iMetrikus Announces New Provider Outreach Program for Diabetes Educators

Comprehensive Program Provides Tools and Materials for Patients and Providers to Optimize Treatment, Outcomes, and Compliance

Carlsbad, CA, at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (August 10, 2000) -- iMetrikus today announced the availability of its new Provider Outreach Program designed to support clinical patient management efforts. This highly interactive program gives diabetes educators an opportunity to enhance their patient-provider relationships by focusing on individual needs and reinforcing good health practices.

Use of the iMetrikus provider program increases patient compliance, helps them take an active role in monitoring their diabetes, and creates a vehicle to stimulate discussion between patients and their healthcare providers.

"The program helps motivate patients who need an extra incentive to become more involved in monitoring their diabetes between healthcare visits," said Jane Springer, RN, CDE and Lead Research Coordinator at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. "One of our goals is to help patients take an active role in tracking their health progress, from medications taken to glucose readings, exercise, lab tests, exercise, and the ADA guidelines for Standards of Care. The tools in the iMetrikus Provider Kit can help us reach those goals by making more useful information available for office visits and discussions."

About the iMetrikus Provider Outreach Program

The program introduces the use of MyHealthChannel™, which includes custom features for diabetes patient users to track key indicators such as blood sugar, hemoglobin A1c and insulin administration. The site can also be used to automatically upload readings from the patient's blood glucose monitor and compare trends with related patient data.

Comprehensive data, clearly presented
Graphs and reports provide a wealth of information to providers from the hundreds of data points gathered by patients. Providers can quickly gauge patient progress against treatment guidelines and adjust treatment plans as required.

Relevant Content Management
Based on a patient's prior input to the system, intelligent search agents locate articles and informational resources that are appropriate for the patient's condition. Also located and presented to the patient are best prices and availability of necessary products and supplies from leading vendors.

Patients share their concerns and experience
MyHealthChannel allows patients to communicate with other MyHealthChannel members in a completely anonymous and private manner. They can draw support, share common concerns and interests, and develop their own network within the MyHealthChannel community.

Patients stay connected
MyHealthChannel's HealthSense™ feature alerts registered users to important developments in medicine and medical research. HealthSense points the patient to original articles, news reports and other sources of medical information, stimulating discussion among the patient, the clinician, and the larger medical community.

Kit Contents
The iMetrikus Health Provider Kit includes all the tools and materials providers need to get started with the program. The kit includes:

• Comprehensive User Training Guide
• Frequently Asked Questions and Implementation Guide
• CDs with all the necessary download information
• Customer service contacts, order forms, and other background information

Security and Privacy

Security, credibility, and individuality form the essential foundation for the next generation of relevant and essential Web sites for managing personal health. As users become increasingly concerned about their individual health information, interactive health sites need to provide not only peace of mind, but also a level of interactivity and intelligence that delivers information unique to the individual and their condition with absolute confidence of privacy and security. iMetrikus ports use 10 layers of security with stringent precautionary measures from the moment a person registers on the site. Through its proprietary Secure Anonymous Information Architecture™ (SAIA™) and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, MyHealthChannel users are assured of the highest level of privacy and anonymity possible.

About iMetrikus

A privately held company, iMetrikus was named for the principles it represents. iMetrikus links the individual (i) through metrics (metrik) - that is, systematic measurement of diagnostics, therapeutic intervention and outcomes management - with the healthcare community (us). iMetrikus develops programs and services for health systems, specialty provider organizations, disease & case management firms, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical products manufacturers and employers seeking to offer a branded value-added service for patients to support informed self-care and collaboration with their healthcare providers. iMetrikus focuses on improving outcomes associated with disease prevention, health promotion and monitoring of chronic diseases through broad access to advanced, secure interactive Internet applications for patients (myhealthchannel.com) and providers (thephysicianchannel.com).

Press Contacts

iMetrikus
(760) 804-8800
press@imetrikus.com

Cynthia Kramer, Fischer & Partners
(310) 577-7870
ckramer@fisherhealth.com

For more information about iMetrikus, visit the company's home page at www.imetrikus.com or call 760-804-8800.

iMetrikus, MyHealthChannel, ThePhysicianChannel, MediCompass and Therametrics are trademarks of iMetrikus, Inc. All other company and product names used herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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