 Ascension Healthcare Working with American Well to Offer Online Web Visits - 6-2-2010 12:01:25
<p>American Well began their first pilot program in Hawaii and since then has expanded into additional areas.  United Healthcare has also chosen American Well as a <a href="http://www.americanwell.com/index.html"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_v3zjJigoAPE/S20dlFQs8OI/AAAAAAAAcZY/JAipa4Aqm2s/image%5B19%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="240" height="85" /></a>partner and has been soliciting for physicians to join their network for a few months now.  Ascension offers care at ov more »
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N.Y. Health Insurers To Offer Virtual Doc Visits - 11-3-2010 15:18:21
Two insurance organizations in upstate New York said on Wednesday that they will offer their members and employers virtual physician visits beginning this summer, making New York the fourth state to provide these types of services. BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, BlueShield of Northeastern New York and technology services provider American Well said the Online Care service will allow members to talk with physicians in real time through a private online chat network or through a voice-over-IP phone call. more »
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Average American Visits 115 Domains/Month - 3-3-2009 11:41:17
The average online American went online 62 times, visited 115 domains, viewed 2,580 web pages and spent nearly 75 hours online in January 2009, according to (pdf) data from Nielsen Online, which... more »
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Online Healthcare in Hawaii - 17-1-2009 22:21:02
Starting on Thursday, residents of Hawaii will be able to pay a flat fee for a 10-minute online visit with a doctor.(Credit: American Well) For people in Hawaii, going to see the doctor just got as easy as booting up their PC. The state is the first to offer online... more »
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SPOTLIGHT: More Americans going online to find health information - 15-6-2009 13:50:19
Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project and the California HealthCare Foundation released a report that shows 61 percent of Americans have searched the web for health information. However, despite the rise in online social networking and status update websites, few people are using them to exchange health information, according to the report. Article more »
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Trend: Health plans expanding online physician connection options - 17-8-2009 2:05:01
For a while, e-visits between physicians were little more than an intriguing idea. Aside from a few pioneering doctors who set up web-based e-visit technology on their own, few doctors had given the approach a try. Now, however, the notion is becoming more mainstream, with major insurers even reimbursing for these services. Generally speaking, such visits tend to be less expensive than in-office visits, paying doctors $25 to $35 with an average $10 patient co-payment.
For example, insurers Aetna and Cigna use service RelayHealth to offer online consultations to their members. RelayHealth asks patients to answer a questionnaire about their symptoms, then sends a report to their more »
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Online Best Practice Programs Help Healthcare Providers Overcome Travel Restrictions - 20-10-2009 7:00:00
With business travel budgets expected to remain tight through 2010, online clinical best practice programs may offer the healthcare industry its best educational value, according to Sara McMannus, Program Manager of GE Healthcare's Global Clinical Best Practice Education. "Vendor-neutral, online programs provide education on-demand at a fraction of the cost of travel-based programs," she said. more »
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More dialogue about sex and relationships needed at gynecological visits - 15-12-2009 5:00:00
Visits to a gynecologist or midwife are generally associated with different tests and/or prescriptions for contraceptives, but could offer so much more. Women, doctors and midwives are agreed that gynecological visits presents great opportunities for dialogue about sexual health, reveals research from Sweden. more »
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LISTEN project: Evidence-based Nursing practice - 12-12-2008 20:33:30
People working in healthcare or related to healthcare must enter the web 2.0 era whether they like it or not.
Patients (the so-called e-patients) are finding their ways to enter it.
Medical students and educators seem to be quite ready as well.
Nurses have maybe the best community online (huge nursing blogosphere, Twitter groups, communtiy sites, etc.). Here [...] more »
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SPOTLIGHT: AMA to offer online access to Isabel diagnosis decision support - 14-12-2009 16:25:28
The American Medical Association will offer the Isabel Pro diagnosis decision support system through the its new, web-based health IT platform. The system, from Reston, Va.-based Isabel Healthcare, grew out of a serious misdiagnosis that nearly killed co-founder Jason Maude's three-year-old daughter, Isabel, a decade ago. Rather than sue, Maude joined with attending physician Dr. Joseph Britto to develop and market diagnosis decision support software. U.S. physicians do not need to be AMA members to access the system via the platform, which will go online early next year. It's currently being beta-tested in Michigan. more »
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American Academy Of Ophthalmology To Offer Epocrates Products To Members - 15-4-2009 14:00:00
The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced it reached an agreement with Epocrates®, Inc., a leading developer of clinical information and decision support tools for healthcare professionals. Academy members will now have access to Epocrates' online database of drug and disease information directly through the Academy's Ophthalmic News and Education (O.N.E.™) Network. more »
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Video: Maxwell: Ascension - 10-7-2009 14:32:53
R&B singer Maxwell performs the song "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) from his 1996 album "Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite." more »
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NHS / US healthcare compared - 15-8-2009 16:44:25
Tony has already turned up this very worthwile and balanced contribution to the debate in the comments, but it bears repeating I think: This American’s Experience of Britain’s Healthcare System
I can sum up my experience of the British and American healthcare systems in one simple sentence: given a choice between the two systems, I’d [...] more »
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Patient, Clinician Perspectives Critical To Successful Design Of Comparative Effectiveness Research - 13-5-2009 13:00:00
Patient and clinician perspectives must be involved in Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to ensure findings are balanced and offer a sound direction and design, The National Working Group on Evidence-Based Healthcare (Working Group) said today. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act enacted in February includes a major expansion of comparative effectiveness research, investing $1. more »
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Healthy Choices: Nine Healthcare Bloggers Worth a Click - 1-10-2009 17:27:46
by Anne Zieger, FierceHealthcare
As any web user knows, there are thousands of healthcare bloggers out there. But of course, all blogs are not made equal. Some offer that soupcon of personality, great insider insights or just the ability to make us laugh at ourselves in a way few of their peers do. And those are the blogs (and tweets) worth putting on your must-read list.
We've compiled a list of nin more »
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The High Cost of Healthcare, Part 3 (These Days) - 5-8-2009 18:54:32
How do we make a healthcare system that meets the needs of the American public? We'll look at various proposals for reforming healthcare. more »
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American College Of Radiology Uses McKesson Solution To Offer Acclaimed Learning Library Online - 5-6-2009 12:00:00
Using McKesson's Horizon Study Share™ reference case solution, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has made its entire library of ACR Learning File® images and content available online as a Web-hosted archive to ACR members and others in the field. more »
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Calendar: Tufts Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication - 29-5-2009 14:27:06
Enroll in the Tufts Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication, to learn how you can help healthcare organizations develop and implement Web strategies to drive the success of their online presence. Healthcare organizations are faced with an ever... more »
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Your Guide To Finding Healthcare Information - 4-7-2009 2:32:02
<strong>by: Dakota Caudilla</strong><br /><br />The Internet is a wealthy source of information and if you’re looking for healthcare information, the Internet can be a resourceful vehicle for you to find reliable and trustworthy guides and advice on healthcare products and supplies. It all depends on how you find the information and who is dispensing the healthcare information.<br /><br />If used properly, the Internet allows us to find healthcare information quickly and easily. Many website owners provide free healthcare information on a wide range of topics like diseases, health conditions, therapies, medical products and symptoms of diseases, etc. Lists more »
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Virtual Doctors Visits Satisfactory For Both Patients And Clinicians - 15-5-2009 12:00:00
Travelers book plane tickets online, bank customers can check their accounts at any computer, and busy families can grocery shop online. Someday, even doctor visits could be among the conveniences offered via the Internet. more »
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