Mediconsult.com, Inc. Appears on Alexander Haig's World Business Review TVSeries
Mon Feb 14 09:24:00 EST 2000
BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb 14, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Multimedia Productions (USA),
Inc. is proud to announce the appearance of Ian Sutcliffe, president of
Mediconsult.com Inc., on World Business Review. The weekly television series is
hosted by General Alexander Haig, Secretary of State during the Reagan
administration. The topic of the discussion is Internet Medical Solutions, on
episode no. 638-D.
"Mediconsult.com Inc. was selected to appear on the program because it continues
to bring innovative new ideas to this exciting segment of technology," said Don
Pratt, the show's Coordinating Producer.
One of the longstanding obstacles to fruitful doctor-patient relationships is
the communication barrier that exists between the parties. With the explosion of
the online community, users are flocking to this new source for dispensing,
retrieving and exchanging health-related information -- to the tune of nearly 25
million Internet users requesting health/medical information during 1998.
Mediconsult.com, Inc. is facilitating the doctor-patient relationship using the
online medium. Mediconsult provides deep, rich, condition-specific resources to
these visitors as well as services and applications for physicians and other
healthcare providers. These resources are obtained from the more trusted sources
for this type of information. Mediconsult.com has more return visitors than any
other healthcare Web site. An important member of the Mediconsult.com family of
sites is Physicians' Online, the oldest and largest online community of
physicians.
On the show, Sutcliffe discusses the ways in which the Internet is changing the
healthcare system, and highlights the more revolutionary products -- and so
called "killer apps" -- in the e-healthcare arena. He also explains various ways
in which the Internet will ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Sutcliffe said hundreds of millions of people worldwide want better information
about their health. They want to have more control or input in their healthcare.
He added that, "Doctors are continually having more and more constraints and
concerns with their time, they have less and less time to spend with each
patient, so it's a natural opportunity for the Internet to provide more
efficient ways to educate patients and physicians so they can work more
effectively together."
Vinton Cerf, Internet pioneer and senior vice president of MCI WorldCom, appears
on the panel as industry expert. He describes how the Internet is impacting the
healthcare community. "It (the Internet) facilitates access to information. It
makes it convenient to have deferred interactions between the patient and the
physician," said Cerf, who went on to say, "It creates chat room opportunities
or support, but perhaps more important, it allows physicians to consult with
each other."
In addition to Mydoctor.com and Physicians' Online (pol.net) the Mediconsult
family of sites includes heartinfo.com (heart health for patients and
physicians), pharminfo.com (current and in-depth drug information),
cyberdiet.com (fitness and nutrition resource and community), inciid.org
(infertility information and support), storknet.com (an active pregnancy and
parenting community), and mediconsultinc.com (redefining medicine through the
Internet).
Taped in Washington, D.C., World Business Review currently airs on PBS the
Business Channel, and in prime business slots in numerous Public Television
markets, including San Francisco, New York, Denver and Miami. The weekly series
can also be viewed on TWA, United Airlines, or from any desktop computer via
AENTV.
Individual videotapes or continuing education systems (via Indiana State
University) are available by calling 1-800-WBR-1032, or by visiting
www.wbrtv.com, which showcases feature topics and specific companies'
technology. |
