Web Sightings
• AccentHealth (Tampa, FL), has launched a web site (www.accenthealth. com) and a two-way, broadband satellite network, with the two new services complementing the company’s healthy lifestyle television programming produced by CNN and its print magazine, both delivered to doctors’ offices and waiting rooms. Further, the company said it has formed nearly a dozen strategic partnerships with technology and content providers to increase the diversity and depth of its healthcare information, tools and resources. Under the terms of a five-year contract, Spacenet (Washington), a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, will provide AccentHealth with the use of its SkyBlaster IP-based, Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite network. The joint product, slated for delivery to AccentHealth’s 10,000 sites and 50,000 medical practitioners by the end of the year, will be the largest commercial VSAT network in the nation. Gilat, in conjunction with MCI, also operates the largest governmental VSAT network for the U.S. Postal Service.
• Lexicon Genetics (The Woodlands, TX) has launch ed its subscription Internet program enabling commercial and academic/non-profit institutions to access OmniBank, the company’s proprietary genomics library and database. Through Lexicon’s web site, at www.lexgen.com, subscribers can reach 50,000 mouse clones, the world's largest collection of knockout mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and gene sequence information, which can provide valuable predictive information on the action of potential therapeutic drug candidates and the validity of their targets.
• Matria Healthcare (Marietta, GA) has launched NetNurse, a 24-hour service that offers healthcare information and immediate answers to healthcare questions from nurses. Each nurse specializes in certain areas of interest. The fee-based service will initially focus on pregnancy-related issues but will later include women’s health, pediatrics, diabetes, and respiratory-related issues. The site is at www.netnurse.com.
• Micro Laboratories (Johnston, RI) has launched an online health and nutritional e-commerce site. The site features Micro Laboratories products, nutritional information, interaction with health experts, and a chat format. The site is at www.vitaminkingdon.com.
• Medscape (New York) has launched a Money & Medicine Internet site which provides financial information and interactive tools designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Users can review government healthcare policies, read about managed care issues, access stock quotes, check the present value of their investment portfolio, and access Dow Jones Business News healthcare stories.
• Upland Global (Minneapolis) has announced an agreement with Honeybee Technology (Montreal) for Honeybee to develop and manage a new service for the sale of Upland Global’s alternative health care products over the Internet. The announcement follows Upland Global’s recent announcement of an e-Commerce agreement with HeartlandAmerica.com. Uplanddirect.com will provide direct Internet access to Upland Global’s health and wellness product information and to make online purchases using e-Commerce credit card payments. Uplanddirect.com has an expected launch date of July 1. Uplanddirect.com will initially offer cutting-edge innovations in alternative healthcare products. The online product line will be expanded by marketing feedback from Uplanddirect.com’s customers.
• The Cyberprise business of Wall Data (Kirkland, WA) has launched an Internet community for healthcare executives, http://healthcare.cyberprise.com, specifically created to link chief medical officers, chief information officers and chief financial officers of hospitals with information to improve the quality of care within hospitals. The community is designed to help healthcare use Internet technologies to improve healthcare management and efficiency. It also addresses how Internet technologies can improve physician-to-hospital connectivity, integration of clinical and financial systems and electronic medical records. In addition, the healthcare Web site provides links to key industry journals and publications, useful facts, news and additional resources from leading healthcare publications. Wall Data’s Cyberprise Internet business (www.cyberprise.com) focuses on integrating and managing enterprise information assets via Cyberprise Corporate Information Portal, which provides a personalized view of corporate information.
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