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NEW CENTURY HEALTH IPA TO IMPLEMENT HEALINX™ SYSTEM TO PROMOTE ONLINE PATIENT COMMUNICATION WITH DOCTORS
Medical Organization Integrates Secure Communication Into Integrated Healthcare Delivery System
ALAMEDA, CA, June 6, 2000 - Healinx Corporation, the premier provider of secure Web-based doctor-patient communication tools, today announced that New Century Health (NCH), a multi-specialty IPA, will incorporate the Healinx system into its relationship with all its patients. Healinx becomes apart of New Century's contractual relationship with Humana's commercial and Medicare HMO programs. Enrollees of Humana's programs will be able to choose a primary care or specialist doctor easily on the NCH Web site and then communicate with the selected doctor through the Healinx Web-based service.
Once New Century Health primary care and specialist doctors register with Healinx, their patients and self-insured employers will be able to go directly to the doctor's Healinx Web site for secure online communications. Patients will be able to use the online services to request prescriptions, refills, appointments, and referrals to specialists, engage in consultation, access their medical profile, and, together with their doctors, improve wellness through preventive care measures.
The Healinx system includes a patent-pending workflow tool that mimics the doctor's existing practice environment. Incoming patient messages are automatically routed to delegate workload effectively. The unique message templates generated by the system greatly reduce input for both patients and doctors. In addition, the templates make communication more concise and accurate, reducing the need for time-consuming back and forth conversations, and minimizing "phone tag," chart pulls and miscommunication .
"Healinx allows our physician Care Net (PCN) to leverage the power of the Internet safely," said Mark Kahler, MD, College Park Family Physicians, an NCH member. "With the Healinx communication technology, PCN becomes a secure, feature-rich program for everyone employers, employees, doctors and patients."
"The Healinx system is very adaptable," said Giovanni Colella, MD, president and CEO of Healinx Corporation. "It offers individual doctors, group practices, healthcare and managed care organizations the means to incorporate the Internet into their practices and businesses. By substituting online for traditional communications, individual doctors, groups and organizations can provide patients with higher quality care with greater efficiencies."
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.
About New Century Health
New Century Health is a 250-physician multi-specialty IPA; its large primary care practices
include College Park Family Physicians, Sunflower Medical Group, Family Health Group, Hickman
Mills Clinic, Seaport Family Practice, Associates in Family Medicine, Kanza Multispecialty
Group, Family Practice Associates and Kenyon Clinic. It comprises the largest group of physicians
in the greater Kansas City area who contract as a group practice.
New Century Health has over 80 family and internal medicine physicians in its group and has practices located over the entire metropolitan area. New Century is governed and managed by physicians, not insurance or other non-medical administrators, and is the only such organization of its kind in the Kansas City area. This type of administration allows physicians to make decisions with their regarding care without the interference of the insurance company. This has resulted in decreased costs of care and improved physician and patient satisfaction.
