Professional (i.e., Accountant, Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher)
Myca Health Inc.
United States
I'm a physician who lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the Chief Concept Officer at Myca. I was trained at Johns Hopkins in preventive medicine and pediatrics. It was then that I realized just what a problem the health-care system is, with messy delivery processes and frustrating, expensive reimbursement methods. I figured the whole thing could change for the simpler. I saw that my patients and friends communicate very differently from how the health-care industry does. I decided that I could be a better doctor to them if I communicated like they did: through the Internet and their iPhones. Soon, I had a functioning practice, incorporating my website and house calls with email, IM, SMS, video chat, and PayPal. With that mix of modern technology and old-fashioned neighborhood doctoring, I was tip-toeing a health-care delivery line that had never been crossed. And the press loved it--from the pop culture blogs to the American Hospital Association. In January of 2008, I joined the Myca team to collaborate in the development of a web platform wrapping up all of those empowering technologies into one powerful system--Hello Health. It enables a new, common-sense practice for all health professionals: it's a social network to connect patients and health experts in-person and online. Health care is now simple, thanks to our application.
http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/
http://www.fastcompany.com/user/jay-parkinson
