Practis Inc. Announces Joint Program With Healthwise

Rochester, NY — Practis Inc. announced today an agreement with Healthwise to provide the Healthwise® Knowledgebase to Practis customers. The Healthwise Knowledgebase powers provider web sites with award-winning, URAC-accredited online medical content and covers more than 5,000 topics on health conditions, medical tests and procedures, medications, and everyday health and wellness issues.

"We are excited to offer the Healthwise Knowledgebase and feel that it is a true value add to our customers," said Elizabeth Pettrone, president of Practis, Inc. "We believe in offering the best-in-class patient education materials to our healthcare clients. The Healthwise Knowledgebase does just that — it allows physician practices and healthcare organizations to easily and affordably expand their web offerings to support their patients online and on a 24 x 7 basis."

As a leading medical website design firm, Practis is able to offer its clients a powerful content tool to be utilized on their individual healthcare websites. Healthcare information technology is growing rapidly, so the ability to provide reputable health content online is of a great concern to this community. Utilizing a medical practice or group website as the channel, this turnkey web-based solution from Practis helps healthcare organizations bridge the communication gap that often exists between patients and their providers.

About Practis, Inc.

Since 1998, Practis has been designing, developing and maintaining custom websites and online applications for medical practices and health care organizations. Their clients represent healthcare organizations nationwide, ranging in size and scope, across the spectrum of care. The Practis team consists of experienced healthcare professionals, web designers, graphic artists, programmers and copywriters, each with extensive experience in the web and in healthcare. For more information visit: www.practisinc.com or call 1.800.238.0095.

About Healthwise

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 hospitals, employers, clinics, and health plans 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 or call 1.800.706.9646.

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