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"Healthwise(R) Handbook" Brings Home the "Gold"
Healthwise Information Recognized as the Best in Consumer Health Information
| Source: Healthwise
BOISE, ID--(Marketwire - October 2, 2007) - The "Healthwise Handbook," a self-care guide for
families, has won a Gold Award from the 2007 National Health Information
Awards Program. The "Healthwise Handbook" was chosen from more than 1,000
entries judged by a national panel of health information experts. No other
book in the health promotion class received a gold award.
"It's like winning an Olympic gold," said Donald W. Kemper, Healthwise
founder and CEO, and author of the book. "Our Healthwise book team outdid
themselves this time."
The National Health Information Awards Program is coordinated by the Health
Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health
information programs and materials. This awards program, the most
comprehensive of its kind, recognizes the best consumer health information
in materials and programs from organizations throughout the nation.
"Since 1975, the "Healthwise Handbook" has gone through 17 editions on the
way to selling over 30 million copies worldwide," said Kemper. "But the
17th edition has set a new standard for health books. For hundreds of the
most common health problems, it presents in plain language what you can do
for yourself and how best to manage the care you need."
The Healthwise family of self-care guides -- "Healthwise Handbook,"
"Healthwise for Life," and "La salud en casa: Guía práctica de Healthwise"
-- has been recently redesigned, reorganized, and produced in full color.
Written in plain language and designed with the consumer in mind,
Healthwise self-care guides help people know what to do at home and when to
call a doctor. The printed self-care books also include Go-to-Web codes
that point people to more in-depth information in the online Healthwise
Knowledgebase.
Through the years, Healthwise publications have won numerous awards.
Recently, "Healthwise for Life" won an Association of Medical Illustrators
certificate of merit for its medical illustrations.
About Healthwise
Healthwise is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make
better health decisions. Nearly 100 million times a year, people turn to
Healthwise information to learn how to do more for themselves, ask for the
care they need, and say "no" to the care they don't need. Healthwise
partners with health plans, hospitals, disease management companies, and
health Web sites to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information to the
people they serve. To learn more about the Healthwise Information Therapy
(Ix®) Solution, visit www.healthwise.org or call 1.800.706.9646.
Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo
are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.
© 2007 Healthwise, Incorporated.