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Re: [projectvrm] CareSync


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  • From: Bill Nelson < >
  • To: Doc Searls < >
  • Cc: John Havens < >, ProjectVRM list < >
  • Subject: Re: [projectvrm] CareSync
  • Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 06:50:00 -0400
Having worked with the project since the beginning (and watching it grow since I have left), I have been quite impressed.  They have an application (mobile and web) that allows you to aggregate, manage, and make sense of your healthcare information.  They also have a group of agents (all with healthcare backgrounds) that will input your medical data into the database if all you have are old medical records (or want to request PDFs from your physician).  The later is an extremely valuable service if you either don't have time or don't know what you are doing.

The one big thing that they have going against them is that they don't have a Silicon Valley office and nor do they have a huge marketing budget.  Most of their growth has been through word of mouth and that has largely been due to Amy's efforts and her participation in chronic disease groups (her own daughter suffers from JM - Juvenile Myositis).  The other thing that I (personally) believe that has inhibited their growth is the fact that up until recently they did not include any benefits to "healthy people".  Unless I actually went to the doctor, then I had no incentive to use the application.  That has changed, however, in the most recent release as they have added aggregation from health trackers and monitoring tools.  No I can aggregate daily information for myself (i.e. trying to lose weight) or use that data to give the doctor a better picture of my holistic health.  That opens their application to a whole new market - a much larger one.


On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Doc Searls < " target="_blank"> > wrote:
On Sep 10, 2014, at 7:37 PM, Bill Nelson < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hi John,

I ran the services business for CareSync before leaving to start my own company last year.  

Let me know if you have any questions. 

Bill

Sent from my iPhone

How is adoption going?

Note: Amy Gleason of CareSync is @ThePatientSide, which is a very VRooMy handle. She blogs here.

Doc

I just learned about this.  Intriguing model, re: having people get access to their health data (US).  Haven't explored all their terms and conditions, but pretty interesting if it works.

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