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News article received, Monday, May 03, 1999 11:53:05 AM EST
treatamerica.com Launched as a Turnkey Internet Solution for Physicians
OAK BROOK, ILL. (May 3) BUSINESS WIRE -May 3, 1999--MedCare Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:MCAR) today unveiled www.treatamerica.com at the American Urology Association convention in Dallas, Texas.
As America's first free turnkey Internet solution exclusively for physicians, treatamerica.com will serve as the focal point of MedCare's emerging online healthcare community.
"We are pleased to offer this new resource to all physicians across the country," comments Marc Menendez, president of medcareonline.com Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MedCare Technologies.
"And the AUA convention is a perfect venue for us to kick this program off, especially since 7,000 physicians, or almost 70 percent of all the urologists, are expected to attend. We already have a solid presence with the urologists in their practices, this reinforces our commitment to offer value-added services to physicians."
treatamerica.com today launched a host of much anticipated services, including free professional, fully customizable Web sites, free hosting and free Internet e-mail for staff and patients. Additionally, treatamerica.com will soon offer e-mail to pagers and beepers, interactive physician to patient chat, peer-to-peer chat and list server capabilities for physicians worldwide.
Within 24 months, half of all doctor's patients are expected to be online and researching medical-related subjects. In fact, the National Library of Medicine has already seen the number of MEDLINE searches grow from 7 million to 120 million, a 1600 percent increase in only two years.
"With half of all patients going online for medical information, physicians will need to have an Internet presence," states Jeff Aronin, president and CEO of MedCare Technologies. "We are proud to be ahead of the market once again and offering this service to physicians. MedCare has established a reputation with the medical community of investing in future trends in health care and offering value-added services to meet their needs. With a focus on male and female health issues, we could not be more pleased to be able to launch this valuable service at the AUA."
About medcareonline.com
MedCare Technologies, through its wholly owned subsidiary, medcareonline.com Inc., has developed www.medcareonline.com as a comprehensive healthcare portal offering extensive medical information. MedCare's health portal has been designed to meet the current grassroots movement sweeping across the Web, where 46 percent of all online users search for information about a medical or personal problem according to a recent Intelliquest Inc. survey.
MedCare's "vertical" portal provides health-specific information and resources, such as health travel advisory, health news, symposiums, medical journals and publications. Similar to other vertical portals, such as Sportsline USA (NASDAQ:SPLN), Real Network's (NASDAQ:RNWK) Real Guide and CMGI Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CMGI) ZineZone, www.medcareonline.com focuses in one specific segment, thereby making the online users experience more time efficient, effective and enjoyable.
In addition to offering comprehensive medical information to consumers, medcareonline.com also plans to offer free Web hosting and home page services to an estimated 750,000 U.S. physicians, enabling them to send and retrieve free e-mail, conduct e-commerce and allowing their patients to interact on various health topics in "disease and condition" specific chat rooms.
For additional information, including recent analyst reports, please contact Bill Mann at 800/611-3388 or visit our Web site at medcareonline.com.
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