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Start-Ups at Health 2.0 Conference Aim to Transform Visits to the Doctor
Colleagues,
As reported in the New York Times ... the pace of technological change has accelerated as start-ups try to change the way doctors and patients interact...
American Well ... enables doctor visits via Webcam...
... Another example is Keas ... helps patients by providing personalized reminders, advice and wellness plans based on their health information.
At the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, a few other start-ups talked about what they are doing to improve the ways in which doctors and patients interact.
... One is called Hello Health. Primary care practices use this service to communicate with patients, and the company says it can cut overhead costs in half by decreasing the need for receptionists and nurses. It enables patients to use instant messaging tools to talk with their doctors. The conversations are stored in the patient’s file, and the doctor can charge the patient on the spot and provide a receipt for the insurance filing...
... Another is VisionTree. It aims to replace paper in a lot of the doctor-patient interactions that one would think would have been digitized a long time ago. For example, patients fill out their medical histories online instead of on a clipboard and can use the service to request prescription refills or make appointments over the Web...
... ReachMyDoctor gathers a patient’s health history in one place so the doctor and patient can quickly see which procedures or screenings the patient needs. It also enables several doctors who care for a patient to communicate about that patient in a group chat...
... RelayHealth also enables doctors and patients to communicate online. It lets both doctors and patients enter health information, like vaccinations or allergies, and enables doctors to write electronic prescriptions and share information with other doctors...
Read on at: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/start-ups-aim-to-transform...
For more on the rapidly growing market sector of Web 2.0 and healthcare see MedTech-IQ search link: https://medtechiq.ning.com/main/search/search?q=web+2.0
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As reported in the New York Times ... the pace of technological change has accelerated as start-ups try to change the way doctors and patients interact...
American Well ... enables doctor visits via Webcam...
... Another example is Keas ... helps patients by providing personalized reminders, advice and wellness plans based on their health information.
At the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, a few other start-ups talked about what they are doing to improve the ways in which doctors and patients interact.
... One is called Hello Health. Primary care practices use this service to communicate with patients, and the company says it can cut overhead costs in half by decreasing the need for receptionists and nurses. It enables patients to use instant messaging tools to talk with their doctors. The conversations are stored in the patient’s file, and the doctor can charge the patient on the spot and provide a receipt for the insurance filing...
... Another is VisionTree. It aims to replace paper in a lot of the doctor-patient interactions that one would think would have been digitized a long time ago. For example, patients fill out their medical histories online instead of on a clipboard and can use the service to request prescription refills or make appointments over the Web...
... ReachMyDoctor gathers a patient’s health history in one place so the doctor and patient can quickly see which procedures or screenings the patient needs. It also enables several doctors who care for a patient to communicate about that patient in a group chat...
... RelayHealth also enables doctors and patients to communicate online. It lets both doctors and patients enter health information, like vaccinations or allergies, and enables doctors to write electronic prescriptions and share information with other doctors...
Read on at: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/start-ups-aim-to-transform...
For more on the rapidly growing market sector of Web 2.0 and healthcare see MedTech-IQ search link: https://medtechiq.ning.com/main/search/search?q=web+2.0
ENJOY!
CC
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