Sharecare, www.sharecare.com a online health and wellness engagement platform and Amwell’s telehealth service recently teamed up with the Dr. Oz Show to provide 5,000 people with a free doctor’s appointment. “Through our partnership with American Well www.americanwell.com, we were able to bring the exam room to the living room or wherever you might be when there is a need to talk to a doctor,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz.
By having an appointment on The Dr. Oz show, 5,000 individuals were able to find out what might be bothering them in minutes by connecting with a doctor via a live video chat directly from their smartphone or computer.
Sharecare launched AskMD www.sharecare.com/askmd/get-started in December 2013 using guided search and decision-support technology to help consumers find out what might be wrong and what they can do about it.
Although AskMD helps consumers connect with medical professionals near them, this collaboration with Amwell and the Dr. Oz Show took telemedicine a step further by enabling consumers to immediately discuss their health problems with a doctor.
“A physician has an average of seven minutes to spend with a patient in the office, and the bulk of that time is spent trying to figure out what’s wrong”, said Ido Schoenberg, MD, Chairman and CEO of American Well. “Combining the power of AskMD and Amwell not only streamlines that process, but also provides the ultimate in convenience for the consumer without sacrificing quality of care.”
For a free telemedicine session, go to AskMD either on the web, the App Store, or Google Play and start an AskMD consultation to find out more about what could be causing your chief complaint.
Once the AskMD consultation is completed, the consumer receives a summary of their results. Then the option is to click to talk to a doctor. The consumer will then be sent to Amwell where a doctor can be selected for their telemedicine sessions.
At that time, the consumer can verify whether or not they wish to share their AskMD consultation summary with the doctor and the consumer can then register for the live video chat to begin to talk to the doctor.