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Consumer-driven healthcare

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Consumer Health Websites Accelerate Consumer-Driven Healthcare, Richard Toner Mar 2009

Consumer Health Websites Accelerate Consumer-Driven Healthcare, Richard Toner

Value-Based Purchasing Newsletter

Consumer health websites (sites) have been around for more than a decade now. WebMD, RevolutionHealth, MyOptumHealth, HealthCentral, Everydayhealth, QualityHealth… the list of sites goes on and on. Employers, employees, health plans, providers, and general healthcare consumers have had varying reactions to these sites and buy-in remains largely a personal preference.