Health Data Management Wins Best Online News Award

NEW YORK, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Data Management, a SourceMedia publication and the health care information technology authority, was again honored with the 2005 Gold Award for Best Online News Section by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE).

This marks the fourth consecutive year that Health Data Management's online news has been singled out in the ASHPE awards competition as the best online news source in the health care industry. The award supports Health Data Management as a leader in health care information technology, and distinguishes its news coverage as the best in the entire field of health care publishing.

Health Data Management was also honored by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors with the society's Silver Award for Best Overall Web Publication. These two awards come on the heels of Health Data Management magazine being named among the top 25 English-language business magazines (all industries) in the world by Trade, Association and Business Publications International.

"The ASHPE awards support our continual goal of providing incomparable news coverage of the very highest integrity", said Bill Siwicki, Health Data Management's editorial director. "We couldn't have created this online news quality without the best editorial team in the industry." The Health Data Management news team includes managing editor Greg Gillespie, senior editor and research director Bill Briggs, senior editor Beckie Kelly Schuerenberg, and news editor Joe Goedert.

The American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors' annual awards program was established to recognize editorial excellence and achievement in health care publications.

About Health Data Management and SourceMedia, Inc.

Health Data Management is a monthly magazine that provides in-depth coverage of health care information technology strategies. Its award-winning Web site, http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/, provides twice-daily news updates. Its e-newsletter, HDM Week, offers news summaries every Tuesday and Friday. A sister Web site, http://www.mobilehealthdata.com/, and e-newsletter provide timely news coverage on the use of hand-held technologies in health care.

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CONTACT: Howard Anderson of Health Data Management, +1-312-983-6112, orhoward.anderson@sourcemedia.com; or Heather M. O'Leary of SourceMedia,+1-212-803-8527, heather.o'leary@sourcemedia.com