Aetna

Aetna Helps Patients, Physicians Improve Health Outcomes with New Online Capabilities

Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, May 12th, 2008

Many banks send their customers electronic notices when their checking accounts are low. Airlines send passengers flight updates through email. Now Aetna (NYSE:AET) is providing physicians with similar electronic services about patients' health care, such as alerts warning physicians about potential drug-to-drug or drug-to-disease interactions, that potentially can help save lives.

Aetna is the first health plan to provide physicians evidence-based Care Considerations electronically. Care Considerations will now be sent through Aetna's secure provider website via NaviNet, the multi-sponsor health care communication platform from NaviMedix. Last year, more than 1.6...

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