Hometown Health Network Nearly Doubles in Last Year

Online, September 28, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Twenty on board, five to go. The Villages and Lake County, Florida area residents can now get valuable insight into Assisted Living care for seniors and pain management options with the recent addition of Waterman Village and Central Florida Pain Management to the Hometown Health network (http://www.yourhometownhealth.com).

With the addition of these two health and medical providers, the award winning video program is nearly at capacity for medical categories.

Locally produced Hometown Health offers news and insight from Lake County and The Villages area medical experts participating in this specialty-exclusive network of professionals. The program is updated monthly with new health and medical content, featuring the local professionals. In addition to the video programming, the content is available at YourHometownHealth.com.

When Hometown Health was launched in March 2009, company president Marc Robertz-Schwartz preset the maximum number of specialties at 25 in order to keep the program to an hour in order to maintain its commitment to quality while providing in-depth and helpful information to viewers.

"Our medical experts are able to share their expertise, passions and their commitment to the community through our programming," said Robertz-Schwartz. "That empowers their patients and prospective clients by giving them really good insight into the people who are providing health care in the area. There is no other hyper-local multimedia resource available to help consumers learn about health issues and providers who can help."

The Hometown Health network of medical professionals now includes 20 specialists and the program airs on 45 screens across Lake County and The Villages.

Participants in the Hometown Health network include Lake Ear, Nose, Throat & Facial Plastic Surgery Associates, the Pulmonary Group of Central Florida, Advanced Nursing Concepts, Alani Medical Spa, Veins Florida, All Coast Therapy, Lake County Oncology & Hematology, Florida Hospital Waterman Center for Medical Imaging, Florida Hospital Waterman Digital Mammography Services, Gulfcoast Spine Institute , Allergy, Sinus & Asthma Family Health Center, Tri County Podiatry, Ram Eye Care Center, Mesos Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center, Advanced Gastroenterology and Surgical Associates, Mr. Handyman, Waterman Village and Central Florida Pain Management.

Additionally, Hometown Health has a media partnership with Heartbeat Radio for Women, WRHB 1410 AM and also airs Saturdays, at 11 a.m. and Sundays at noon on LakeFront TV (Comcast Ch. 22, Florida Cable Ch. 4, and Bright House Ch. 199) as well as reception areas at the Lake county Health Department offices and the Florida Hospital Waterman Community Primary Health Clinic.

New video features, articles and specialist content are added every month to the existing archive on www.YourHometownHealth.com.

Hometown Health TV, LLC is headquartered in the Leesburg Incubator as a member of the Leesburg Business & Technology Center (LBTC) program which identifies startup companies in the community provides business and marketing services to ensure their growth. LBTC participants go through an extensive admissions process and must meet ongoing requirements throughout the three year program.