In San Diego, California, Purushotham Kotha, M.D., an area Cardiologist is now providing his patients with online education regarding various conditions, treatments and medication, through his practice website.
Berkeley, CA -- (SBWIRE) --10/20/2011 -- The office of Dr. Purushotham Kotha now offers educational handouts on its website to support the needs of its patients. Dr. Kotha understands the importance of providing patient handouts to improve clinical care and patient satisfaction. Purushotham Kotha, M.D., (http://www.heartsmart.info/learn.html) provides his patients with convenient, online access to heart health resources on his own practice website.
Surveys have shown that U.S. adults frequently search online for patient handouts, but are frustrated by the large volume of health information they find from questionable sources.
A majority of health consumers state that they would prefer to get that information directly from their own doctor. Unfortunately, a majority of physicians report finding it difficult to provide patient education during an office visit, and most medical practice Websites lack health information. Dr. Kotha now joins with the other physicians and practices that use the “From Your Doctor” service from Vivacare to manage his patient education resources (http://www.vivacare.com).
Dr. Purushotham Kotha is American Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is a voluntary clinical instructor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Currently, Dr. Kotha is practicing Invasive and Non Invasive Cardiology in San Diego, where is is affiliated with UCSD, Scripps and Sharp health care systems. He is an active member of the Scientific Council on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology of the American Heart Association, the Vascular Biology Working Group, Interventions in Cardiology Study Group of the University of Florida, and the Future Forum for Cardiovascular Diseases. It is Dr. Kotha's mission to provide comprehensive cardiac care to his patients through evidence based medicine.
Dr. Purushotham Kotha also works with Dr. Akther Kotha in his office. Akther Kotha, M.D., is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. She specializes in lipids, inflammation and atherosclerosis, to find out more information about her you can visit her website at, http://www.arthritisdoc.info.