This has been done in a number of ways. Second, all community members are encouraged to create their own web page, a site that tells other members of the community about them to help people find each other to become part of a smaller personal community. CareWeb offers a single, powerful web-based destination for both providers and consumers of health information. The provider portal provides thirty subject headings and three hundred knowledge bases. Included is software that can be used by health care employees to connect to mainframe applications, conduct literature searches, and facilitate managed care referrals and other business processes.
Physicians can receive feedback on their performance, as well as customized medical data and news.
In process is a portal called the communicator that will enable consumers to make appointments, renew prescriptions, and receive individualized health information. Intended for primary care providers and patients rather than specialists, the resource provides direct, interactive, customized evaluation of breast cancer clinical trials information. A GLIF-based suite of integrated software tools assist guideline authoring and editing, Internet distribution, navigation, and execution. Funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and West Suburban Hospital, EBV Online provides Internet access to block leaders and public facilities throughout a 57-block area. The Home Page supplies information on community health care resources and access to medical providers via email.