Online Care Anywhere

Through Online Care Anywhere®, a virtual clinic offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, members now have immediate access to medical advice from local health care professionals, right at their fingertips – at onlinecareanywheremn.com .

Encourage your employees to use Online Care Anywhere with these communication materials.

General information

Online Care Anywhere Sales Sheet (PDF) — Learn about the benefits of Online Care Anywhere for your employees.

Planning

Rollout plan (MS Word) — Use this planning template to help you decide how and when to use these materials.

Brochures

Introducing Online Care Anywhere (PDF) — Give this brochure to employees to introduce them to Online Care Anywhere. Give out at your kick-off event, or place in your employees’ mailboxes or in-boxes as a follow-up to the event.

Articles

Kick-off event article (MS Word)   — Use this article in your employee newsletter or send out as an e-mail a few weeks prior to your event.

Newsletter article (MS Word) — Use this article to tell employees about Online Care Anywhere – and as a regular reminder.

Intranet article (MS Word) — If you communicate via an Intranet, use this article created especially for intranet use.

FAQs

FAQs (PDF) — Hand this out to employees at your next staff meeting or put in their mailbox or in-box. It could be distributed with the brochure or other materials.

Flyer

Kick-off event flyer (MS Word) — Mail this to employees several weeks before your kick-off event to introduce Online Care Anywhere.

Poster

Kick-off event poster (MS Word) — Hang this poster several weeks before your kick-off event. Put it in your employee lunchroom, on a bulletin board or other area that employees will be likely to see it.

Videos

"Take a tour" tutorial — Shows how to use Online Care Anywhere. Include this link in an Intranet article or e-mail to employees.

“Talking to a doctor” tutorial — Shows how to talk with a doctor. Include this link in an Intranet article or e-mail to employees.

Brea’s testimonial – sought advice about her baby — Brea talks about the convenience of getting an online doctor’s advice for her baby’s skin condition during a break from her night class.

Janel’s testimonial – sought advice for her son and herself — Janel and her son talk together with an online doctor about her son’s migraine headaches. A few months later, she received treatment from an online doctor for a sinus infection.

Terri’s testimonial – sought advice for a family member — Terri was seeking information about her father’s health condition. The online doctor helped her access information she would not have found on her own.

News releases & articles

Blue Cross and Fairview Health launch Online Care Anywhere (PDF) — News release about the launch of Online Care Anywhere – November 2009

Live, online doctor appointments with Minnesota physicians offer a new kind of convenience during the holidays (PDF) — News release about the convenience of Online Care Anywhere – December 2010

Hibbing Daily Tribune article (PDF) — “Online Care Anywhere goes public” – December 29, 2010

Mankato Free Press article (PDF) — “Service puts doctor at your fingertips” – December 26, 2010

Bemidji Pioneer article (PDF) — “Blue Cross offers online advice at virtual clinic” – December 26, 2010