Priority Healthcare's Neighborhood Patient Education Websites Win Multiple Health Awards
February 11 2004 - 6:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
Priority Healthcare's Neighborhood Patient Education Websites Win
Multiple Health Awards LAKE MARY, Fla., Feb. 11
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Priority Healthcare Corporation's online
patient education and support portals continue to garner numerous
awards. Announced this month in "Medicine on the Net" magazine,
Fertility Neighborhood, a site dedicated to challenging
fertility-related issues, has won a 2004 Web Excellence award. In
January, Hepatitis Neighborhood, Priority Healthcare's patient
education site that expands awareness and provides educational
information on hepatitis C, won a Gold Award in the Patient
Education category of the World Wide Web Health Awards. "More and
more patients are looking for condition-specific treatment
information, and it is important for those sources to be credible,"
said Dr. Joseph Hill, a board-certified reproductive
endocrinologist of the Fertility Centers of New England. "I direct
my patients to the Priority Neighborhood sites with confidence
because the information is created and reviewed by expert
physicians, pharmacists, and nurses." "Patient education is a
cornerstone of Priority's specialized disease treatment management
programs. Our neighborhood websites are an important component of
these programs, and we're pleased to be recognized for our
accomplishments by industry experts," said Dr. Michael Lewis, Chief
Medical Officer of Priority Healthcare. Fertility Neighborhood
(http://www.fertilityneighborhood.com/) is an online patient
support center that offers educational information on reproduction,
treatment options, infertility specialists, clinics, and support
groups. The site serves as a comprehensive information source for
reproductive issues and includes live chats with
reproductivespecialists, ongoing question and answer sessions with
pharmacists, and a supportive network of message boards for
families facing reproductive issues. Fertility Neighborhood has
garnered numerous honors over the past year including: -- World
Wide Web Health Award for patient education information in the
pharmacy category -- Standard of Excellence Award from the Web
Marketing Association -- Massachusetts Interactive Media Council
(MIMC) Award -- finalist nomination in the healthcare category --
International Health and Medical Media Award -- finalist and only
website named in the Women's Health category ages 20-50 Similar to
Fertility Neighborhood, Hepatitis Neighborhood
(http://www.hepatitisneighborhood.com/) is an extensive patient
education and support website. Hepatitis Neighborhood focuses on
hepatitis C, a chronic disease that attacks the liver and is the
cause of the most liver transplants in the United States. Hepatitis
C sufferers, which are estimated at 4 million in the U.S., can
access extensive information on hepatitis, treatment options, and
support services. The site also includes live chats with experts in
the field, message boards for patients that want to discuss their
disease, and news about research studies and findings related to
hepatitis. Priority Healthcare also offers extensive disease
information on cancer, multiple sclerosis, idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension. The patient education portals
are located on the web at http://www.priorityneighborhoods.com/
About Priority Healthcare Corporation Priority Healthcare
Corporation is a national specialty pharmacy and distributor that
provides biopharmaceuticals, complex therapies, and related disease
treatment services. Priority Healthcare provides comprehensive
programs for patients, payers, physicians, and pharmaceutical
manufacturers for a growing number of disease states including
cancer, hepatitis C, respiratory and pulmonary conditions,
infertility, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, multiple sclerosis,
and macular degeneration. Additional information regarding Priority
Healthcare is available at http://www.priorityhealthcare.com/
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