New Web Site Connects Patients with Experienced Doctors
board-certified medical doctors has launched a Web site designed to give
anyone with a medical question the chance to receive medical advice and
medical information from a specialized doctor.
AskTheMedicalSpecialist.com (http://www.AskTheMedicalSpecialist.com)
currently features doctors specializing in:
-- Pediatrics
-- Critical care medicine
-- Gastroenterology
-- Internal medicine
-- Pulmonary medicine
-- Sleep medicine
-- Cardiology
Additional doctors will join in the near future.
While many medical web sites feature general health information, few sites
have the capability to offer patients personalized, confidential and VIP
advice from an expert medical doctor.
searchers the chance to have their medical questions answered by knowledgeable
medical professionals, regardless of location.
“Doctors and their families receive better medical care than the general
population,” says Dr. Cohen.
“Knowing what questions to ask, double checking the treatments that are
recommended to you, knowing your choices when you are told you need a
procedure — ultimately empowers you as a patient and as a consumer.”
Ask the Medical Specialist keeps all customer information strictly
confidential. However, some customers choose to anonymously release their
question and answer for publication to aid other patients facing similar
problems.
One patient named SF from
line catheter was necessary for his ailing father. Dr. Cohen explains the
benefits and risks of the procedure, along with a recommended course of action
in the “Recent Posts” section of the Web site.
To ask a medical question, a patient registers, chooses a specialist, and
submits a question directly to that doctor.
The doctor reviews the question and returns the query within 48 hours.
The patient then has the opportunity to ask one follow-up question.
Dr. Cohen specializes in critical care medicine, internal medicine,
pulmonary medicine and sleep medicine. Ask the Medical Specialist currently
has hand-picked three other doctors:
-- Peter Antevy, MD (pediatric ER, pediatric medicine)
-- Dean Palmer, MD (gastroenterology)
-- Edward Simon, MD (cardiology, invasive cardiology)
All doctors at Ask the Medical Specialist are American board-certified and
possess extensive experience working in the field in which they specialize.
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SOURCE AskTheMedicalSpecialist.com