2015 Aesculapius Award Recipients Announced

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The recipient of the 2015 Aesculapius Award of Excellence for health related websites is:

COPD Foundation
www.COPD360social.org

A panel of judges, representing the health care, web publishing, and multimedia fields, evaluated entries. The annual award is named for the ancient Greek god of healing, Aesculapius. This award was established by the Health Improvement Institute, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization based in Bethesda, Maryland, to promote informed consumer lifestyle choices and health care decisions.

"People need reliable information about lifestyle and health care choices presented in an appealing way. The Aesculapius Award is designed to promote and to encourage excellence in the communication of good information about healthy lifestyles, disease prevention, and health care treatments," said Dr. Goldschmidt. "This year's awards continue the very high standard of creativity and quality that we have seen since the awards began. We are delighted by the wide variety of organizations that chose to submit entries this year. We congratulate the winners of our Award of Excellence." - Dr. Peter G. Goldschmidt, President of the Health Improvement Institute.

About Health Improvement Institute
Health Improvement Institute is a non-profit, tax exempt, 501(c)3, charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality and productivity of America's health care. The Institute's principal program objective is to provide information to enable people to make informed health care choices. The Institute establishes guidelines, evaluates the quality of health information on the Internet, conducts forums and workshops, and sponsors national awards programs to recognize excellence. For more information, visit www.hii.org.

For more information about 2016 Aesculapius Award, please contact the Award Coordinator at 301-320-0965 or by email at [email protected].

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SOURCE Health Improvement Institute

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