 |
|
|
|
|
Since NorthPoint Domain's inception in 1999, the company's focus has been on affording medical specialists the opportunity to become more involved in the physician-directed care of their patients' medical information needs.
Barry T. Katzen, MD, FACR, FACC, the company's Chief Medical Officer and co-founder, reflects on what distinguishes the Medical Information Services our company provides:
"We began as a company directed towards advancing the patient's well-being under the direction of the patient's physician, something that distinguishes us in the marketplace and is a source of great pride to the physicians involved. Our company believes that the most important component of healthcare delivery is the relationship between the patient and their physician, and we continue to provide medical information services that enhance this relationship."
Medical Information Services are physician-centric by design, advocate that medical information is best prescribed at the point of care, and are only prescribed by medical specialists to meet the specific and evolving medical information needs of their patients. All medical information introduced and prescribed to patients is reviewed by practicing medical specialists in the medical field(s) that is clinically applicable to specific patient's conditions.
The Medical Information Services care-giving process positively affects patients' health care decisions when the following conditions are met in the medical information exchange between the physician and the patient:
|
|
|
|
 |
Medical specialty Medical Advisory Board content review and certification. |
|
|
Medical specialty prescription focus. |
|
|
Just-in-time delivery of medical information at the Point of Care. |
|
|
Medical specialty physician and practice extensions. |
|
|
Physician-directed decision support. |
Physicians prescribe disease-specific information to their patients in a codified manner that extends the medical dialogue throughout the continuum of care and delivers a comprehensive disease management curriculum that is accessed at their patient's convenience. Properly prescribed Medical Information Services gives patients the opportunity to knowledgably interact with their medical specialist and engage in informed dialogue based upon a sound foundation of a prescribed medical information curriculum that substantively includes the patient in the decision-making process.
|
|
|
