| Online physician locators will help patients to locate | | | | The site doesn't offer any kind of licensed medical |
| doctors at ease without leaving home, if they | | | | advice and the patients are expected to consult |
| have a computer and Internet connection. This | | | | the physician they have selected through the |
| makes the search relatively easy, as there is a | | | | Web. |
| wealth of information about a huge number of | | | | US Health Services is a comprehensive Internet |
| doctors, right at the finger tips of patients seeking | | | | yellow pages directory that helps people find |
| information online. Information Web sites provide | | | | doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, and specialists all |
| an overview on the selected doctor's medical | | | | over the US. The service database management |
| skills. | | | | system uses the latest state-of-the-art |
| WebMD Physicians Directory is provided to be | | | | programming to update records daily. The search |
| used by the general public as a quick reference | | | | enhancement tools are available for the patients |
| for general information about the physicians. The | | | | to locate the physicians. |
| directory offers specialized selection criteria and | | | | Health pulse is an online service that helps patients |
| search options where the patients can search for | | | | to locate the heath care provider at the place of |
| doctors by the physician's last name, zip, city, | | | | their choice. The patient can conduct an instant |
| state, or by the medical specialist. | | | | national search for doctors, dentists, chiropractors, |
| LocateADoc is designed to support, not replace, | | | | and nurses across several specialty areas. Also, |
| the relationship that exists between a patient and | | | | they can check out the physician's credentials, |
| physician. The Web site provides information to | | | | including general contact information, education, |
| locate a doctor by browsing for the physicians | | | | and license details. |
| according to their specialty in medical treatment. | | | | |