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Special Reports

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

New Company Plans To Provide Patients With 24-Hour Online Access to Physicians

In an iHealthBeat Special Report, officials from new online company American Well, the Urban Institute and the Hawaii Medical Services Association discuss plans to offer around-the-clock online access to physicians.

The Special Report includes comments from:

  • Roy Schoenberg, president of American Well;
  • Michael Stollar, vice president of marketing for Hawaii Medical Services Association; and
  • Robert Berenson, senior health policy fellow at the Urban Institute.

American Well plans to use webcams, instant messaging, telephone calls and e-mail to link patients who need care with doctors who have time to go online. The first big test will start in about six months in Hawaii (Rebillot, iHealthBeat, 7/14).

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