HealthIndex UK

is provided by Acumen Solutions Ltd, a consultancy that specialises in developing Internet applications for companies and organisations involved in healthcare. If your company or organisation is considering a presence on the Web, then we can help you on the way.

STOP PRESS...ACUMEN IS SOON TO RELAUNCH HEALTHINDEX UK.....find out more about this exciting initiative

Using the Index.....

....is straightforward. For each site listed, HealthIndex UK provides a hyperlink and a brief summary of the site. Sites are listed in broad categories to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for.

The aim of HealthIndex UK ...

.....is to make it easier and quicker for people to find healthcare sites and resources. Despite the development of well designed search engines such as Lycos and Infoseek, the Internet user is still faced with a task akin to hunting for a very small needle in a very large haystack. And, as the wealth of information on Web pages rapidly grows, the haystack is getting bigger and bigger. HealthIndex UK should make finding that needle just a little bit easier.

Our target audience.....

.....is not the professional medical researcher, although he or she may well find HealthIndex of use. HealthIndex UK is intended to help those people with a specific health query, or with a general healthcare interest or who perhaps work in a health care company or organisation.

If you think your healthcare site should be included on Healthindex UK, let us know. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

ACUMEN TO RELAUNCH HEALTHINDEX UK

HealthIndex UK will be structured around the concept of healthcare communities. Each healthcare community will be focused on a specific condition, and will offer a range of resources within that area.

HealthIndex UK is a focal point for all parties involved in healthcare - patients, carers, healthcare professionals and managers - and is the ideal forum for information, news, views and discussions on all UK healthcare issues.

HealthIndex UK is a valuable resource for patients seeking advice and information or who wish to exchange views and experiences.

HealthIndex UK actively encourages communication between all parties involved in UK healthcare - patients, carers, and their support organisations, through to NHS management, private healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies.

Opportunities for HealthIndex UK partners

The Internet is the fastest growing - and potentially the most influential medium of the next ten years. HealthIndex UK partners will use this new medium to complement traditional communications, and enhance the effectiveness of their overall healthcare communications.

There is a variety of ways that HealthIndex UK partners - including patient groups and healthcare companies - can use this initiative to enhance patient awareness, PR and/or medical education communications objectives:

• sponsorship of healthcare communities
  • e.g. AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, asthma, diabetes, eczema, epilepsy, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension, impotence, obesity, post-menopause, etc.
• support and/or provision of news services
  • including specific news items
• support of specific informative and/or educational programmes
  • ranging from patient advice through to physician training
• sponsorship of discussion areas for patients/carers
  • including support of expert moderators, as appropriate
• sponsorship of 'virtual meetings'
  • ranging from on-line, parallel meetings, to Internet-only conferences
• sponsorship of 'ask a specialist' areas
  • including funding of specialist, as appropriate
• sponsorship of 'frequently-asked-questions' areas
  • including provision of hyperlinks, as appropriate
• sponsorship of hyperlinks to sites of direct relevance
  • possibly organisation's/company's own web sites
• sponsorship of on-line communities and other areas of the site
  • most areas of the site may be sponsored, subject to editorial discretion

Becoming a HealthIndex UK partner

If you want to participate in this exciting initiative, and become a HealthIndex UK partner, you need to speak to the originators of the concept: Acumen Solutions.

Acumen Solutions is a specialist Internet company with extensive experience in healthcare and medical applications on the Web. Visit our Web site - www.acumen-solutions.co.uk - for an introduction to Acumen and our work.

Contact Keith Pollard or Sarah Ward now on 01442 385000, or email healthindex@acumen-solutions.co.uk for more information.

Acumen Solutions
Concept House
271 High Street
Berkhamsted
Herts
HP4 1AA
Tel: 01442 385000
Fax: 01442 385004