BLUE BELL, PA, March 29, 2000 — (NYSE: ΑET) Aetna U.S. Healthcare announced today that it has acquired all outside ownership in InteliHealth, its award-winning online health information subsidiary, as the company moves to a broader Internet strategy. The company is in discussions with one of the nation’s leading academic medical institutions, which would anchor expanded medical content on the InteliHealth website, and intends to announce this alliance shortly. InteliHealth plans to expand its professional services network, develop new health content and information on the site focusing on the health needs of children and minorities, and create a special Hispanic section.
"InteliHealth has built an extremely strong brand in the world of multimedia consumer health information and services," said Michael J. Cardillo, president of Aetna U.S. Healthcare, parent company of InteliHealth. "We anticipate that InteliHealth, which provides more than 2 million pages of health-related content to well over 1 million visitors a month, will expand services beyond its existing base and further develop its award-winning health content. InteliHealth is a critical component of our overall Internet strategy, which includes a companywide initiative to place the Internet at the center of all business transactions. We will use the Internet to empower consumers, health care professionals and plan sponsors with reliable health information, products and services."
InteliHealth (www.intelihealth.com), an Internet company, delivers content through an in-house editorial staff and licensing agreements with more than 400 major broadcast, print and interactive media outlets. InteliHealth also works with more than 150 top health organizations - including the National Institutes of Health -- key health associations and major medical publishing companies. InteliHealth is the winner of the 1999 Webby Award for "best health site on the Internet," has been nominated for the 2000 Webby Award and has been called by Newsweek "altogether the best health site on the Web." In addition, the InteliHealth Healthy Home catalog and online store (www.intelihealth.com/store) offer top-quality health care products to more than 1 million consumers a month. InteliHealth and InteliHealth Healthy Home are registered trademarks of InteliHealth Inc.
