Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Florida Announces Health Information Website

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has announced a new consumer health care website aimed at assisting Floridians in search of accurate, trusted, and unbiased health care information. The newly designed site builds on past developments by combining www.floridahealthstate.com and www.floridacomparecare.gov into one central site, www.floridahealthfinder.gov, and adding additional health care information, including a health encyclopedia with thousands of articles and illustrations.

The AHCA believes that the site will help Florida consumers improve their care and reduce health costs.

The website provides a wealth of information on more than 1,600 diseases and conditions with more than 3,600 articles while linking the information to the health outcome data, when available, for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Health outcome data may include a number of visits, charges, infection rates, mortality rates, etc.

The website features high-quality medical illustrations, photographs, and diagrams. It provides a list of health care facilities, information about insurance, medications, seniors, medical conditions, health care data, and resources for medical care. It also has a variety of consumer publications, and information for health care professionals.