Consumer Health Interactive (CHI), an AdvancePCS company, announced that
its health and wellness sites took honors for the third year in a row in the
2002 eHealthcare Leadership Awards. This yearly competition is sponsored by
eHealthcare Strategies & Trends, a leading Internet publication that
recognizes healthcare companies demonstrating excellence in online
communications and innovative Web-based initiatives.
Lifeguard Inc., took the top award in the HMO/PPO classification with a
Platinum in the Best Health/Healthcare Content category for its CHI designed
site www.mylifeguardforhealth.com. In addition, two other CHI sites took Silver awards in the
same category--Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota for http:// blueprint.bluecrossmn.com and the Principal Financial Group for www.principalhealthnews.com.
CHI's winning sites were chosen out of 1,000 entrants from a wide range
of healthcare organizations. An independent panel of more than 50 judges in the
healthcare field evaluated the entries in the Health/Healthcare content category
based on the content's depth, balance, organization, credibility, and ability to
meet individual users' needs.
"Being recognized by our industry peers is always an honor," says Daniel
A. Segedin, CHI's president and CEO. "CHI has long been committed to providing
online solutions for our clients that drive traffic and stimulate additional
usage of plan programs and services. These recent awards reinforce the value our
solutions provide to both our clients and their members."
CHI clients also include industry leaders such as Anthem, Inc., Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Vhi Healthcare, Horizon Blue Cross Blue
Shield of New Jersey and Premera Blue Cross.