Clinics finally like the Internet

[Guest guest]

Hi,

not too long ago it was easy to drive your cf-doc nuts with the

comment " I read it on the internet " :-))

From the article below I get it, that finally some clinics begin to

see the upside of the net and not only the negative impacts.

Peace

Torsten, dad of Fiona 5wcf

I-trax To Provide Software Solutions To Lucile Salter Packard

Children's Hospital At Stanford University Medical Center;

I-trax Tools To Be Used For Pilot Programs to Treat Children With

Cystic Fibrosis and Asthma

DATELINE: PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1

I-trax, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IMTX), a population

health-management solutions company, announced today that Lucile

Salter Packard

Children's Hospital at Stanford University will use two I-trax

software

applications, Health-e-Coordinator and MyFamilyMD, in

separate pilot

programs. One program is designed to manage the care of children and

adults with

cystic fibrosis and the other will provide community based care to

children

with asthma.

The goal of the cystic fibrosis program is to improve access

to care by providing online resources to patients and their families,

including:

secure messaging between patients and physicians; virtual visits,

educational material and information to help patients improve

management of their illness; and resources to community programs. The

program will rely on

MyFamilyMD, a secure Web portal that facilitates communication

and education

between healthcare providers and their patients.

The Asthma Telemedicine Project is an innovative

multidisciplinary and multi-site system of care designed to enhance

the quality of care for

children with asthma. The project, designed for the expressed needs

of the

community members, will be implemented at three elementary schools in

Bayview

Hunter's Point, a predominantly low-income, community in San

Francisco with a

high asthma prevalence rate. One of the key goals of the asthma

project is to

facilitate the sharing of clinical information and expert knowledge

between

sub-specialists, community-based organizations and physicians. The

program will use Health-e-Coordinator, a web-based application

designed to

support both the clinical management of the patient as well as the

care

coordination processes that exists within a healthcare system.

Research studies

have shown that consistent and frequent communication, emphasizing

physician

recommendations, can lead to improved clinical and functional

outcomes for patients with chronic disease.

Bergman, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at

Stanford University said, " Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital

and Stanford

University Medical Center are pleased to partner with I-trax on these

very important

clinical initiatives for our patients with cystic fibrosis and

asthma. We

selected I-trax because their technology solutions offer us the

opportunity to

provide state-of-the art care that links patients, physicians and

community

resources in one application. We look forward to expanding our

relationship with

I-trax into other clinical areas and hope that this will be the basis

of a

long-termcollaboration. "

" We are very proud to have been selected by Lucile Packard

Children's Hospital and Stanford University Medical Center to be their

technology partner for this innovative program that will link

patients and care givers

in new and exciting ways, " said A, , Chairman and CEO of

I-trax.

" Our goal is to provide premier organizations such as Packard

Children's Hospital

and Stanford Medical Center, the technology solutions they need to

continue to provide integrated health and community services to their

patients. "