VALLEY FORGE, Pa., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- FamilyPharmacy.com, the online
pharmaceutical superstore for the Family Pharmacy network, has renewed its
contract with HealthAtoZ to provide health and medical information for the
FamilyPharmacy.com web site.
HealthAtoZ.com, the premier healthcare Internet portal for personalized,
accurate and original health and medical information, has been the primary
provider of healthcare content for the site since its inception in August
2000.
"We're extremely pleased with the depth and breadth of information
provided by HealthAtoZ," said Bruce Kneeland, General Manager, Family
Pharmacy. "Pharmacists and consumers have trust in the healthcare content on
our site. As we mature, we believe effective healthcare content, such as that
provided by HealthAtoZ, will be one of the driving forces of our web site."
"We are delighted to continue working with AmeriSource," said Raj
Lakhanpal, MD, FRCS, FACEP, president and CEO of HealthAtoZ. "By enhancing the
FamilyPharmacy.com web site, we expect to help them attract more consumers to
the Family Pharmacy network. Both the pharmacist and the patient will benefit
by having reliable on-line health information and interactive tools to help
them monitor conditions."
In addition to the contract renewal, healthAtoZ.com will leverage its high
volume of visitors to drive traffic to the FamilyPharmacy.com site, which
serves the Family Pharmacy network of 2,500 independent pharmacies. The
enhanced site, with its expanded user base, will not only serve participating
pharmacies and their customers, but also constitute a unique e-commerce
marketing opportunity for pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers.
FamilyPharmacy.com is the online pharmaceutical superstore operated by
AmeriSource Health Corporation, one of the nation's leading wholesale
pharmaceutical distributors. The site offers Family Pharmacy customers access
to nearly 10,000 non-prescription products through www.familypharmacy.com.
The Family Pharmacy network helps independent pharmacies compete more
effectively with national drug store chains by offering consumers access to a
larger Internet inventory. FamilyPharmacy.com enables a drug store's
customers to use the Internet to reorder prescriptions as well as purchase
over-the-counter medications, home health care, and health and beauty products
from an extensive inventory. The customers electronically select products,
which are delivered to their local store the next business day.
FamilyPharmacy.com enables independent pharmacies to offer more products and
services to their customers, while still providing the personalized attention
they receive from a hometown store.
A recent national survey, known as the AmeriSource Index, found that the
ability to order from a local pharmacy on-line was an important factor in
encouraging people to use the Internet to purchase medications.
Pharmacies using FamilyPharmacy.com are able to personalize their web
sites so that their store names, locations, hours, custom services and other
community information appear on the sites. In addition to its large inventory
of products, FamilyPharmacy.com also provides a full range of information on
health issues, nutrition, fitness, disease diagnostics, alternative medicine
and healthy eating.
About HealthAtoZ
HealthAtoZ, based in Cranbury, NJ, is an Internet health solutions
provider that delivers customized web-based solutions for health plans,
hospitals and integrated delivery networks, pharmacy benefit management
companies, employer groups, and e-pharmacy sites. Founded in 1995, HealthAtoZ
pioneered Internet personalization and intuitive, interactive e-health tools.
HealthAtoZ maintains two public sites: www.healthAtoZ.com for healthcare
consumers and www.MedConnect.com for healthcare professionals.
About AmeriSource
AmeriSource Health Corporation (NYSE: AAS), with approximately $14 billion
in annualized operating revenue, is a leading distributor of pharmaceutical
and related healthcare products and services, and the industry's largest
provider of pharmaceuticals to the acute care/health systems market.
Headquartered in Valley Forge, PA, the Company serves its base of about 15,000
customer accounts through a national network of more than 20 strategically
located distribution facilities. For news and additional information about
the company, visit its web site at www.amerisource.com.
SOURCE AmeriSource Health Corporation; HealthAtoZ
CONTACT: Michael N. Kilpatric of AmeriSource, 610-727-7118, or
mkilpatric@amerisource.com; or Iris Raylesberg of Kapnek Communications,
215-830-9890, or irisr@voicenet.com, for AmeriSource; or Vivian Sudhalter of
HealthAtoZ, 609-409-8200, or vivians@healthatoz.com/