Forum Health Selects Innis Maggiore Group

CANFIELD, Ohio (January 12, 2005) -- Innis Maggiore Group, an advertising and public relations firm, today announced that Forum Health has retained the agency for a multi-faceted marketing communications program. Terms were not disclosed.

"Our plans to grow our market share and deliver on The Forum Promise require a strong agency that understands health care marketing and knows the community, and Innis Maggiore excels in both areas," said John Gonda, director, marketing and public relations at Forum.

Forum Health, the Mahoning Valley's leader in providing patient centered medical care, operates Northside Medical Center, Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Tod Children's Hospital, Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital, Austintown Medical Park, Beeghly Medical Park, Elm Road Medical Park and Forum Health at Home. Forum recently received several 5-Star rankings from the Community Healthcare Coalition's consumer guide to hospital quality, further recognizing its high levels of quality care.

Innis Maggiore Group is an advertising and public relations firm with nearly 50 associates at offices in Canton and Youngstown, Ohio. The company more than doubled in size between 2000 and 2004, when capitalized billings exceeded $27 million. In 2004, Advertising Age ranked Innis Maggiore the fastest-growing agency in northeastern Ohio for the third straight year. In addition to Forum Health, key clients include Aultman Health Foundation, England Custom Furniture Direct, Flower Factory, NEOUCOM, Nickles Bakery, Parker Hannifin, Progressive Foam Technologies, Republic Engineered Products and Smithers-Oasis Co.

Innis Maggiore is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Direct Marketing Association, the National Investor Relations Institute and the Public Relations Society of America.