Brown & Toland's new Web site will debut in September. The Web site features a fresh, new look as well as a health library with thousands of articles on a variety of health topics. The site also includes a comprehensive physician directory that allows users to search for physicians by name, specialty or zip code, as well as other important information for Brown & Toland patients and visitors to the site.

The new look features easy-to-use navigational tabs, designed to provide quick, easy access to information. The Web site also contains a portal to Brown & Toland's Web site for physicians and physician offices. The information on the physician site is password protected.

Other highlights of the site include electronic editions of HealthLink, Brown & Toland's health newsletter, as well as the ability for patients and visitors to "opt in" and tailor the health information they receive via the Web. Future modifications to the site will allow Brown & Toland patients to make appointments and reconcile their account with select physician offices.

"Today's consumer has come to expect to use the Web as a research tool and a tool for transacting business, be it making appointments or paying bills online," said Nancy Griest, Brown & Toland's Vice President, Medical Group Services, Information Technology. "In the future, we will make improvements to the Web site to make it even easier to our patients to use and to provide more information."