Company spokesman Jeff Parness said IDT is signing up nearly 1,000 customers a day. There are no set-up fees. Technical support is available by a toll call to the New Jersey firm. The Medicine Wheel is a Web page created to give doctors a new place to advertise, and give patients a new way to find a doctor. It hopes to appeal to patients moving to this region from another state, college students away from home, people without a primary physician and even vacationers, according to a news release.
Users can click on the southern New England city where they are looking for doctors.
Click on one of the specialties and a home page of a particular doctor is displayed. While the site has been creatively executed with attractive graphics in a Native American motif, it puts design before function. The site is brand new, so certainly improvements are in the works. It's an interesting idea and certainly worth a look. It's from 4 to 7 p.m. at the downtown Providence campus of Roger Williams University on 150 Washington St. Parking is available at Majestic Parking.