WellChoice Announces Enhancements to Online Personal Health Record
2005年11月8日 - 3:00AM
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WellChoice, Inc. (NYSE: WC) today announced that its primary
operating subsidiary, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, has expanded
the functionality of its online personal health record, My Health
Record, to allow Empire members to provide their doctors with
access to their record via the Internet. Launched in June 2005, My
Health Record is a secure, Internet-based health record that is
controlled by the member and gathers and stores extensive
individual medical information. "We expect My Health Record to help
put consumers in charge of their own healthcare and to be an
example of how technology can enhance the delivery of quality
healthcare," said Michael A. Stocker, M.D., president and CEO of
WellChoice. "Now that members can authorize their treating
physicians to see their personal health record, we expect to see a
reduction in the number of tests performed and the delivery of more
efficient care. When a doctor has current medical test results in
hand, and doesn't have to wait for a record to show up from another
medical office or a hospital, he or she has a clearer picture of
the patient's progress, and won't have to repeat tests
unnecessarily. "In addition, an online personal health record can
easily provide critical health information in case of emergency,
such as a trip to the emergency room, when a complete medical
history can be invaluable in developing a treatment plan, or in the
case of a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, when records
can be temporarily unavailable or destroyed." Nearly 30,000 Empire
members have logged on and created their personal health record at
My Health Record during the first three months since the launch of
the program. About WellChoice WellChoice, Inc. is the parent
company of the largest health insurer in the State of New York,
based on PPO and HMO membership. WellChoice, through its Empire
Blue Cross Blue Shield subsidiaries, has the exclusive right to use
the Blue Cross and Blue Shield names and marks in 10 downstate New
York counties and one or both of these names and marks in selected
counties in upstate New York. WellChoice offers a broad portfolio
of products, including managed care and traditional indemnity
products, and has a varied customer base including large group,
middle-market and small group, individual, and national accounts.
Additional information on WellChoice can be found at
http://www.wellchoice.com. Cautionary Statement Some of the
information contained in this press release is forward-looking,
including statements relating to future financial or business
results. Forward-looking information is based on management's
estimates, assumptions and projections and is subject to
significant uncertainties and other factors, many of which are
beyond the company's control. Important risk factors could cause
future results to differ materially from those estimated by
management. Those risks and uncertainties include but are not
limited to: our ability to accurately predict health care costs and
to manage those costs through underwriting criteria, quality
initiatives and medical management; product design and negotiation
of favorable provider reimbursement rates; our ability to maintain
or increase our premium rates; possible reductions in enrollment in
our products or changes in membership including the loss of either
the New York City or the New York State account; the regional
concentration of our business in the New York metropolitan area and
the effects of economic downturns in that region or generally;
future bio-terrorist activity or other potential public health
epidemics; the impact of health care reform and other regulatory
matters; and the outcome of litigation. For a more detailed
discussion of these and other important factors that may materially
affect WellChoice, please see WellChoice's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to
Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the reporting periods of
2005.
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