[1] In Fall of 2018, Healthwise named then Chief Medical Officer Dr. Adam Husney as CEO.
[4] In the beginning, Healthwise offered printed decision-support and self-care materials for patients.
[5] Additionally, according to the Blue Cross of Idaho visits to the emergency room by owners of the guide went down by 18%.
[5] According to a study by the Partners Health Initiative in Anderson, South Carolina, which had supplied 154,000 families with Healthwise information, 23% reported that it saved them an unnecessary trip to the doctor and 13% reported that it prevented an unnecessary trip to the emergency room, with underinsured and uninsured families being the most avid users.
[3] Content of the Knowledgebase is used for self-diagnostic services such as WebMD as well as websites of hospitals and health-plan providers.