DISQUS

Steven Murphy MD · 7 months ago

I would say with the addition of my patients' records, lab results and even EKGs and radiology on my iphone, you have already proven yourself to be invaluable.

-Steve

Andrew · 7 months ago

Heh, I haven't even written anything yet. These features are merely the natural consequences of two scattered month of purchased infrastructure.

:)

mikailov · 7 months ago

New to this blog but I really enjoy it!

In regards to this post... HelloHealth seems to be a potentially disruptive approach! Really worth a look see.

-Anar
Med Student

Andrew Yates · 7 months ago

Yah, I'm excited about what Hello Health is doing. However, they seem to already have a big media following (in part, because they work with professional marketers). So, I figure if I ever have anything that they want, they'll come find me, and otherwise, I don't want to be "just another groupie" for tally by their "marketing guy".

Jay Parkinson, MD · 7 months ago

Hi Andrew...thanks for the comment. I have a freelance designer and one freelance copywriter who work with me to develop our website and our application. They're very talented. No PR. We just join the online conversation that's already happening online about us. Thanks for letting me know about Think Gene.

Andrew Yates · 7 months ago

http://myca.com/team.html

Jay Parkinson, MD · 7 months ago

Yes...this is the team that's involved in creating the soon to be launched Hello Health platform - the business side of things. Developing the platform, financial, legal, etc. I am in charge of the concept and the creative side of the platform along with the designer and copywriter. Notice we do not have a marketer nor anyone trained in marketing. Anyway...not that important.

Andrew Yates · 7 months ago

I think Hello Health is great. I just didn't want to be another bozo pinging for "partnerships" because I hate that. I know people really do like you, your blog, and your mission, and your web credibility is legitimate. But, dude, you have bus emblazoned "Hello Health". There is a crowd of people in front of it. Who are these people?

My ire is because while I see a lot of names slung around on Myca and Hello Health, and while I read so much about how great it is to have great software and a catchy brand ---I see zero programmers and zero designers named. And they do a good job! I like your website. And while Hello Health itself is a doctor's office (and so, obviously, I'd expect to see doctors named), Myca purports to be a software company. And they are. But who does the actual work of, you know, writing? Oh, that's for consultants. And employees. They execute our plans. And they do a good job. And that probably works just fine. And the product will be probably be good.

So maybe now one of these "freelance" guys will get "featured," but come on. Guys in suits: jingle jingle, thanks for renting your time, nerds, we're the Web 2.0 now. Yah, that's my tribe ---hackers--- and not yours ---doctors--- but doctors, you like those insurance contracts? HMOs? Hospital execs? Jingle jingle! They're coming for you, too! That's why doctors like the romance of Hello Health in the first place! Welcome to the payroll, boys.

And that's why I'm prickly.

Jay Parkinson, MD · 7 months ago

Yes, Hello Health is a company with a CEO, strategist, architects, 25 developers in our offices in Quebec. The designer I work with is from Ghava:

http://www.ghava.org/

and our copywriter is a talented freelance copywriter with little professional web presence named Alena Cason. The people in front of the bus are Nat Findlay (our CEO who is an amazing person who likes to let people have a good time while they work), our VP of Product Management (Steven Ferguson), and the rest are mainly our developers.
I don't know why it's a problem to start a company and have actual employees and a brand.

Steven Murphy MD · 7 months ago

Jay,
I think it is because you made reference that it was just you and 2 others working on Hello Health......which seemed revolutionary rather than corporate and hyped......
But the bus made things much clearer for us.
Good luck with your company.
-Steve

the website guy · 5 months ago

Im currently developing websites for a series of surgery centers. The current state of health information is really limiting communications between their branches - I hope one day there is a good solution to all of this.

the DWI attorney · 4 months ago

Hopefully with the newest health care plans underway some of these problems will be solved.

bondage · 1 month ago

I hope so myself!

ashford university · 3 months ago

I feel as though the government is doing anything possible to ensure we get taken care of is a huge joke. We really would need a new health plan if the government would put there eyes in medical industry and see what is going on. This is a great article

-Bill

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I've been busy visiting many programmer's blogs, and I find that your quoted paragraphs ring true. The people posting blogs seem to just rehash ideas that are on the edge of the market now and how they can work it back into what they are comfortable with instead of trying to think with other tools.

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There is a huge problem with the way medical records and similar documents are handled these days. The entire system is a complete mess. Why should I have to fill out the exact same information at a new doctor that I just filled out at the previous? Shouldn't these documents be accessible by all doctors?

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Totally true. This needs a fix and soon.

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There is a ton wrong with the current system. Thankfully the new bill was passed and changes are upon us.