September 2001
Volume 65 |
Number 9
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| Learn
About Online Solutions for Your Practice |
Millions of patients go to the Web to find answers to their medical
questions, and the majority of consumers seeking health care information
online are interested in getting it from their own doctor.
For physicians and patients, the Internet offers more than just
an information resource. Harris Interactive reports that vast
majorities of the online population would like to receive e-mail
reminders for preventive care (81 percent) and follow-up e-mails
after doctor visits (83 percent). Jupiter Research reports that
63 percent of consumers would switch to a doctor with a Web site
that offered credible content and secure communications channels.
ASA is helping you streamline your practice with online solutions
that also can help your practice grow and meet rising patient
demand for credible online information and secure online communications.
At this year’s Annual Meeting, learn how ASA’s Your
Practice Online member benefit can help your practice and find
out how to utilize the service and learn about these benefits
of the Medem network:
Enhancing patient education: Provide patient education
articles and trusted, peer-reviewed clinical information from
ASA and more than 40 other leading medical societies.
Decreasing practice liability: Your Practice Online is
compliant with eRisk Working Group for Healthcare guidelines,
developed in collaboration with malpractice carriers representing
more than 70 percent of insured U.S. physicians.
Accessing new patients: Many online physician finder services,
including a growing number of health plan physician directories
that currently represent more than 14 million covered lives, will
point to the Medem network and your practice Web site when patients
are selecting a physician. You get increased exposure to new insured
patients at the time they are selecting a physician.
Medem staff at the booth can help you publish your site. While
you are at the booth, they can also help you modify your site
by: 1) Taking your digital photo to include on your site; 2) Adding
practice announcements, patient safety materials and other information
to your site; and, 3) Changing your Web site address (URL).
You can also learn about Secure Messaging, a secure solution
for online communications with patients. Accessed from Your Practice
Online, Secure Messaging is one of the safest and most confidential
messaging systems available today. Unlike traditional e-mail,
which is similar to sending a postcard in the mail and can be
intercepted and read by others as it travels across the Internet
to its intended recipient, Secure Messaging is encrypted and confidential,
so only the intended recipient can read a message.
Find out about this tremendous ASA member benefit and learn more
about online solutions for your practice at this year’s ASA
Annual Meeting.
Resource Center at Annual Meeting
For the second year in a row, ASA will have a Resource Center
at the ASA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. This is the
one-stop area at the meeting to answer your questions and obtain
information on services offered by ASA. The resource center will
be located in Exhibit Halls I2 and J with hours of operation as
follows:
| Friday, October 12 |
3 p.m. to 9 p.m. |
| Saturday, October 13 |
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Sunday, October 14 |
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Monday, October 15 |
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Tuesday, October 16 |
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Wednesday, October 17 |
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
The committees and organizations involved in this year’s
Resource Center include the ASA Committees on Communications,
Electronic Media and Information Technology, Patient Safety and
Risk Management, and Practice Management. The Anesthesia Patient
Safety Foundation, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and
Research and the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology (WLM) will
present exhibits about their current and projected activities.
Also available will be the ASA journal Anesthesiology. This is
your chance to talk to members of the editorial board, find out
how to access the journal online and review past issues of the
journal.
Access to the scientific papers presented at the Annual Meeting
will be available in the Resource Center. Attendees who wish to
access the full text of all scientific abstracts may access them
from this area of the Resource Center. Information on continuing
medical education opportunities offered by ASA, including the
SEE program and Workshops, will be available. Computers will be
available on which to view the SEE Program.
There will be plenty of other services offered in the Resource
Center. Stay in contact with your office or home via e-mail kiosks.
Leave a message for a colleague or pick up a message left for
you at the message center. If you are looking for an anesthesiologist
for your practice or are an anesthesiologist looking for a position,
the Placement Service will once again be offered. Notice of practice
opportunities and positions being sought will be posted on interactive
multimedia units. A meeting room will be reserved for people to
meet informally to discuss practice opportunities.
Attendees with questions regarding membership and services offered
by ASA will have the opportunity to meet with ASA staff to have
their questions addressed.
The ASA and WLM publications will be on display and available
for purchase in Book Sales. Attendees may access the book sales
area through the Resource Center.
New this year is direct access to the technical exhibits from
the Resource Center during exhibit hours on Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday. Attendees may enter the technical exhibit hall from the
Resource Center and vice versa.
 Update
Your Member Information and Pay Dues Online
ASA announces a new membership service for members to update
and edit their individual member file and directory listing, including
address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses. In addition,
members can use this new online service to pay their membership
dues each year.
To update your membership information, visit the ASA Web site
at <www.ASAhq.org> and click “Members Only Login”
under “Professional information.” You will need your
6-digit membership I.D. number, which can be found on your membership
card or on the address label on the back of the ASA NEWSLETTER.
You will enter this number to obtain access to your file, but
you are encouraged to change to a new unique logon password as
soon as possible. The membership information entered in your membership
record will update the ASA membership database in real time. You
do not need to notify the ASA Executive Office about your updated
information. This information will be used for the membership
directory, which is expected to be online by 2002. You also may
designate what information you would not want published in the
ASA Directory of Members.
You also can pay your annual dues via the “member-only”
system as well. To do this, login to the “Members Only”
section and choose “Dues Renewal.” Use your VISA or
MasterCard to renew your membership safely and conveniently. Use
the “Members Only” section to provide us with your e-mail
address so that we can forward time-sensitive information to you
electronically.
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