HealthStream to Deliver Learning Solutions to Texas-based Healthcare System
Nashville, Tenn. (Feb. 23, 2006)—HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM), a leading provider of learning solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that Texas Health Resources (THR), a 13-hospital health system serving north central Texas, will deliver specific online training through linkage with HealthStream's Internet-based HealthStream Learning Center™ (HLC). The agreement extends through August of 2009 for THR's 16,000+ employees across their 13 hospital facilities.
"We are pleased to welcome the Texas Health Resources system to our network of hospital customers. They embody our vision to improve the quality of healthcare by improving the quality and accessibility of healthcare education," said Robert A. Frist, Chief Executive Officer, HealthStream.
About HealthStream
HealthStream (NASDAQ: HSTM) is a leading provider of learning solutions for the healthcare industry. Approximately 1.3 million healthcare professionals are currently contracted to learn on the Internet-based HealthStream Learning Center™, HealthStream's learning platform. The Company's learning products and services are used by healthcare organizations to meet the full range of their training needs, while concurrently supporting business objectives. Once subscribed to the Healthcare Learning Center™, customers benefit from increased compliance, reduced risks, and improved learning effectiveness. In addition, HealthStream has pioneered a new collaboration with leading pharmaceutical and medical device companies to assist them in product launch and market education initiatives within the Company's nationwide network of hospital customers. (www.healthstream.com)
About Texas Health Resources
Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care delivery systems in the United States. The 13-hospital system is the largest in North Texas in terms of patients served and includes Harris Methodist Hospitals, Arlington Memorial Hospital and Presbyterian Healthcare System. Texas Health Resources won the American Hospital Association's "Most Wired Innovator Award" for the last two years and has been listed in their "Top 100 Most Wired" list for the last six consecutive years. For more information about Texas Health Resources, visit www.texashealth.org
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