May 22, 2003.... NEW YORK.... "Pain Management Education: Healthy Outcomes" undertaken by The Health Television System Inc. (HTS) has been chosen as a key lecture presentation for the 25 Anniversary American Academy of Family Physicians Patient Education Conference in San Antonio Texas.

Report authors Leanne Worsfold and Anne Williams will showcase groundbreaking pre and post viewing results that prove the impact of education on receiving proper pain management, as well as the title, Managing Pain: There's lots to gain" - produced by HTS as a basis of this initiative.

"Managing Pain: there's lots to gain" was produced in collaboration with the largest consumer advocacy group, The American Pain Foundation, the largest healthcare accrediting body, Joint Commission Resources and 16 teaching hospitals:

• Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, CA
• Hospital for Special Surgery, Buffalo, NY
• Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY
• NY Harbor Healthcare, NY, NY
• Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• NY Presbyterian -Allen NY, NY
• NY Presbyterian -Greenberg NY, NY
• NY Presbyterian -Millstein NY, NY
• Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's, Chicago, IL
• St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
• Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
• Southwest Washington, Vancouver, WA
• The Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
• University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
• University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
• West LA VA, Los Angeles, CA

Pain Management National Survey overall results, abstract and "Pain Management Education: Healthy Outcome" summary brochures are available upon request.

The Health Television System Inc. (HTS) is North America's Premiere direct-to--patient television network, exclusively providing the most current patient education to top ranked hospitals across North America.

A privately owned company with offices in New York and Toronto, Canada, The Health Television System Inc. has been established and utilized since 1993.