SAMC’s Web site has answers to health concerns

Interactive consumer health information from A.D.A.M.

Saint Anthony Medical Center is offering patients and the public yet another resource to help address health care needs and concerns.

The hospital’s Web site, http://www.stanthonymedicalcenter.com/, recently became home to A.D.A.M Interactive Health, which offers a plethora of information on topics relevant to visitors who want to get well and stay well.
The site offers the following A.D.A.M. products:
* Multimedia Encyclopedia
* Symptom Navigator
* In-Depth Reports
* Care Guides
* Health Centers – for heart, cancer, orthopedics, neurology, women, men, pediatrics, seniors
* Pregnancy Central
* Health Risk Assessment
* Decision Assist
* Wellness Tools
* Reuters Health News
* Drug Tools
Users can find information on a disease or condition, on how to prepare for a test or surgery, or to address emergencies resulting in injuries or poisoning.

Information also is offered on managing health conditions, such as allergies, arthritis, asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, low back pain, weight loss, pregnancy or diabetes.
A.D.A.M.’s products provide information to help consumers live a healthy life: on heart care, nutrition, checkups, health calculators and exercise information. Besides at Saint Anthony, the information is available on the Web sites of all of the hospitals in the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Inc. network.

“SSFHS is pleased with the decision to choose A.D.A.M. clinical content to enhance the Web sites of all of our facilities,’’ said Sister Aline Shultz, vice president of marketing and public relations.

“The A.D.A.M. medical encyclopedia and graphic animations help the informed health care seeker with accurate, understandable terms and descriptions of conditions, diseases, and treatments. We receive very positive feedback from patients and physicians about the A.D.A.M. tools they find on our site,’’ she added.

Atlanta-based A.D.A.M. was founded in 1990 to serve educational markets with resources for teaching and learning human anatomy and physiology. Today, the company’s Health Solutions are used on hundreds of hospital and healthcare Web sites across the U.S.

According to the company, its goal is to connect individuals to accurate and engaging health information, to help improve the overall quality of their health and their experience with the health care system.