May 23, 2007 – (Miami,
FL.) ehealthxchange SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY HEALTH
CENTER
ehealthxchange is pleased to announce that it has executed an agreement
that will establish its unique services for Miami Beach Community Health
Center and their patients.
Miami Beach Community Health Centers, with main locations at 710 Alton
Road and 1221 71st Street, Miami Beach, consists of twenty-three (23)
providers, including Family Practice Physicians, OB/GYN’s, Dentists,
and Pediatricians, and other Healthcare Professionals, including Pharmacists
and Behavioral Health Specialists. These services will be added to the
network of healthcare providers offered by ehealthxchange. Patients can
access these providers online or by utilizing the In-Office Service Program,
which will be established as “kiosks” in the centers, and
schedule appointments, among other services.
“Our patients will be able to schedule appointments for services
for themselves and their families online or here at the centers at the
kiosks,” stated Kathryn Abbate, CEO of Miami Beach Community Health
Center. “Our job is to make healthcare accessible, and ehealthxchange
helps us in this effort,” she added.
New World Health Corporation (NWHC), dba ehealthxchange, America’s
first internet-based, online healthcare marketplace, enables patients
to SHOP, COMPARE, and BUY healthcare services from physicians, therapists,
dentists, pharmacies, clinics, and others. Patients can review specific
information, including healthcare provider profiles, consumer reviews,
pricing, and schedule appointments for a time convenient to them, available
24 hours / 7 days a week, and from the comfort of their home or office.
In addition, the patient can save time and complete the information forms
prior to the appointment and pre-pay their co-pay online via a secured
and HIPAA-compliant connection.
Also as a subscriber of ehealthxchange, the patient can store medical
history and insurance information within their profile to share with any
other provider and not have to complete those tedious information forms
every time they visit a doctor.
“Our physicians and other healthcare professionals can have appointments
scheduled during slower periods of the week, have the patients inform
us of their health problems prior to the appointment, share their health
information with us and others via the internet, have the co-pay paid
in advance, and have the patients automatically and electronically reminded
of appointments", stated Mark Robinowitz, MD, Chief Medical Officer
of Miami Beach Community Health Center. He added, “It is as if we
are adding customer service and marketing staff at no cost!”
Ken Sellers, CEO and Founder of New World Health Corporation, stated "We
are very excited to have Miami Beach Community Health Centers join our
network.” He added, “The development of the In-Office Program
(the kiosks) will be a first, and we have the right partner to launch
it.”
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The Miami Beach Community Health Center, Inc (MBCHC), a Federally Qualified
Health Center, is a not-for-profit organization that serves as a medical
home for Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County. MBCHC operates three medical
offices, a behavioral health center, and pharmacies at locations in Miami
Beach and North Miami. In addition MBCHC runs the school-based health
center at Miami Beach Senior High School. To contact any of our health
centers, please call (305) 538-8835.
New World Health Corporation, Inc. (NWHC), a Miami-based company, and
founded by Ken Sellers, a veteran healthcare executive and former Group
Vice- President of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida – Southern
Division, recently launched their new service, ehealthxchange, the world’s
first on-line healthcare marketplace. For more information, contact Ken
Sellers at (305)283-0431 or Ken.Sellers@ehealthxchange.com, or visit our
website at www.ehealthxchange.com. |