The doctor is in at Jersey Shore Hospital's new Web site. Doctor DotCom, the animated doctor, was unveiled as an innovative communication tool on the Hospital's comprehensive Web site of health information and services at www.jsh.org.

.Doctor DotCom will be used to present a "healthy" portion of the health information on the Web site in a fresh and enjoyable way. He will simplify access to information in a fun, refreshing manner.

The site offers an in-depth listing of all the Jersey Shore Hospital's health care services and offerings. Included under some of the services such as radiology and laboratory testing are detailed menus outlining preparation and procedural information that can assist patients having various procedures performed at the Hospital.

The service areas listed on the site include: Cardiopulmonary; Child Care; Community Outreach; Emergency; Inpatient Care; Laboratory; Nutritional Consulting; Occupational Health; Outpatient Surgery; Physical Therapy; Poison Control Center; Radiology; Sports Medicine; and Women's Health.

The user-friendly site features a physician search that will permit users to locate and select a doctor that best fits their medical needs quickly and accurately. An events calendar will also be made available to provide visitors with an updated schedule of upcoming hospital events and happenings.

Additionally, the site will serve as a gateway to one of the world's most recognized names in Internet health information -- Intelihealth.com. Intelihealth.com is a trusted source in providing health and medical news, information and research tools to numerous prestigious institutions of medicine, and now, it is available to users of the Jersey Shore Hospital Web site. For those visitors craving more thorough technical medical information, the site also offers a medical library featuring links to many of the world's leading medical journals.

"We have worked hard for the past year to make certain our new Web site offers an aggregated and invaluable source of information to our patients and the general public. In addition to offering the typical assortment of information on hospital services and physicians, our goal was to produce a functional health care information tool. Working with Intelihealth.com, the site introduces options for detailed medical searches featuring the Harvard School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dentistry. Also, the creation of Doctor DotCom makes the site fun and easy to use and will serve as a great communication tool for Jersey Shore Hospital and its service community," said Mr. Lou Ditzel, Chief Executive Officer, Jersey Shore Hospital.

"The Jersey Shore Hospital Web site will provide the appropriate information and research tools to meet these demands from visitors. Our calendar of events and newsroom will be updated regularly to keep our community informed of what we are doing as an organization and what it can expect from us in the future."