Jay Parkinson, M.D.
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.
Jay saw that his patients and friends in his neighborhood communicate very differently from how the health care industry does. He decided that he could be a better doctor to them if he communicated like they did: through the Internet and their iPhones. Soon, Jay had a functioning practice, incorporating his website and house calls with email, IM, SMS, video chat, and PayPal.
With that mix of modern technology and old-fashioned neighborhood doctoring, he was tip-toeing a health care delivery line that had never been crossed. And the press loved it— from the pop culture blogs to the American Hospital Association.
In January of 2008, Jay joined the Myca team to build his Facebook-like platform that uses technology, from IM to video chat, to restore the traditional doctor-patient relationship that has been lost in today's high-pressure, high-volume, eight-minute-appointment practice model, which is often blamed for the shortage of primary-care physicians. It's part electronic medical record, part practice-management system, and part social-networking site, complete with profiles and photos of doctors and patients, all in a secure environment that complies with federal privacy standards."
About Myca
The Myca Platform is a web-based technology solution uniquely created to transform the entire experience of healthcare.
It's designed to meet the needs of providers and their patients and make communication easy, by way of multiple channels —instant messaging, email, and video chat— for both PC and Mac.
By mixing a social network-like interface with online communication, scheduling and a personal health record for patients, the application transforms the way practices are managed by creating a more efficient and flexible work flow and ensuring data integrity. Using the most current interoperability standards, it also seamlessly integrates with the communication tools that we already use, like PDAs and smart phones, as well as remote monitoring devices.
Most importantly, it lets healthcare providers communicate with their patients— and each other— whenever, however, and wherever they want, at any point of care. This open, simple, Myca Platform-based communication results in a new kind of customer-centered practice; one that allows healthcare providers to spend less time on paperwork and more time with their patients.