Care2Learn to Distribute Web-based Long-term Care Curriculum through HealthStreams National Network of Healthcare Organizations
Care2Learn.com, a leading online continuing education provider for healthcare professionals working in long-term care facilities, announces today that their extensive long-term care curriculum will be offered through HealthStreams (NASDAQ: HSTM) national network of healthcare organizations.
Care2Learn.com, a leading online continuing education provider for healthcare professionals working in long-term care facilities, announces today that their extensive long-term care curriculum will be offered through HealthStreams (NASDAQ: HSTM) national network of healthcare organizations. HealthStream, a leading provider of learning solutions for the healthcare industry, will offer 758 hours of accredited courseware from Care2Learn to enhance its e-learning service offered to the 2.5 million healthcare professionals working in the long-term care segment of the healthcare industry.
The addition of Care2Learns courseware further supports our strategy to offer premier e-learning solutions to long-term care facilities. Their range of disciplines and superb quality of content made Care2Learn an ideal partner for HealthStream," said Michael Pote, senior vice president, HealthStream.
The agreement with HealthStream calls for a comprehensive introduction of Care2Learns substantial curriculum—with tentative plans for the first phase of 758 hours to be available on HealthStreams ASP-based Healthcare Learning Center by the first quarter, 2002. An additional 300 hours of online training will be introduced as they are produced by Care2Learn. The first phase of the accredited long-term care curriculum is currently comprised of 13 disciplines—including Nursing Home Administrator, Registered Dietitian, Physical Therapy, and Certified Disability Management Specialists, among others.
I am proud of the top-rate online curriculum that Care2Learn has developed for healthcare professionals. To reach those healthcare professionals, however, HealthStreams growing national network of over 20% of healthcare organizations is our distribution solution. Partnering with HealthStream, we now have instant, national deployment of our curriculum," said Laura More, Partner, Care2Learn.
About Care2Learn
Care2Learn.com is the website for the Florida corporation Online HealthNow. Founded in 2000 by clinical managers from the long term care rehabilitation industry, the mission of Care2Learn is to provide healthcare professionals with online Continuing Education that is engaging, affordable, and easy to use. Care2Learn has accredited Continuing Education for 13 healthcare disciplines, and more planned for 2002. Care2Learn serves healthcare professionals nationally as well as internationally, with armed forces healthcare personnel maintaining their licensure from Germany, France, and other US military locations. Visit Care2Learn at www.care2learn.com.
About HealthStream
HealthStream, Inc., based in Nashville, Tennessee, with offices in Denver and Raleigh, is a leading provider of e-learning solutions for the healthcare industry.
Healthcare organizations use HealthStreams e-learning solutions to improve learning, increase compliance, and enhance organizational effectiveness for nurses, technicians, staff workers, physicians, and all clinical and non-clinical healthcare employees throughout the enterprise. Pharmaceutical and medical device companies use HealthStreams e-learning solutions to launch educational programs and reach healthcare professionals. Content providers use HealthStreams e-learning solutions to expand the reach of their programs worldwide. Healthcare portals for professionals use HealthStreams e-learning solutions to provide an instant, co-branded e-learning Web site for their users. HealthStream can be visited on the Web at www.healthstream.com.
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