Healthcare Intelligence Network Launches HIN Blog

Wall Township, NJ (PRWEB) July 19, 2004

The Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN), the most comprehensive web-based resource for healthcare news, trends, and analysis, now invites its online community to engage in dialogue about issues impacting the healthcare industry via the HIN Blog. The HIN Blog can be viewed at http://www.hin.com/cgi-local/link/news/pl.cgi?blogrel .

A blog (sometimes referred to as a web log) is essentially an on-line journal that offers news, perspectives, opinions, and insights, and even links out to other sites, creating a new avenue of communication and community. According to Melanie Matthews, HIN Executive Vice President, the HIN Blog is a natural addition to the Healthcare Intelligence Network’s current online offerings: healthcare news and analysis, a comprehensive health management bookstore, audio-conferences on healthcare-related issues, free trial subscriptions to electronic newsletters, a Health Management Career Center, and more.

“The HIN Blog’s purpose is to keep our users better informed about resources and services at HIN and the healthcare industry in general,” Ms. Matthews said. Matthews launched the HIN Blog with a mention of the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of HMOs in patient lawsuits at the state level, and invited reader commentary on the subject. Future HIN Blog commentary will react to developments in behavioral healthcare, compliance, disease management, ehealth, HIPAA, managed care and regulation.

Matthews also views the HIN Blog as a conduit for feedback on HIN programs and offerings.

“We are planning several new audio conferences, including childhood obesity, predictive modeling, and pay for performance programs, and welcome ideas for audio conference topics or speakers. The HIN Blog is a place where our users can communicate these suggestions.”

The Healthcare Intelligence Network is the first health content provider on the Internet to provide its online community of with access to more than 45 of the nation’s leading healthcare publications, covering a range of healthcare-related topics. Located at http://www.hin.com, the Healthcare Intelligence Network presents the most comprehensive source of news and analysis for healthcare professionals currently available in one place, in electronic form.

The Healthcare Intelligence Network Online Bookstore provides a complete selection of health management resources for healthcare executives. Visitors to the site can browse the resources by category or can conduct key word searches. In addition to the comprehensive online health management bookstore, the Healthcare Intelligence Network offers weekly headline news, an online conference planner, free email newsletters, a Buyer’s Connection featuring products and services for healthcare professionals, free trial subscriptions to electronic newsletters and a Health Management Career Center.

For more information on any of the features available at http://www.hin.com, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 292-3073, e-mail info@hin.com, http://www.hin.com.

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