Empowered Medical provides patient recruitment and secure messaging services through Empowered Doctor.

	Subscription based service to communicate with your patients in a secure environment that is easy to use. 50% of patients are willing to pay for online consultation services (NYTimes, June 2002). Reinforce your relationship as a trained professional vs ‘Dr. Yahoo’.
	How it works
	Benefits of the system
	Patients’ Demand According to The New York Times, June 2002, a majority of patients today want to have electronic communication with their doctors. Of those, 50% are willing to pay for online consultation. Empowered Doctor has the tools to meet the demand and grow your practice. Protects Your Practice Secures your patients’ online communications from loss by hackers and equipment failure. Annually, all communication records are archived on a CD-ROM and sent to your practice. Grow Your Practice Every Empowered Doctor can access our Patient Recruitment services through their Secure Messaging account. Personalized Newsletters continually expand your visibility and generate electronic referrals.
	Comparison of Services
	Online Services Empowered Doctor Medem (AMA+) RelayHealth (Eli Lilly+) MyDocOnline (Aventis)           Secure Messaging          Every communication by any of your staff as recorded to a single record Yes No No No  Patient My Page — Online access to communications with their doctor Yes No No No  Patient record — includes LOG of all messages between doctor -patient & Staff-Patient Yes No No No  Log file audits show every access to patient informations Yes No No No  Archive to CDROM — backup of communications Yes No No No  Consultation Online — billable communication with patients Yes Yes Yes No  Online Manager Yes No No No  Track new patients activity Yes No No No  Track lead source Yes No No No  Dr. My Page — one page access to referred & new patient status Yes No No No  Track fees collected on a monthly basis Yes No No No Patient Recruitment Portals          Specialty based: e.g. Plastic Surgery Yes No No No  Condition based: e.g. Cellulite Yes No No No  Procedure based: e.g.. Liposuction Yes No No No  Location based: e.g. Boston Yes No No No  Linked Hospital Site: Vassar Brothers Medical Center Yes No No No Personalized Newsletter          Rich Media in each article Yes No No No  Specific to patient condition / profile Yes No No No  Electric word of mouth referrals - send to a friend function Yes No No No