eHealthMe Offers New Personalized Q&A Service for Users
Patients can now anonymously post health questions and get answers from people who share their age, gender, and drug regimen
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eHealthMe, the real-world platform for healthcare big data, today announced a new Personalized Q&A service for people who value individualized health information from patients with the same age, gender, and drug regimen. Building on the momentum of eHealthMe's personalized drug checker, the Personalized Q&A takes a step further towards empowering patients with unique, actionable insight on their conditions and medication.
With the new Q&A system, eHealthMe users can anonymously post any health question. eHealthMe will then invite people with the same age, gender, and medication regimens to answer, connecting patients with knowledge that is otherwise unavailable. While doctors cannot legally give specific medical advice online, the new eHealthMe Q&A gives patients access to free medical advice from people with comparable medical histories.
"People are going to get personalized responses," said Johnson Chen, Founder and CEO of eHealthMe. "General Q&A sites do not specify age, gender, and medication, and they do not control who can respond to questions. We go beyond the typical forum with targeted invites to fellow patients that really understand a person's condition."
eHealthMe's user base has reached a point where almost all ages and genders can expect answers to questions about 10,000 different medications. The new Personalized Q&A service adds an unprecedented opportunity for interactivity, personal discussions, and education while maintaining strict privacy and confidentiality for users. In an age of self-education and democratization of knowledge, eHealthMe lets people finally take ownership of researching their own treatment plans.
To try out the new Personalized Q&A, visit http://www.ehealthme.com/ask_question
About eHealthMe
eHealthMe is a platform to study healthcare big data in real world and in real time. The company's proprietary algorithms continuously analyze FDA and social media data. The results are readily available to health care professionals and consumers. eHealthMe aims to make America's healthcare system more transparent, safe, and cost effective. eHealthMe has worked with top institutions and organizations, including the Mayo Clinic, Northwestern University, IBM, Yahoo!, and the London Health Science Center. Based in Mountain View, CA, eHealthMe is a privately owned, independent company.
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