Medem provides AAPM&R members with medical
practice Web sites
AAPM&R has partnered with Medem to provide members with medical practice Web sites. An
introduction to Medem and its extensive range of services follows.
Medem provides physicians with simple yet
powerful services to improve medical care, access, and quality. Founded in
1999 by leading medical societies, Medem is the largest, online practice
communications resource for physicians with close to 100,000 members. Medem
provides a suite of integrated communication and care services (“iHealth
Services”) for patients and physicians featuring the iHealthRecord - a secure
interactive personal health record for every American. Learn more about Medem’s services at
www.medem.com.
All Medem services are available to patients from their physician’s
Medem practice Web site. Medem works with more than 45 medical societies, the FDA, the CDC, the
American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, liability
carriers, health plans and other national healthcare experts in providing an
integrated online service offering that includes:
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The iHealthRecord™: Medem’s secure, interactive online personal health record.
- The iHealthRecord is completely portable,
and available to patients through nearly 100,000 Medem physician Web
sites, at www.ihealthrecord.org, and
through other partner sites. The iHealthRecord provides online access to critical health
data for patients, physicians, and caregivers, that will improve the
quality of patient care, advance medication adherence and disease
management, and reduce medical errors, physician liability and costs.
- Patient privacy & data use oversight for the
iHealthRecord is performed by the iHealth Alliance; a
healthcare non-profit organization chaired by former AMA president
Nancy Dickey, MD with representatives from other healthcare
organizations such as the American Heart Association and American
Cancer Society.
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Customizable physician practice Web site with an award-winning
library of information for patients from organizations including AAPM&R,
AMA, AAP, FDA, CDC, etc.
- Web site services can be linked to an
existing Web site.
- Patients can access all Medem online
services from their physician’s site.
- Web sites provide new patient access to
physicians through exclusive links to the provider directories of
health plans representing >70MM lives (United, Aetna, CIGNA,
Wellpoint, BCBS TX, other Blues, ConnectiCare, etc.).
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Automated Disease
Management (“Adherence”) Services
- A series of medication or
condition-specific disease management messages sent automatically to
patients, from their own physician, based on inputs from the patient's iHealthRecord.
- Programs come from authoritative
organizations,including the American Heart Association, American
Cancer Society, FDA, CDC, Leading Medical Societies, etc., and can be
approved and/or edited (where allowed) by the physician. Physicians
can also create their own adherence programs for their patients.
- Fulfills pay-for-performance requirements.
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Secure Messaging:
Liability carrier endorsed, HIPAA compliant physician office - patient
messaging (optional service).
- Secure Messaging,
which is administrative messaging between office staff and patients,
and includes the ability to request appointments, prescription
renewals, and ask general administrative questions.
- Online Consultation™ -
fee-based physician-patient messaging for clinical questions,
which includes direct payment via credit card and the ability of
physicians to set their own charges.
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Secure Pay:
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Medem announced new enhancements to their suite of iHealth services
in 2007, including:
Building a medical
practice Web site
Take advantage of this membership benefit today. Medem is the largest, online
practice communications resource for physicians. As the numbers of consumers
using the Internet to locate a physician increase, a medical practice Web site
is an invaluable resource for attracting new patients. AAPM&R members can take
advantage of its partnership with Medem and receive their services
at discounted rate of $295 per year (a $100 discount off the regular $395
rate). This $295 fee includes:
Creating a practice Web site on Medem's network is
simple to do. Members can either:
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Build a Medem practice Web site on their own
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Have Medem build the site for them
To have Medem build the Web site,
call (877) 926-3336 or e-mail: info@medem.com to request live assistance.
Free customer support from Medem’s Member
Services is available Monday through Friday (9 am to 7 pm Central Standard
Time). Call toll-free at (877) 926-3336 or e-mail questions to
info@medem.com.
Medem will respond to e-mail inquiries within one business day.
Questions?
For questions about
iHealthRecord or a Medem medical practice Web site, contact Medem at
info@medem.com.
Contact Eunice Lee at the Academy national office at (312) 464-9700,
e-mail:
elee@aapmr.org for feedback or questions.
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