Dr. Thomas Johnson of New England Allergy and Immunology thought he had seen it all in his 30-plus years as a physician.
"If you were to tell me five years ago that I would require a Web page to function, I would not have believed you," he said.
Johnson, who has offices in Derry, Hampstead, Salem and North Andover, sends out daily Facebook and Twitter updates. His patients now receive information such as up-to-the-minute pollen and mold counts.
"I educated myself on the next generation of the Web and I found that I could help my patients by utilizing these sites," Johnson said.
Now, allergy sufferers anywhere can log on to "The Allergy Update Newsletter."
"We will be collecting pertinent information from around the world and presenting it in one place," Johnson said. "The newsletter is user friendly and will be useful to people anywhere who suffers from allergies or asthma."
More adults than ever before used the Internet than doctors to obtain health and medical information over the past year, according to Manhattan Research, a pharmaceutical and health care market research company.
To find out more, visit www.newenglandallergy.com/allergyupdate. The service is free.
