Mosaic Health Solutions Releases Free Medicine Reminders Via Text Messaging, and Free Health Trackers

Jericho, NY (PRWEB) November 17, 2007 -- Called Healthy Footsteps(SM), the interactive program requires just minutes a day, but generates a number of benefits including better medication compliance, accurate tracking of symptoms, ongoing reminders of physician treatment recommendations, weekly printouts for physicians that help improve communication and increase effectiveness of office visits, big picture reports that allow participants to view progress over time, and much more.

Free and Easy (http://www.healthyfootsteps.com/products/medNotices.cfm)

Currently, Healthy Footsteps is available for people coping with diagnoses that particularly benefit from daily tracking: depression, anxiety, panic attacks and diabetes. In addition, the Healthy Footsteps-MedNotices program provides daily medications reminders. Other conditions that will soon become part of the www.healthyfootsteps.com family include stress, insomnia, heart health, nutrition and wellness, fertility, chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies, osteoporosis, HIV and weight loss. Under development are specialty Healthy Footsteps programs for kids, teens and seniors that address conditions and issues reflecting their individual life stages. All programs are free, easily accessible on the Web, and privacy protected.

Weekly Reports Key to Health Tracking and Trending

How exactly does the healthyfootsteps.com program work? Once users have signed up, daily prompts delivered via an email or text message remind them to input relevant information on things like mood, nutrition, sleep, stressors, exercise, medication and so on into a daily online journal. Because the journal relies on pull-down menus and one-click replies, the time commitment is minimal -- as little as five minutes a day. However, there are also sections in the program for users to record additional, lengthier thoughts. All sections get compiled into weekly reports that the individuals can print out and share with their physician or medical professional. "As a result," says Founder and CEO Andrew Rosen, "patients can maximize their doctor's visits and be able to more accurately report on their health status. Doctors can identify trends and get a more complete picture on their patient's health and the many factors influencing treatment progress."

Healthy Footsteps-MedNotices Reinforces Compliance

Also available through Healthy Footsteps is HF-MedNotices. This program uses text messages via cell phone and/or email messages via computer to remind people to take their scheduled medications and vitamins. "We developed Healthy Footsteps-MedNotices because medication compliance is such a huge problem -- resulting in unnecessary hospitalizations, poorer outcomes and an estimated $200 billion annually in additional medical care. MedNotices takes common forgetfulness -- something people of every age and diagnosis struggle with -- out of the equation, giving people simple, direct ways to stay on top of their medications," says Rosen.

"Both Healthy Footsteps and Healthy Footsteps-MedNotices are designed so that even people who are computer novices will feel comfortable. Taking charge of your health is so important -- we've just made it easy."

For more information, visit www.healthyfootsteps.com or contact us directly at 410.960.6767.

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