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Healthwise Earns Quality Distinction

• Posted July 3rd 2008
• by Marji

Healthwise, a healthcare information provider for consumers, has earned Health Information Product (HIP) Certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for interactive consumer health tools. The certification process evaluated how Healthwise manages its data collection and systems processes and how it continues to improve the services it provides users.

The NCQA HIP certification program assesses organizations that develop and provide content, tools and services to health plans. HIP interactive consumer health tools certification is designed to be consistent with NCQA health information standards.

The Healthwise Knowledgebase provides consumers with interactive tools with which they can research their most important health concerns. For instance, they can learn if they are at risk for a heart attack or stroke.

Health plans and other organizations license Healthwise products, including Knowledgebase to provide health-related information to their members.

Earning this honor could perhaps help Healthwise attract even more health plans to its services. With the vast amount of health information on the Internet, sites like Healthwise need such distinctions to separate themselves from the competition. The certification will make health companies more comfortable entrusting Healthwise to provide content to their customers; and those end customers will most likely develop a stronger trust of Healthwise and its content as a result.