1-800-DOCTORS, Inc. Announces 800 HealthCall.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers WOODBRIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003 "Connecting the telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. audience to disease and treatment information" 1-800-Doctors, Inc., a unique, nationwide marketing service connecting patients with physicians, hospitals and other medical services, announced the general availability of a new product for pharmaceutical manufacturers called 800 HealthCall(SM). The product provides pharmaceutical companies with access to 1-800-Doctors' callers by connecting them to the pharmaceutical product information 800 line. The connected callers have expressed interest in specific disease information, such as diabetes, asthma, osteoporosis osteoporosis (ŏs'tēō'pərō`sĭs), disorder in which the normal replenishment of old bone tissue is severely disrupted, resulting in weakened bones and increased risk of fracture; osteopenia , cardiovascular cardiovascular /car·dio·vas·cu·lar/ (-vas´ku-ler) pertaining to the heart and blood vessels. car·di·o·vas·cu·lar adj. Abbr. , obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. and more. The 800 HealthCall ROI-based marketing solution addresses a growing market segment. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Manhattan Research, there has been a 100% increase in consumers calling for pharmaceutical information after viewing a DTC DTC See: Depository Transfer Check DTC See: Depository Trust Company DTC See Depository Trust Company (DTC). advertisement. Consumers are able to conveniently access multiple pharmaceutical services with one call to 1-800-Doctors. "1-800-Doctors innovative technologies enable 800 HealthCall to be easily integrated into the pharmaceutical brand strategies for distributing therapeutic specific content and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. initiatives. Consumers win in that they gain valuable disease and treatment information that they are seeking. Sponsoring pharmaceutical companies are able to monitor its effectiveness, with complete daily usage reports," said Mr. Doug Snelson, executive vice president of 1-800-Doctors, Inc. For more information about the product Mr. Snelson can be reached at dsnelson@1800doctors.com or 732-726-4354. About 1-800-Doctors, Inc. 1-800-Doctors produces easy-to-use telephony, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , and wireless solutions assisting patients' searches for, and connection with, healthcare providers and services. Since 1984, the company has provided service to over eleven million prospective patients. Each year in the US, patients schedule approximately 900 million appointments with healthcare professionals and nearly 100 million of these are first appointments with a new provider. As the number of empowered health-centric consumers increases each year, the 1-800-Doctors' service has become a communications utility for a growing percentage of patients, The company is privately held and is based in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Learn more about 1-800-Doctors at www.1800doctors.com. |
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