Archive for April 13th, 2007
Cigna: Free eVisits for Seniors
April 13, 2007
In an article from the Phoenix Business Journal, Cigna Medical Group is offering “online health care services, including e-visits at a nominal charge, to its non-Medicare patients. Now all CMG patients can use RelayHealth to schedule or cancel appointments, refill prescriptions, request lab results, send a note to their doctor’s office, request a referral, and manage their personal health records online.”
This is a significant expansion of a service that is rarely offered but needs to be expanded by insurors as an incentive to physicians and patients. In the long run, it will reduce physician work time and costs.
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Investor’s Daily on eHealth
April 13, 2007
It’s not often an investor’s publication covers EMRs and PHRs. In today’s issue, the authors say that futurists “see the day when emergency room staff can get online to quickly learn that an accident victim is a diabetic or has a pacemaker, or to find what drug allergies his family doctor has listed.” The Stark Law as a barrier is cited as it was discussed at the National Governors’ Association in March.
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