Comments on: BetterDoctor takes on ZocDoc with streamlined doctor discovery app, now on iOS

By: KeyLimePie

KeyLimePie — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:31:54 +0000

Virtually all of the patient reviews on ZocDoc are overwhelmingly positive, five star reviews. And doctors pay for ZocDoc as a marketing tool. I think it’s safe to say that ZocDoc is very biased and no patient should be choosing a doctor based on ZocDoc reviews. Check other websites and the reviews for the same doctor can be very different. Don’t trust ZocDoc!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:25:00 +0000

ZocDoc is stand alone the best service out there. It is an actual physical tool between doctor and patient. This is basically a web version of the yellow pages.

By: Robert Capelli

Robert Capelli — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:15:36 +0000

@Ari I am looking forward to seeing what you guys have come down the pipe.

Good luck, the initial stuff looks and works great.

Robert Capelli, Founder of Allayo http://www.allayo.com

By: atijals

atijals — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:59:07 +0000

This obsession with Doctors should end, there are PAs and nurse practitioners who equally give good care just they don’t have medical degree.
Our healthcare structure needs to be overhauled. What point is there to see a medic for & min and leave with your problem.
Let’s change our attitudes, restructure health and engage and highlight practitioners that equally give good care, not just doctors. They are but one of the means to good health not and end to it!

By: Ben Green

Ben Green — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:06:27 +0000

Doctor finders are a nice tool for patients, and useful for certain specialities, but unfortunately sometimes an in-person visit cannot be found quickly enough (I need this bladder infection treated ASAP). In fact, many urgent care/primary care conditions may not need an office visit at all. We at http://www.caresimple.com, offer another alternative to the traditional office visit; specifically a virtual doctor visit for many common clinical conditions (UTI, sinus infections, rash, influenza to name a few), and are available immediately and 24/7.

I love the fact that BetterDoctor and ZocDoc are helping to solve the issue of in-person access, but fortunately for patients now there’s another high quality, safe, and cost effective alternative to the office visit.

Ben Green, MD
Medical Director
http://www.caresimple.com

By: Ari Tulla

Ari Tulla — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:57:41 +0000

@Robert BetterDoctor is in process of getting the consumer apps out during the early part of the year. There will be a lot of exciting news following this first step.

By: Peg Carver

Peg Carver — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:12:01 +0000

Access is a huge issue in healthcare today. Primary care physicians are overloaded by demand–leading to the infamous “7 minute visit” when you finally can see a provider. The primary care docs dislike it as much as the patients–this isn’t the way they envisioned things would be when they went to medical school.

Telemedicine offers a huge opportunity to deal with many, many routine concerns without even entering a physician’s office. The experts say as much as 65 to 70% of the problems that send us to the doctor’s office could be handled over the phone or by webcam. It’s cheaper, it’s faster, and the care is top-notch. It’s a very real component of the solution to the healthcare quagmire. And it can end that patient nightmare Robert calls out.

Peg Carver, EVP Service Delivery, CareSimple/Carena, Inc. http://www.CareSimple.com

By: Robert Capelli

Robert Capelli — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:21:56 +0000

Finding a doctor is a great start, but how do you ensure an ability to make an appointment? Calling a doctor’s office as a patient is extremely exhausting, especially if you are not an existing patient, or are not go through a network that has privileges to appointments set aside.

In an earlier interview Ari stated something about discovery and Booking appointments, but I don’t see that feature solution like with ZocDoc (bookings), you can call, but that is where the nightmare begins for most patients…

looks like a good start, but this space is in need of functional solutions to the main issues, getting an appointment is a Top Level issue.

By: Ari Tulla

Ari Tulla — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:46:55 +0000

You can find the app on App Store by searching “betterdoctor” or following this link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/betterdoctor/id588931415