SAN FRANCISCO and WATERTOWN, Mass., May 23, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- athenahealth, Inc., the premier provider of web-based software, knowledge, and services for medical practices and ON24, the leading webcast and multimedia communication solutions provider, today announced that they have signed a Master Services Agreement to produce a series of webcasts using ON24's Webcast Center platform.
"athenahealth is constantly looking for new and effective ways to communicate our industry-unique services for medical groups," said Todd Park, chief development officer and co-founder of athenahealth. "ON24 was the only company to combine the event customization and branding with full services event production and comprehensive reporting required to meet our standards."
Under the agreement, ON24 will produce a series of audio webcasts that athenahealth will use to improve communications with its customers and partners. athenahealth plans to host three events monthly to present the company's solutions that help streamline medical office business processes.
"We are proud to welcome one of America's fastest growing private companies to our family of customers," said Sharat Sharan, President and CEO at ON24. "athenahealth is the leader in their field and known for their innovation. Webcasting is the best and most timely way for innovative companies to communicate directly with their markets."
About ON24, Inc.
ON24 is the global leader of webcasting and video communications solutions. More than 500 leading companies including Cardinal Health, Cisco Systems, CMP Media, Credit Suisse, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems use ON24 for activities such as lead generation, internal communications, conferences and events, product launches, sales training, continuing professional education, and executive announcements. Based in San Francisco, the privately held company was founded in 1998.
Companies interested in learning more about ON24's complete line of webcasting solutions can call 415.369.8000 or send inquiries to solutions@on24.com.
"A World of Webcasting Solutions. One Webcasting Provider"(tm) -- is a trademark of ON24.
About athenahealth
athenahealth provides the only physician revenue and clinical cycle management offering that integrates web-based practice management and EMR software, continually updated payor knowledge, and back office processing specialists into a single service. The results are faster payment at lower cost, increased patient care, higher revenue retention and less hassle for the more than 7,000 providers using athenahealth nationwide. The company collects close to $2 billion on behalf of its clients annually. athenahealth is dedicated to helping providers make optimum use of their time, ultimately improving the quality of service delivered and the financial reward for it.
For more information about athenahealth, visit our Web site at www.athenahealth.com or call 888.652.8200.