Kaiser Permanente Members' Web Site Wins Award For Best Health Information On The Web.Business Editors & Health/High Tech Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2000 Kaiser Permanente's members-only Web site has won a prestigious electronic media award that recognizes "the world's best health information being published on the Internet," 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. the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearing house for consumer health information programs and materials and sponsor of the World Wide Web Health Awards. Attempting to stamp a "seal of quality" on the best health care Web sites on the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises Spring 2000 World Wide Web Health Awards program has given Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Online a bronze award Several organizations issue awards with this name:
HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, and was shared with two others -- Independence Blue Cross and You, and Independence Blue Cross Health 65. "Our goal with Kaiser Permanente Online has always been to provide the highest quality of care and services to our members and to give them an additional doorway into Kaiser Permanente," said Ann Carlson, manager of Kaiser Permanente Online. "Members can get the information they need at a convenient time and on their schedule, all within an integrated health care integrated health care, n healthcare services combining the best of conventional and complementary health care. system. This new award is a testament to our quality." Kaiser Permanente Online is an interactive Web site that provides personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. , confidential health care services and information for free to members who have Internet access See how to access the Internet. . This latest award adds to the accolades Kaiser Permanente Online has collected since it was piloted in California's Silicon Valley in 1996 and became available to all members with Internet access in late 1999. The 1999 eHealthcare World Awards chose Kaiser Permanente Online as one of the three best health plan Web sites and gave it a gold award for the best managed care site. Time Magazine called Kaiser Permanente Online "the best site...by far." Awards programs like the World Wide Web Health Awards fill a need to help consumers sort through the many health care-related Web sites to find those that are most trustworthy, informative and current. An estimated 60 million Americans searched through an avalanche of health-related material on the Internet last year. "Nowhere is a `seal of quality' needed more than for health information on the Internet's World Wide Web," according to the World Wide Web Health Awards program. "There is no recognition of the quality of information on these sites. The new World Wide Web Health Awards are designed to assist consumers and health professionals in deciding which sites offer accurate, up-to-date information." The Health Information Resource Center has presented the National Health Information Awards for traditionally published health-related materials for more than five years. The World Wide Web Health Awards were first bestowed last year and will continue twice annually, said Chris Behrend, program director for the awards. "The average consumer doesn't have an idea of what kind of health information is on the Internet or whether or not it's true information," Behrend said. "Our judges are professionals and they evaluate the Web sites to give an idea of what is actually fact and where the best information is on the Internet." The World Wide Web Health Awards also gave its gold award to the Healthwise Knowledgebase, the self-help medical encyclopedia program that is featured on Kaiser Permanente Online and used by many other managed care organizations. The honor was in the community organization category for health promotion and prevention of disease and injury. Members access Kaiser Permanente Online at www.kponline.org and then type in their medical record number and choose a personal identification number (PIN). By simply clicking a mouse, they can request non-urgent medical appointments, get advice from a nurse or pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. , research health conditions and medications in the health and drug encyclopedias, and join health discussion groups that are moderated by Kaiser Permanente clinicians and staff. They can also take a health risk assessment, find out about health education classes and locate Kaiser Permanente facilities. Currently a variety of other online features are being piloted, including online prescription refill refill noun A second allotment of a prescription agent obtained from a pharmacy, which is allowed by the original prescription verb Pharmacology To obtain more of a particular drug, after the initially prescribed amount of the agent has been used or , and will be rolled-out over the next year. The World Wide Web Health Awards recognized many of the leaders in online health information in other categories, including Healtheon/WebMD, the National Cancer Institute and drkoop.com. Kaiser Permanente is America's leading integrated health care organization. Founded in 1945, it is a not-for-profit, group-practice prepayment Prepayment 1. The payment of a debt obligation prior to its due date. 2. The excess payment over a scheduled debt repayment amount. Notes: 1. Examples include deferred expenses such as rent and early loan repayments. 2. program headquartered in Oakland, Calif. Kaiser Permanente serves the health care needs of more than 8 million members in 11 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Today, it encompasses Kaiser Foundation The mission of the Kaiser Foundation is to assist individuals and communities in preventing and reducing the harm associated with problem substance use and addictive behaviours. External links
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