April 14, 2000

OPEN MINDS Makes On-line Ordering Available to Customers

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – OPEN MINDS, a research and consulting firm that specializes in behavioral health and social services, is now offering on-line ordering to its customers. "In our continual effort to be responsive to our customers over the Year 2000, OPEN MINDS will be rolling out a wide range of new technologies to provide our customers with better, faster, and more convenient access to the information that shapes our field. The first step in this process is the on-line ordering system that we are launching this week," states Monica E. Oss, President of OPEN MINDS.

The on-line ordering process is very simple, all browsers have to do is visit the OPEN MINDS Web site at http://www.openminds.com, click on the product(s) that they want to order and fill out the appropriate information. Products offered on the Web site include OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst, OPEN MINDS Advisor, RFP HotLine Service, On-Line News Service and all OPEN MINDS research and consulting publications. In addition to ordering OPEN MINDS products, customers will now be able to register for the OPEN MINDS Institutes on-line.

"In the weeks and months ahead, customers can expect to see a range of new on-line features including: downloading of our books and articles, expansion of our Web site reference library, web-enabled access to our renowned industry databases, and a wide range of new survey information available on-line and via CD-ROM. All of these efforts are our small part in preparing the leaders of the behavioral health and social services fields for the new millennium," says Ms. Oss.

The Web site not only offers OPEN MINDS products, but is a source of information for the behavioral healthcare industry. The Web site features access to the OPEN MINDS library, Hot News in the behavioral healthcare industry, a listing of professional opportunities and an Industry Calendar of Events.

OPEN MINDS was founded in 1987 to provide information products, research and consultation on the financing and delivery of behavioral health and social services. The company publishes two print newsletters -- OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health Industry Analyst, and OPEN MINDS Advisor, The Management Newsletter for the Behavioral Health & Social Service Fields and one electronic newsletter, OPEN MINDS On-Line News Service. In addition, the firm publishes monographs on behavioral health and social service topics, operates a fax information service, has developed professional education programs on managed care, behavioral health and social service topics, and consults to a wide array of behavioral health and social service professional/provider organizations, corporations, managed care and health insurance organizations, professional associations, and state/county/municipal government clients.

For more information on on-line ordering, contact: OPEN MINDS, 10 York Street, Suite 200,Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-2301, 717-334-1329, fax: 717-334-0538, E-mail: openminds@openminds.com or visit our web site at http://www.openminds.com.