Wendy Johnson Joins FierceMarkets Healthcare Team

WASHINGTON, DC - September 9, 2009 - FierceMarkets (http://www.fiercemarkets.com) today announced that it has added veteran industry journalist Wendy Johnson to lead the company’s healthcare team as part of its continued expansion and growth in the healthcare market. Johnson joins the company as group publisher.

A seasoned journalist and editor with more than 17 years of experience, Johnson previously served as Executive Editor for DecisionHealth and editor for HCPro. Working exclusively in healthcare publishing for the past 12 years, she has written and edited dozens of books for healthcare professionals on the topics of healthcare compliance, risk reduction, reimbursement, safety and quality improvement.

Johnson will oversee Fierce’s entire healthcare portfolio including the company’s flagship publication, FierceHealthcare, as well as FierceHealthIT, FierceHealthFinance, FierceMobileHealthcare, FierceEMR, and Hospital Impact, which have a combined readership of more than 122,000. She will be responsible for launching new titles, developing industry partnerships, and helping to identify new sources for revenue and audience acquisition.

"I am thrilled to be joining the team at FierceMarkets," said Johnson. "Fierce has an impressive presence in the healthcare community and I'm honored to be a part of such a well-respected team. I look forward to the challenge of helping this group continue its already impressive tradition of growth."

"We are pleased to welcome Wendy to the FierceMarkets team," said Sean Griffey, President of FierceMarkets. "She is extremely talented, knowledgeable, and insightful. We look forward to benefiting from her extensive knowledge and industry expertise as we continue to expand the healthcare vertical here at Fierce."

Johnson can be reached directly at wjohnson@fiercemarkets.com

About FierceMarkets

FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media, provides information and marketing services in the Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Healthcare, IT, and Finance industries through its portfolio of e-mail newsletters, Web sites, webinars, and live events. Every business day, FierceMarkets' wide array of publications reaches more than 900,000 executives in over 100 countries. Current publications include: FierceBiotech; FierceBiotech Research; FierceBiotechIT; FierceBroadbandWireless; FierceCIO; FierceCIO:TechWatch; FierceContentManagement; FierceDeveloper; FierceEMR; FierceFinance; FierceFinanceIT; FierceGovernmentIT; FierceHealthcare; FierceHealthIT; FierceHealthFinance; FierceIPTV; FierceMobileContent; FierceMobileHealthcare; FierceMobileIT; FiercePharma; FiercePharma Manufacturing; FierceSarbox; FierceTelecom; FierceOnlineVideo; FierceVaccines; FierceVoIP; FierceWireless; FierceWireless:Europe; and Hospital Impact.