Healthline’s Vertical Search Recognized as a 'Model Of Excellence' and
Innovation by Infocommerce Group
SAN FRANCISCO – August 15, 2006 –
Healthline, the leading provider of intelligent
health information services, announced today that its consumer website,
Healthline.com, has been selected by InfoCommerce Group Inc. – a
leading provider of consulting and research to publishers of commercial
databases – as a 2006 InfoCommerce Models of Excellence recipient.
Healthline.com, the first medically guided search and navigation-driven
website, eliminates the time-consuming process of sifting through
hundreds to thousands of unnecessary and unrelated search results.
Healthline’s unique Medically Guided SearchSM experience combines the
largest known medical terminology classification system, developed by
more than 1,100 physicians and informatics experts, with advanced
search capabilities and hundreds of thousands of pages of
physician-reviewed journal articles and encyclopedic information from
the world’s foremost medical information publishers.
InfoCommerce Group selects database products throughout the year for
its prestigious Models of Excellence program. According to Russell
Perkins, president of InfoCommerce Group, the winning products
exemplify how to think in new and creative ways about the way in which
data is sourced, structured and delivered by the commercial online
database publishing industry.
Russell Perkins, president of InfoCommerce Group, said, "I am
particularly impressed by the numerous innovations in vertical search I
see on the Healthline site such as an extremely detailed taxonomy that
maps medical terminology to plain English; sophisticated navigation
aids; a growing number of physician-reviewed articles clearly
identified as such in search results; and integration of licensed and
open Web content. Overall, it is a powerful package serving an
important need."
“Being selected by Russell Perkins and InfoCommerce Group for the
Models of Excellence award is a distinct honor for Healthline,” said
Dean Stephens, president and chief operating officer, Healthline
Networks “Russell is well known as the analyst covering the database
industry, and his clear esteem of Healthline verifies that we are
building on a business model that is geared for success.”
The InfoCommerce Models of Excellence list includes products produced
by both online publishers and print-based publishers. Select
InfoCommerce Models of Excellence products will be showcased at the
annual InfoCommerce 2006 Conference, October 10–12 in Philadelphia.
About Healthline
Healthline offers an innovative approach to meeting the needs of health
information seekers. Developed in collaboration with 1,100 medical
specialists, Healthline’s powerful consumer healthcare taxonomy – the
largest of its kind – drives its suite of medically guided search and
navigation services. Healthline offers two primary routes to delivering
its intelligent health information services to consumers and business
partners: through its website, Healthline.com, or through a network of
trusted consumer destination sites that include publishers, employers
and health plans. Headquartered in San Francisco, Healthline is backed
by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Reed Elsevier Ventures, Mitsui &
Co., Ltd., and JHK Investments, LLC.
About InfoCommerce Group
InfoCommerce Group provides consulting and research to its
clients – publishers of commercial databases from nearly 30 companies
in seven countries, ranging from multi-nationals to Internet start-ups,
to family-owned publishers. InfoCommerce Group also publishes
InfoCommerce Report – the influential monthly print newsletter – as
well as a growing list of books and special reports. It produces the
annual InfoCommerce Conference and the InfoCommerce Models of
Excellence list and also identifies opportunities and coordinates
investments in early-stage database content companies. For more
information on InfoCommerce Group, please visit
www.infocommercegroup.com or call (610) 649-1200, extension 252.
Company information:
Bill McGee
Senior Vice President, Marketing Services
415-281-3113
bill@healthline.com
Press Contact:
Colby Zintl
Healthline Networks
415-281-3110
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