FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MCOL enters into partnership with the American Hospital Association's
Health Forum
MODESTO,
CA ---Jan. 24, 2000 – Managed Care On-Line™ (MCOL) has entered into a
partnership agreement with the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Health
Forum to provide customized reports for members of MCOL. In addition, MCOL
members and web site visitors can now order Health Forum’s integrated provider
databases, reports and publications from MCOL’s Managed Care Store at (http://www.mcareol.com/mcolfree/mcolfre1/yhforum.htm).
“Our strategy for creating healthier communities calls for expanding
the distribution of our data and information products to all facets of health
care, including the managed care audience,” said Kathryn Johnson, Health
Forum’s chief executive officer. “This
agreement will go a long way to reaching that goal.”
“Health Forum has developed several databases and guides to assist
health care professionals in their marketing and planning needs.
One of their latest products, The
Duet Database, combines hospital and HMO data at the Metropolitan
Statistical Area (MSA) level,” said Claire Bollier Thayer, MCOL Vice President
Research and Development. “Health
Forum’s tools and products are great resources for managed care
professionals.”
Other Health Forum databases and guides available include: The
AHA Annual Survey Database™, Healthcare
Quick Disc™, Hospital Statistics,
AHA Guide™ to the Health Care Field,
and Rand McNally’s Streetfinder Deluxe
– The AHA Guide™ Edition.
Health Forum is the new enterprise created through the union of The
Healthcare Forum and the American Hospital Association's publishing and data and
information subsidiaries. Health Forum offers health care leaders access to new
information and fresh ideas which they can use to strengthen their
organization's clinical and business performance. Health Forum provides an
integrated portfolio of communications, information, education and research
products and services that advance leadership for health. These services empower
health care providers, suppliers, payers and consumers with new knowledge and
learning towards the advancement of organizational leadership, market
leadership, and clinical, medical and community leadership.
MCOL
is a healthcare information technology company specializing in delivering
managed care knowledge resources to professionals involved in managed care via
the Internet and through software applications. MCOL business lines include:
Managed Care On-Line™ and Global HealthResources.Com, internet
membership-based services providing managed care knowledge resources through
member only web sites, e-mail delivery services and optional software; Managed
Care Store, a one-stop shopping place for managed care informational resources;
and Software Development and Services. MCOL is based in Modesto, California with
additional offices in Portland, Oregon.
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