Tumblr (3.0; @jayparkinsonmain)http://jayparkinsonmd.com/<p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20268/jayparkinson-headshot.jpg"/></p> <p>After completing a residency in pediatrics and one in preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins, I started a practice for my neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn in September 2007:</p> <ol><li>Patients would visit my website</li> <li>See my Google calendar</li> <li>Choose a time and input their symptoms</li> <li>My iphone would alert me</li> <li>I would make a house call</li> <li>They&#8217;d pay me via paypal</li> <li>We&#8217;d follow up by email, IM, videochat, or in person</li> </ol><p>This concept became <a href="http://hellohealth.com/">Hello Health</a> so other doctors could practice this way. Hello Health is a mixture of secure social network and electronic medical record that enables doctors and patients to connect both in their office and online via email, IM, and video chat.</p> <p>Fast Company called me the <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/135/the-doctor-of-the-future.html">Doctor of the Future</a> and one of the <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kate-rockwood/bizzy-body/top-10-most-creative-people-healthcare">top 10 most creative people in health care</a>. I have a design firm called <a href="http://thefuturewell.com">The Future Well</a>. We dream up, design, and build products and services that inspire health and happiness. We launched <a href="https://sherpaa.com">Sherpaa</a>, a health service in NYC in February 2012. Sherpaa connects employees to our group of doctors via email and phone 24/7 to solve health problems.  </p> <p>I&#8217;m very active on my <a href="http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com">blog</a>.</p> <p>Download a hi-res photo <a href="http://thefuturewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/jayparkinson-headshot.jpg">here</a>.</p>http://jayparkinsonmd.com/post/96856974http://jayparkinsonmd.com/post/96856974Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:27:00 -0500