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SDI Launches Asthma Information Site
- Posted August 19th 2008
- by Marji
Healthcare analytics company SDI has launched Azma.com, an asthma information site geared toward consumers. Azma.com includes four-day forecasts for all U.S. ZIP codes, disease-specific educational information, opt-in email alerts and an air quality index.
The site is essentially being modeled after other consumer health alert websites that SDI also operates. One such site is Pollen.com, which focuses on allergies. In fact, users of Pollen.com request an asthma-specific site, which led the SDI folks to launch Azma.com.
While Azma.com provides access to current asthma and allergy information, it also offers two years of archived allergy news. Azma.com is also available through a network of affiliated health- and weather-related national websites.
The main goal of the site is to enable consumers to better manage their conditions. With the features that SDI has included in the site, they should be able to do just that.
SDI’s idea to launch these disease-specific sites is a good one. The web is already cluttered with general information sites; and people seem to prefer one site that can provide them will all of the content and services they need to deal with a particular medical issue. By continually launching disease-specific site, SDI could truly separate itself from the competition and become a powerful resource for individuals suffering from a wide range of ailments.
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