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Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued- Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
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American College of Cardiology and WebMD Partner on New Initiative to Educate Physicians and Patients on Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
For healthcare practitioners, the initiative will include continuing education activities, cardiovascular news and patient information. The program, "Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Putting Guidelines into Practice to Improve Outcomes," will be jointly developed by Medscape, the leading portal for physicians and healthcare professionals from WebMD, and ACC. It will address the educational needs of cardiologists, primary care physicians, other health care professionals, as well as patients.
For consumers, the ACC and WebMD also announced today plans to collaborate on a consumer health initiative that will make new, patient-friendly resources available to all Americans. At WebMD.com, a co-branded information center will leverage the latest clinical insights from ACC, with WebMD's credible news and content. At ACC's newly-launched CardioSmart site for patients, www.cardiosmart.org, ACC will feature WebMD's award-winning news and videos. This consumer initiative is designed to educate and encourage consumers and patients to actively participate in heart health, disease prevention and treatment and to strengthen the patient-doctor relationship and improve the dialogue around cardiac care.
"The ACC has long been known for providing the latest clinical information to cardiovascular professionals. As we broaden our reach to provide of-the- minute cardiovascular information to patients as well, we are delighted to be working with WebMD, which has a strong presence and hard-earned reputation in this arena," said
"Given WebMD's commitment to providing consumers and physicians with the information and tools needed to better manage their care, we are proud to be working with the ACC on this unprecedented partnership," said Wayne Gattinella, Chief Executive Officer, WebMD. "This important initiative will deliver the most authoritative, actionable heart information to consumers, physicians and healthcare professionals."
A multidisciplinary Steering Committee, comprised of the country's leading
experts in cardiology and primary care, will guide editorial content for the
initiative. The Steering Committee will be chaired by
"Cardiosource continues to strive to provide the most up-to-date clinical
information to practicing cardiologists," said
The information for clinicians will be available at www.medscape.com/acc and at www.cardiosource.com, ACC's clinical website; the clinician-directed patient education materials will be available at Medscape's Patient Education Center. The information for consumers will be available at www.webmd.com and at CardioSmart, www.cardiosmart.org, ACC's new site on cardiovascular disease, prevention, and management for health care professionals to use with their patients.
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WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD) is a leading provider of health information services to consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through our public and private online portals and health-focused publications. WebMD Health Corp. is a subsidiary of HLTH Corporation (Nasdaq: HLTH).
The WebMD Health Network includes its leading owned and operated sites WebMD Health, Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, eMedicine Health, RxList and theheart.org.
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