VDAT on adding specialized content for niche markets
4,000+ Physicians Create Websites Using New Service From Physicians'
Online
Tarrytown, NY, December 8, 1998 Since the September 18th launch of the new Physician Website service from Physicians' Online (POL), the largest online community of physicians, more than 4,000 member doctors have created their own websites, POL President/CEO Dave Richards announced today.
"The remarkably positive response to our new Physician Website service
demonstrates that POL is effectively converting physicians, who have
been slow to adopt technology, into savvy users of our cutting edge
technology and services," Richards continued.
Through the new Website service, member physicians use a template to
quickly and easily create an online presence. Having a website can
increase office efficiency and enhance patient care by allowing patients to access professional information about the doctor and the practice. Physicians who are not already POL members can go to www.pol.net to register, or call POL through a toll free number to obtain free Internet access software.
Physicians' Online, which offers a secure, client-enabled,
physicians-only environment on the Internet, is used by approximately
15,000 unique physicians each day.
"Doctors already depend on Physicians' Online as a communications tool. The new Physician Website service makes it easy for doctors to use the Internet as a practical business tool as well," Richards said. "The response to this new service demonstrates how important it is to help our members run effective practices and keep up with the growing demand to provide the best possible patient care."
Until now, POL has focused primarily on building the largest online
community of physicians. With the introduction of the Physician Website service, POL is expanding in new directions. Websites help physicians increase productivity within their practices, by providing information about themselves and their practices as well as health education for their patients.
About Physicians' Online
Physicians' Online, Inc. is a privately held company based in Tarrytown, NY. The Company operates the leading medical information and communication network for physicians, the Physicians' Online Network (POL). Launched in February, 1994, POL provides a secure,
physicians-only environment featuring access to MEDLINE® and other
medical databases, clinical symposia with peers and national experts,
CME credits, daily medical news, recruiting services, private e-mail
accounts and Internet access, among many other services.
Through its award-winning service, POL connects its members - the
largest online community of authenticated physicians - with colleagues, professional associations, health plans, pharmaceutical manufacturers, luxury goods resources, and others.
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Press Release Physicians' Online Network drkoop.com to Provide Enhanced Web Page Content and Online Services for Physicians' Online
Austin, Texas, February 12, 1999 -- drkoop.com, a leading Internet
healthcare network led by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon
General, has announced a one year alliancecontent agreement with
Physicians' Online (POL), the world's largest Internet community of
doctors. Under the terms of this alliance agreement, drkoop.com's award winning content will now be a click away on the Web sites of POL member physicians. These physicians will now have a direct link to drkoop.com, thus giving their patients a direct link to drkoop.com's trusted specialty-specific health news and resources. Direct access to
personalized health news, information on drug interactions and links to healthcare resources. Visitors to the drkoop.com Web site will have
access to POL's extensive database of physicians, searchable by location or medical specialty.
Physicians' Online operates the leading medical information and
communication network for physicians, the Physicians' Online Network.
Launched in February 1994, POL provides doctors with access to medical
databases, clinical symposia, medical news and other medical resources, and has a membership now in excess of 170,000 doctors.
"This alliance with drkoop.com will enable our member physicians to
provide a higher level of patient care via their Web sites," said David Richards, CEO of Physicians' Online. "By linking directly to drkoop.com, POL members' patients can quickly expand their healthcare knowledge and make better informed decisions about their own healthcare."
"Our drkoop.com members will now have the option to access
Internet-savvy doctors due to this alliance," said Dr. C. Everett Koop, Chairman of drkoop.com. "The Internet has given doctors an unprecedented vehicle to provide timely and valuable healthcare information to their patients., said Dr. C. Everett Koop, Chairman of Empower Health. This ultimately enhances the doctor-patient relationship, allowings people to make better-informed decisions regarding their own health issues and to ultimately receive better care. We are pleased to be working with POL, an experienced industry leader."
In a second phase of implementation, drkoop.com will also provide POL
doctors with secure e-mail to facilitate communications between doctors and patients, automated online medical history and information
gathering, and online fulfillment of initial prescriptions. Consumers
can see examples of the POL Physician Web site by going to the personal Web sites of Dr. C. Everett Koop or Dr. Nancy Snyderman at
mydoctor.com or mydoctor.com,
respectively. Additionally, consumers can search for other doctors by
accessing the POL Physician Website Directory at mydoctor.com
.
About drkoop.com
The award-winning drkoop.com, a leading Internet healthcare network,
offers world-class reference sources for consumers with dedicated
channels focused on such topics as Children, Women, Men and Aging
Healthy. The site includes the feature "Ask Dr. Nancy", hosted by
nationally known medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman. The site
covers more than 50 health and wellness topics with in-de‹ more than any other dedicated healthcare Web site. Consumers worldwide can empower themselves to make better healthcare decisions by visiting
drkoop.com.
About Empower Health Corporation
Empower Health Corporation, owner/operator of drkoop.com and
headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a consumer-centric, healthcare
network. The Internet healthcare network offers a comprehensive set of
personal health information, news, e-commerce and interactive services
for individuals to better manage their personal health. Additional
information on drkoop.com can be found at drkoop.com.
About Physicians' Online
Physicians' Online, Inc. is a privately held company based in Tarrytown, NY. The Company operates the leading medical information and communication network for physicians, the Physicians' Online Network (POL). Launched in February, 1994, POL provides a secure,
physicians-only environment featuring access to MEDLINE® and other
medical databases, clinical symposia with peers and national experts,
CME credits, daily medical news, recruiting services, private e-mail
accounts and Internet access, among many other services.
Through its award-winning service, POL connects its members - the
largest online community of authenticated physicians - with colleagues, professional associations, health plans, pharmaceutical manufacturers, luxury goods resources, and others.
Contact:
Laurie Murphy
Physicians' Online
(914) 332-6100
ext. 244
E-mail: lmurphy@mail.pol.net/
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MarketWatch.com to Run Financial News on CompuServe
San Francisco, Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- MarketWatch.com Inc., which runs a financial-news web site, said it will create a financial news center for subscribers of CompuServe, a unit of No. 1 online-access service America Online Inc.
Terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. Other media companies have paid to have their products placed on AOL. Time Warner Inc., for example, paid several million dollars to put the online version of its People magazine on AOL, analysts said.
CompuServe has 2 million subscribers who are generally more familiar with business and technology than AOL's 16 million subscribers.
''Our goal is to partner with the major players of the Internet to widely distribute our content to individuals searching for financial news on the Web,'' Bill Bishop, a MarketWatch.com vice president, said in a statement.
San Francisco-based MarketWatch.com late yesterday said it lost $4.25 million, or 47 cents a share, on revenue of $2.53 million in the fourth quarter.
MarketWatch.com shares rose 6 1/2 to 72. It first sold shares to the public for $17 on Jan. 15.
Broadcaster CBS Corp. and Data Broadcasting Corp., which sells financial-market data to individuals via cable and satellite, each own 38 percent of MarketWatch.com.
looking at these valuations vdat is poised to explode once partnering and acquisitions complete |
