Frequently Asked
Questions
What is the mission of USHealthNet.com?
USHealthNet.com is designed to help you take greater control of your health by
becoming a more informed and engaged healthcare consumer.
With more than 1,000 health-related Web sites accessible from this site, we
are committed to helping you become a more knowledgeable partner with your
physician and healthcare team. This is vital in today’s ever-changing
healthcare environment.
What are the key consumer benefits of USHealthNet.com?
USHealthNet.com offers healthcare consumers many benefits:
- Helps you become a savvy healthcare consumer through knowledge
- Takes the guesswork out of interpreting search engine results, which
can save you hours of time locating these Web sites
- Brings together more than 1,000 health sites on the Internet into a
single, easy-to-navigate source
- Contains health information from both leading national medical centers
and local or regional healthcare providers (via our
Hospitals
section)
- Enables consumers to find health information and health products by
a specific condition or disease state via our proprietary
Health Product Finder
- Allows consumers the ability to review multiple sources of health
information
- Offers consumers a practical resource that is available around the
clock.
When using the USHealthNet.com service, is my privacy being protected?
Yes. USHealthNet.com in no way tracks, records or captures
patient-specific data when you use this Web service. This service is
in no way connected with health insurance companies, nor does it sell or
exchange data of any kind to any third parties. We are steadfastly
committed ensuring your privacy.
Is it permissible to link to USHealthNet.com?
As long as your site does not contain false or misleading claims,
promote ineffective or dangerous products, or advertising for alcohol,
tobacco, firearms or pornography, you are welcome to include a link to
www.USHealthNet.com.
Are content additions being planned for USHealthNet.com?
Yes. We plan to further deliver on our mission by making health books,
health brochures, videos and CD-based health information products
available for purchase. Note: If you are a physician or a consumer
health information publisher and are interested in marketing your books,
newsletters or other materials via this site, please send information
about your products to the correspondence address noted on our Contact
Us page for consideration.
In the future we also plan on creating an area on USHealthNet.com where
physicians and medical group practices can sponsor links to their own
Web sites by medical specialty and geographical location.
Thank you for visiting USHealthNet.com. USHealthNet.com is designed to
provide you with fast, organized access to consumer health information. The
Web resources provided on this site are intended to support, not replace,
the relationship you have with your personal physician. These links are
intended to be representative, but not exhaustive. By using this service,
you agree to our Terms of Use. Click
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