robert S. Cramer, Jr. "While we welcome the possibility of deriving increased revenues from such a merger--since both companies license proprietary adam.com content--we have no intention of abdicating our goal of becoming the number one consumer health destination Web site. Mega-mergers make great headlines, but they do not establish market share dominance of consumer audiences. The company that wins the hearts and minds of the vast majority of health-conscious consumers will be the one that can combine the best, highest quality medical and health content with the most engaging, interactive presentation. That is a marketplace in which adam.com is the leader today and we intend to remain the leader, by continuously expanding and improving our health content as well as our partnerships."
On May 10, adam.com debuted its new Web site -- the first second-generation destination Web site for consumer health information. adam.com offers consumers and families trusted, reliable health content coupled with an easy, elegant user interface, powerful search and retrieval capabilities and the broadest array of educational text, visual images and animations. adam.com's elegant design and breakthrough approach to presenting consumer health information dramatically improve the state of health and medical content on the Web with the industry's most comprehensive collection of searchable, multimedia consumer-oriented health information. The site received nearly 1 million page views in its first week of operation.
In the past 30 days, adam.com has announced new partnerships with Excite and Cox Interactive Media, as well as an agreement with the University of California at San Francisco to provide its medical professionals as online experts interacting with consumers on the adam.com site. In addition, adam.com announced on May 10 its intent to acquire "Dr. Greene's HouseCalls," the award-winning pediatric web site (www.drgreene.com), further expanding adam.com's leadership as the premiere Internet health destination. Dr. Greene's HouseCalls is now the pediatric channel of adam.com, and content from Dr. Greene's HouseCalls is already available on adam.com.
About adam.com
Based in Atlanta and with major operations in San Francisco, adam.com (NASDAQ:ADAM) is the leading provider of health, medical and wellness information online. The company's leading-edge consumer health Web site - www.adam.com - is the premiere destination for people seeking reliable, informative answers to health questions. The site features elegant imagery, extreme ease of use, and cutting-edge technology that integrates and connects all related information on a searched topic, making it easier for consumers to find answers. adam.com has over 500 gigabytes of text-based clinical information, medical illustration, animation, video and interactive 3D content, which can also be found on many other Web sites that license adam.com content. adam.com partners with industry leaders such as Excite, Cerner, IDX, QuadraMed, CNN, Cox Interactive Media and Pearson Education. The company's Web site is at www.adam.com.
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 which could affect the Company's actual results, performance or developments include general economic conditions, the development of the Internet as a source of health information, pricing actions taken by competitors, the demand for the Company's health information, regulatory changes, and other laws which impact the way in which the Company conducts its business.
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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INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS
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