FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Daniel Day
Corporate Marketing
IntelliCare
207-771-2976
dday@intellicare.com
Brenda Foster
Healthwise
208-331-6963
bfoster@healthwise.org
HEALTHWISE CHOSEN AS INTELLICARE'S HEALTH INFORMATION
CONTENT
PROVIDER
The Healthwise® Knowledgebase will be used as the primary source of IntelliCare’s health information content
(PORTLAND, MAINE) January 10, 2006—IntelliCare, Inc., a provider of healthcare call center and disease management infrastructure services and technology, announces that effective January 10, 2006, the Healthwise Knowledgebase will be the primary source of IntelliCare’s health information content. The Healthwise Knowledgebase is an accredited online resource designed to help people make better decisions regarding their health and health care by providing more than 6,000 topics on health conditions, medical tests and procedures, medications, and everyday health and wellness issues. IntelliCare’s triage and disease management nurses will use the Healthwise Knowledgebase as a resource for health information as they assist individuals telephonically.
The Healthwise Knowledgebase is uniquely motivational to help people actively manage their health. Each topic is created through an unmatched content development process that seeks out the best evidence-based research on every health issue. An in-house team of physicians, nurses, medical writers, and researchers works directly with top medical specialists from key centers of excellence to fine-tune the accuracy and currency of each topic.
“We are very excited to partner with Healthwise to provide our nurses with the absolute best resource for health information,” says Lisa Monteleone, VP of Clinical Operations at IntelliCare. “Every topic is based on the most up-to-date medical research available and we are confident that this service will assist our nurses in providing our callers with the best possible care.”
“Healthwise shares IntelliCare’s view that information is a critical part of care,” said Healthwise President and COO Gene Drabinski. “We are completely dedicated to creating information that accurately informs and supportively empowers people to better manage their health.”
In addition to providing IntelliCare’s nurses with a comprehensive health resource, Healthwise will also become the content provider for IntelliCare’s Audio Health Library. IntelliCare’s Audio Health Library provides callers direct, 24 x 7 access to over 300 pre-recorded messages on health care topics ranging from the common cold to heart disease.
About IntelliCare
IntelliCare, Inc., A Medco Health Solutions Company, provides medical call center services to patients and members of health plans, hospitals and disease management programs. Founded in 1997 in Portland, Maine, the company operates the largest network of healthcare contact centers in the United States and provides 24 x 7 Nurse Line, Telephone Triage, Physician Referral, Class Registration and various custom solutions to more than 250 hospitals, health systems, health plans, group practices, and employers nationwide. IntelliCare’s clients outsource their call center operations to IntelliCare, or use the company's technology, to effectively and efficiently improve access to quality care. For more information about IntelliCare, please visit www.intellicare.com.
Healthwise is a nonprofit organization that has been helping people make better health decisions since 1975. More than 70 million times a year, people turn to Healthwise information for help in making health decisions. Healthwise works with health plans, disease management companies, hospitals, employers, and clinics to provide decision-support and self-management information to the people they serve. Healthwise is leading a major change in health care to prescribe information therapy to patients as part of every health care encounter. To learn more, visit www.healthwise.org.
Safe Harbor Provisions
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, rules and regulations promulgated under the Act, unanticipated changes in Medicare reimbursement, outcomes of government reviews, inquiries and investigations and related litigation, continued compliance with government regulations, fluctuations in customer demand, management of rapid growth, competition from other healthcare product vendors, timing and acceptance of new product introductions, general economic conditions, geopolitical events and regulatory changes, as well as other especially relevant risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended March 31, 2005, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005. The information set forth herein should be read in light of such risks. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release.
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