According to foreign media reports, under normal circumstances, people spend a long time in the waiting room when they go to see a doctor. Sometimes they have to wait for nearly an hour to see a doctor. According to a recent survey, people spend an average of 21 minutes on non-emergency waiting. This does not include the time for doctors to make appointments, wait for the number, wait for a trip, and travel to the hospital. The emergency waiting time is longer. Depending on the specialist clinic, the patient may have to wait for more than an hour to four hours to finally see the doctor.
Nowadays, with the development of the Internet, a group of startups who want to create more convenient medical services have connected patients and doctors through telephone, online video chat and written responses. Virtual doctors are no longer a new concept. Since the early 2000s, a number of companies (such as Teledoc and American Well) have been working on providing 24/7 uninterrupted doctor consultation services over the phone and video chat. However, these services are all from corporate organizations or medical organizations. A number of emerging startups are now directly targeting consumers, attracting users through more lightweight and simpler services.
Virtual medical services certainly cannot completely replace true face-to-face diagnostics, such as the inability to perform blood pressure measurements and related tests. Moreover, they are unable to obtain the patient's medical history and the patient's past personal medical history.
However, in dealing with minor illnesses, such virtual doctor services are more than adequate, such as general allergies, skin diseases and sexual health issues. In fact, proponents of such services claim that telemedicine services not only save consumers a lot of time and money, but also improve the current situation of physicians in short supply in the medical system. On the other hand, some people are skeptical. They believe that such services will sacrifice the standard and quality of medical services, thus reducing the value of doctor-patient relationships. However, the development momentum of Internet-based medical services is getting stronger and stronger. According to a recent article by Kaiser Health News/USA Today, telemedicine services have also been favored by many health insurers, including Aetna and Cigna.
Here are five startup companies in the US that are involved in telemedicine services:
1. Ringadoc
Like entertainment services like Netflix, iTunes and Spotify, Ringadoc offers on-demand subscriptions based on the healthcare industry. Ringadoc was founded in 2010 and was founded in San Francisco. The company's founder and CEO is Jordan Michaels. Users can make a one-time payment based on the phone and a physician at any time of the day, and receive services such as consultation, diagnosis, and prescribing. This month, the company announced a $750,000 seed round financing from the Founders Fund. According to Jordan Michaels, Ringadoc currently has 2,000 registered users and generates hundreds of medical calls per month. However, the company's current results are obtained without any marketing. Currently, Ringadoc has a total of 100 certified consultants whose services are limited to the California region, but the company plans to expand its services to more cities and regions in the next six months. In addition, in the coming weeks or months, the company will launch video chat services and products directly to doctors, providing doctors with a virtual way to stay in touch with existing patients.
2. Direct Dermatology
Direct Dermatology is a startup in the Palo Alto region. Its services are aimed at patients with dermatology and help them shorten the diagnosis of skin diseases from one month to two days. Each consultation fee is $85, and users can register for a specific question, such as their medical history, written description of the skin condition, and a picture. Direct Dermatology will provide feedback from dermatological certification experts within two working days and even prescribe. Direct Dermatology was founded in July 2010 with the founder of David Wong, and the company has now completed $335,000 in financing. At the beginning of the year, Direct Dermatology was selected as the first member of the New York Medical Technology Incubator Startup Health class.
3. HealthTap
Founded in 2011 in the Palo Alto area, HealthTap is designed to help patients connect with more than 10,000 certified physicians and provide patients with written answers to relevant medical questions free of charge based on desktop and mobile applications. For patients, HealthTap provides a quick and easy way for them to get reliable medical information , and for doctors, through a new channel to get more new customers and build their own reputation. The doctors in HealthTap are certified, and once certified, these doctors can provide professional answers to patients, as well as other doctors' responses. Currently, HealthTap has raised $14 million and has attracted doctors from top medical institutions, such as doctors from Mount Sinai and the Cleveland Clinic in New York.
4. BreakThrough
Founded in 2009, BreakThrough is a direct-to-consumer remote psychiatric medical service. In the past few years, BreakThrough has been providing services with medical service partners, but the company said it plans to support its own expenses. The startup from Redwood City allows patients to search for certified psychologists and make expert appointments based on chat, email, phone calls, and customized video systems that meet the requirements of the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Currently, BreakThrough is limited to patients in the California area, but the company said that the number of users will exceed 3 million by the end of this year.
5. Sherpaa
Sherpaa is a recently launched medical service that was launched earlier this year to help New Yorkers establish contact with doctors. Employers only need to pay a fixed monthly fee for each employee of the company, and patients can get medical and medical services from doctors and experts based on telephone and email 24/7. In the past four months, Sherpaa has been working with tumblr, and the company says that 80% of tumblr employees are now users of this service. Company founder Jay Parkinson said he is planning to expand the service. As a localized medical service, Sherpaa is very cautious in its operations. Jay Parkinson believes that if Sherpaa works well in New York, the company will continue to expand the service in other cities. (People's Daily)
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