CheckUp Software Partnership Announced
Public-Private Partnership Supports HealthyKansas initiative

A computer software product that helps individuals plan and manage their health activities is now available free exclusively to Kansans thanks to a public-private partnership in support of the HealthyKansas initiative, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby announced today.

CheckUp, The Complete Personal Health Manager, is a powerful and secure product created by Checkupsoftware.com, a division of Innovision Corporation, Lenexa. CheckUp is now available for download on the HealthyKansas Web site through a cooperative agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to support HealthyKansas. The software download is available at http://www.healthykansas.org/healthy_stuff.html.   

This is just one step in the Governor’s plan for a more HealthyKansas. “CheckUp reflects the wave of the future for personal healthcare management,” Sebelius said. “It’s a simple program, that’s easy to use and helps individuals set and track their health goals and manage their health histories.”

Secretary Bremby praised Innovision for embracing a public-private partnership and for serving as another example of a Kansas company creating jobs for a healthy state economy as well as sharing their successes to help all residents. Bill Cary, Innovision CEO, shares that philosophy.

“We are excited to provide CheckUp to Kansas residents,” Cary said.  “Our research indicates that people are eager for products that motivate them to examine their health status and make positive changes. CheckUp will help Kansans take charge of their lives with a wide range of tools that help organize information ranging from a medication log to monitoring activities and diet behavior.”

HealthyKansas is about encouraging children in schools, adults in the workplace and seniors in their community to make simple, but powerful lifestyle changes, including:

• Increasing physical activity to 30 minutes a day, five to six times each week;
• Eating healthy, including eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily; and
• Eliminating or significantly reducing tobacco use.

Governor Sebelius launched the HealthyKansas initiative in November 2004 as a comprehensive effort to control health care costs, improve the quality of health care and raise awareness of the dangers of obesity in children and adults.

“I urge all Kansans to join me in taking the HealthyKansas pledge to make a change for better health,” she said.

To learn more about how you can make healthy changes, or to complete an on-line pledge card, log onto - www.healthykansas.org.

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