HealthLink is an online health resources dedicated to providing consumers with accurate, reliable health information.
The HealthLink website, found on the Internet at http://www.healthlink.mcw.edu, provides current medical information in straightforward language that explains complex health issues in clear terms.
The goals of HealthLink are:
HealthLink features interviews with members of the renowned Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin clinical staff, timely consumer health articles on topics ranging from injury prevention to new surgical techniques, updates on current Medical College of Wisconsin research, program descriptions, and medical advice from our faculty physicians. Nearly 3 million individual users per year visit the HealthLink website. In addition to the HealthLink website, more than 33,000 people subscribe to HealthLink's e-mail newsletter, which is sent free of charge to subscribers on the 1st and 15th of each month. The Office of Clinical Informatics also publishes a paper newsletter, HealthLink Quarterly, which is distributed four times per year to patient waiting areas throughout the campus. According to Dr. Rick Gillis, Medical Director of the Office of Clinical Informatics, "The academic, research and hospital facilities at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert are among the best in the nation. HealthLink helps us to convey that message to thousands of readers every day." "Our HealthLink publications help us to spread the word about the excellence of our staff and campus," says Dr. Gillis. "They truly reflect the outstanding quality of our work."