Jay Parkinson is a physician who lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He was trained at Johns Hopkins in preventive medicine and pediatrics. He realized just what a mess the health care system is, with messy delivery processes and frustrating, expensive reimbursement methods. He figured the whole thing could change for the simpler. So he, along with the team at Myca, is building a platform that enables a new, common-sense practice for all health professionals: it's a social network to connect patients and health experts in-person and online in a totally new kind of practice. Hello Health is the power of Facebook, Amazon, and Zipcar...but brought to health care.
At this critical juncture in the evolution of the healthcare delivery system when change is the only constant, hospitals can no longer accept the seemingly intractable inefficiencies and quality and safety problems that have taken root at many facilities. The good news for hospitals grappling with continuous, tumultuous upheavals including seemingly interminable EHR and CPOE implementations, some long-standing problems can be fixed fairly easily and quickly.
