JanB
-----Original Message-----
From: Sapient Health Network <support(AT)shn.net>
Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 1:49 AM
Subject: Your Services
>
>Dear SHN Member,
>
>We would like to be the first to share with you some very exciting news
>regarding Sapient Health Network. SHN this week agreed to merge with a
>highly reputable company from Atlanta, GA called WebMD (www.webmd.com).
>The merger is effective immediately, giving SHN the capabilities to
>expand our services to members more rapidly.
>
>WebMD is building a service for doctors that will bring more medical
>professionals onto the Internet than ever before, and SHN wishes to be a
>part of bringing medical professionals and consumers together. SHN's
>unique technologies will be used to build doctor and nurse communities
>similar to the patient communities you know and trust.
>
>In addition, WebMD is as dedicated as SHN is to building a top quality
>information and support service for patients. Our combined companies
>will continue to provide a high quality service to our members,
>including our strong commitment to the privacy of medical information on
>the Internet. Your user names and passwords will remain as they are, and
>our existing Terms and Conditions will continue to be in force. We
>intend to accelerate the building of new condition-specific communities
>through 1999 as well as adding more general interest services regarding
>your health. Look for great things to come your way throughout this
>coming year.
>
>Thank you very much for your support of SHN so far. Everyone here at
>SHN is very proud to bring you the most powerful health information and
>support services available on the web. And we're also very excited
>about what the future holds for all of us.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>James Kean
>Co-founder, President & CEO
>
>William J. Kelly
>Co-founder, Executive Vice President
>
>