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University Physicians Group Selects RelayHealth for Secure Online Communication Services
New York-based Medical Group Offers the Full Suite of RelayHealth Services
New York, NY, October 10, 2005 — University Physicians Group (UPG) and RelayHealth Corporation, the nation's premier provider of health plan-reimbursed online doctor-patient communication services, announced an agreement today to make the RelayHealth online communication service available to its 65 member physicians.
"Our decision to offer our members RelayHealth was an obvious one," said Jeffrey Hyman, M.D., UPG's President. "I have been using the service for a number of years and find it to be exceedingly user-friendly for both providers and patients. We anticipate that our physicians will be very pleased by the accurate documentation of all communications and reliable electronic prescribing of medications, and our patients will be pleased with the ease with which they will be able to obtain lab results and prescription renewals, and with the overall convenience and improved communications with our physicians."
In addition to Internet-based access for appointment scheduling and lab test results, the RelayHealth eScript electronic prescription service will allow UPG physicians to write prescriptions and authorize refills for established patients online. Resulting prescriptions are securely transmitted to virtually any pharmacy in the U.S., automatically screened for drug interactions, and reviewed for formulary compliance prior to submission. Physicians and patients will also have access to RelayHealth's reimbursable webVisits® - online clinical consultations for non-urgent medical care.
About University Physicians Group
University Physicians Group, a premier medical group providing primary and subspecialty care
in Brooklyn and Staten Island, has been in business since 1991. UPG has been in the forefront
of combining medical quality and 21st century technology for its patients. The affiliation
with RelayHealth is expected to further enhance its delivery of quality and efficient medical
care.
About RelayHealth Corporation
RelayHealth is the premier provider of payor-reimbursed secure online healthcare communication
services linking patients, healthcare professionals, health plans, and pharmacies. A secure,
clinically structured productivity platform for the medical office, the RelayHealth service
is an emerging online communication standard, interfacing with both commercial and custom-built
electronic medical record systems through the company's Interoperability Toolkit. Research
studies show RelayHealth reduces phone traffic and increases physician productivity through
modular features like the webVisit® clinical consultation and
eScript electronic prescribing — one reason
leading health plans nationwide increasingly reimburse providers who use the RelayHealth
service. For healthcare consumers, RelayHealth improves convenience, access and communication
with their own doctors. For information, visit www.relayhealth.com.
