Priority Healthcare's Neighborhood Patient Education Websites Win Multiple Health Awards

Priority Healthcare's Neighborhood Patient Education Websites Win Multiple
Health Awards 


LAKE MARY, Fla., Feb. 11  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Priority Healthcare
Corporation's  online patient education and support portals continue to garner
numerous awards.  Announced this month in "Medicine on the Net" magazine,
Fertility Neighborhood, a site dedicated to challenging fertility-related
issues, has won a 2004 Web Excellence award.  In January, Hepatitis
Neighborhood, Priority Healthcare's patient education site that expands
awareness and provides educational information on hepatitis C, won a Gold Award
in the Patient Education category of the World Wide Web Health Awards.

"More and more patients are looking for condition-specific treatment
information, and it is important for those sources to be credible," said Dr.
Joseph Hill, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist of the Fertility
Centers of New England. "I direct my patients to the Priority Neighborhood sites
with confidence because the information is created and reviewed by expert
physicians, pharmacists, and nurses."

"Patient education is a cornerstone of Priority's specialized disease treatment
management programs.  Our neighborhood websites are an important component of
these programs, and we're pleased to be recognized for our accomplishments by
industry experts," said Dr. Michael Lewis, Chief Medical Officer of Priority
Healthcare.

Fertility Neighborhood (http://www.fertilityneighborhood.com/) is an online
patient support center that offers educational information on reproduction,
treatment options, infertility specialists, clinics, and support groups.  The
site serves as a comprehensive information source for reproductive issues and
includes live chats with reproductivespecialists, ongoing question and answer
sessions with pharmacists, and a supportive network of message boards for
families facing reproductive issues.

Fertility Neighborhood has garnered numerous honors over the past year
including:

-- World Wide Web Health Award for patient education information in the pharmacy
category

-- Standard of Excellence Award from the Web Marketing Association

-- Massachusetts Interactive Media Council (MIMC) Award -- finalist nomination
in the healthcare category

-- International Health and Medical Media Award -- finalist and only website
named in the Women's Health category ages 20-50

Similar to Fertility Neighborhood, Hepatitis Neighborhood
(http://www.hepatitisneighborhood.com/) is an extensive patient education and
support website.  Hepatitis Neighborhood focuses on hepatitis C, a chronic
disease that attacks the liver and is the cause of the most liver transplants in
the United States.  Hepatitis C sufferers, which are estimated at 4 million in
the U.S., can access extensive information on hepatitis, treatment options, and
support services.  The site also includes live chats with experts in the field,
message boards for patients that want to discuss their disease, and news about
research studies and findings related to hepatitis.

Priority Healthcare also offers extensive disease information on cancer,
multiple sclerosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension.
The patient education portals are located on the web at
http://www.priorityneighborhoods.com/

About Priority Healthcare Corporation

Priority Healthcare Corporation is a national specialty pharmacy and distributor
that provides biopharmaceuticals, complex therapies, and related disease
treatment services.  Priority Healthcare provides comprehensive programs for
patients, payers, physicians, and pharmaceutical manufacturers for a growing
number of disease states including cancer, hepatitis C, respiratory and
pulmonary conditions, infertility, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, multiple
sclerosis, and macular degeneration.  Additional information regarding Priority
Healthcare is available at http://www.priorityhealthcare.com/

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