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HEALINX LAUNCHES THE INTERNET'S FIRST FREE, SECURE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Enables Users to Navigate the New World of
Online Physician-Patient Interaction
eHealthcare World '99, New York, November 3, 1999 – Healinx Corporation today announced the launch of the first commercially available Web-based doctor-patient messaging system. Designed as a "physician extender," the Healinx system enables physicians to meet the growing demand to communicate online with their patients, enhances physician/patient relationships, reduces patient care costs and increases physician and office productivity. Unlike other online health-related products and services, Healinx provides a vehicle for personal, ongoing dialogue between physicians and patients.
"The $1 trillion U.S. healthcare industry is on the verge of a cultural revolution, and the Internet is driving it," said Assaf Morag, MD, CEO, Healinx Corporation. "Over 29% of the U.S. population has already gone online to search for medical information, treatment news and online diagnoses. But what they really want to find on the Internet is a way to stay in touch with their own doctor."
Free to both physicians and patients, Healinx offers the only system available today that allows patients to communicate online with their own physician, schedule appointments, request prescriptions, refills and referrals to specialists, engage consultation and access their medical profile online.
Hundreds of patients and physicians are already using the Healinx system, and the numbers are growing rapidly. Healinx has been field-tested and validated by a recently completed three-month pilot program.
"Managed Care requirements are constantly reducing communication time with my patients," commented Dr. Michael Sagatelian, gastroentrologist, Charleston, SC. "Healinx allows me to increase communication and make patients feel they are getting my personal attention, while generating incremental revenue and cutting costs."
Designed to Streamline Doctor-Patient Communications
Combining database and Internet technology with industry expertise and physician and patient input, the Healinx system is rapidly becoming the industry standard in doctor-patient online communication. The patent-pending Healinx system includes a workflow tool that mimics the physician's existing practice environment. Incoming patient messages are automatically routed to effectively delegate workload. The unique message templates generated by the system "on-the-fly" drastically reduce typing for both patients and physicians. In addition, the communication is more concise and accurate, reducing the need for time-consuming back and forth conversations, and virtually eliminating "phone tag," chart pulls and prescription call-ins.
"The operation of a medical clinic revolves around exchanges between physicians and patients," said Theresa Mazich, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Healinx Corporation. "With the Healinx system, this communication is streamlined and simplified. We work within the standard operating procedures of most medical practices, thereby offering a convenient, easy-to-use, non-intrusive productivity tool that actually improves doctor-patient relationships while reducing patient care costs."
The Healinx system incorporates state-of-the-art security and privacy, and is fully compliant with healthcare industry guidelines. While traditional computerized patient records require costly and time-consuming entry of patient medical records, the Healinx system allows patients to build their own medical profile with physician verification. With each incoming message the vital information from the patient's record is displayed for physician review, significantly reducing the need for costly chart pulls. Healinx allows physicians to issue electronic prescriptions over the Web--reducing inefficient paper and telephone prescriptions--and to deliver customized patient education broadcasts, contributing to increased wellness and compliance, as well as quenching patients' thirst for information about their health.
About eHealthcare WorldeHealthcare World, an eMarket World event taking place November 3-5 in New York City, will bring together all segments of the healthcare industry to participate in a broad examination of the role of the Internet and how it is changing medicine. Constituencies represented will include the online industry, physicians, academics, advertising/marketing and publishing, patients, payers, and pharmaceuticals and device manufacturers.
eHealthcare World is produced and managed by Richmond Virginia-based eMarket World, (formerly known as ConEx Marketing Inc.), founded in 1994. Promising to provide the most comprehensive series of events covering all aspects of Web commerce, eMarket World has plans for 55 conferences over the next 18 months. The plans include developing individual conferences targeted to eight vertical industries.
About Healinx
Healinx Corporation is the premier provider of Web-based, doctor-patient communication services.
The Healinx system enables secure, clinically structured, and auditable communications between
doctors and patients. Healinx earned this position by using state-of-the-art technology,
strategic relationships, and a unique understanding of the needs of doctors and consumers.
Healinx helps doctors address their need to recoup income while providing efficient, secure
online services to their patients. At the same time, Healinx offers patients convenience
and access -- the convenience of communicating directly with their physicians at anytime
from anyplace. By streamlining the doctor-patient relationship, Healinx enables payers to
improve member satisfaction and retention and reduce their exposure to rising healthcare
costs. For information, visit www.relayhealth.com
