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Archive for June, 2008

HelloHealth, une plateforme de santé en ligne, prévue en mi-juin (0)

Sunday, June 1st, 2008 · by Heri · startups

J’ai écrit ici il y a quelques mois de cela de Myca, une compagnie émergeante de la ville de Québec, qui prévoyait de lancer dans la province Santé Sans File, un ensemble d’outils permettant aux patients de voir et consulter leurs docteurs en ligne. J’avais évoqué à la fin HelloHealth, la version américaine du produit; et il semble que depuis que Myca ait fait de grands progrès.

Ils ont depuis recruté Jay Parkinson, un médecin pratiquant dans l’état du Massachusetts, qui s’était rendu célèbre il y a un an de cela pour avoir exploré de nouveaux outils de télémédecine avec ses patients. Il utilisait la vidéo-chat, la messagerie instantanée, et se déplaçait aussi directement chez ses clients. Jay Parkinson est maintenant le “Chief Medical Officer” de Myca; et aussi le porte-parole de la compagnie aux USA.

Le service n’est pas encore public, mais vous pourrez le découvrir bientôt, à partir de la mi-juin. Dans une vidéo produite par la compagnie, ils le comparent notamment à Facebook, et parlent de la simplicité d’utilisation. Dans la vidéo, on aperçoit un nuage de “tags”, correspondant aux différentes conditions médicaux du patient. Un clic sur un tag amène ensuite plus de détails sur cette condition médicale. Étant donnée le graphisme et la fonctionnalité de visioconférence et de messagerie instantanée prévues dans la plateforme, on peut conclure je pense que l’ensemble de la plateforme sera en flash.

Jay Parkinson se proclame lui-même l’avenir de la médecine, et je pense que HelloHealth va faire beaucoup de bruit aux US lors de son lancement, prévu dans un premier temps à Brooklyn, puis ensuite dans toute la ville de New York. Il avait par exemple proclamé qu’il ne voulait/pouvait pas prendre les gens de plus de 40 ans (il a lui-même 31 ans), parce qu’ils sont en moins bonne santé… On ne sait pas si c’est vraiment de la provocation; ou une révélation par rapport au modèle d’affaires de Hello Health, qui proposera un abonnement mensuel aux alentours de $15 (+ extras pour des visites à domicile). Il est certain que ce modèle sera très profitable s’ils acceptent seulement les gens jeunes et en très bonne santé.

Alors, médecine fast-food ou médecine du futur, qui utilise intelligement les nouvelles technologies? Peut-t-on dire Health2.0? En tout cas, je trouve le modèle prometteur, d’autant plus que cela vient d’une compagnie de la ville de Québec. À côté, Google n’offre en santé qu’une version pâle, avec des dossiers électroniques.

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