mHealth SaaS Platform Launched
By Christine Kern, contributing writer
Providers get paid to manage patients through custom mobile health app.
MedDiary Inc., a mobile healthcare software developer, has launched its mHealth software-as-a-service platrorm consisting of a cloud-based portal for providers and a mobile app for patients.
The new integrated platform allows healthcare providers a way to create a custom mobile health app for their patients and monitor them remotely. This “concierge level” service is available to patients for a $35 monthly in-app subscription fee. MedDiary then compensates providers with a $15 monthly services fee for coordinating the patient’s care.
"MedDiary transforms mobile health into a service that healthcare providers can offer to their patients," said MedDiary CEO Mark Repko. "Mobile health is quickly becoming an integral part of a patient's treatment regimen. What's been missing up until this point is a way for providers to truly prescribe a mobile health app to their patients, including app configuration, delivery and ongoing oversight. MedDiary offers a unique solution to this complex problem."
The company says MedDiary is suited for applications in which patients need to intensely manage their health for a short period of time while under the close supervision of a healthcare provider. Such applications include following hospital discharge instructions, managing a newly diagnosed chronic disease, following a complex medication regimen for cancer treatment, following a strict diet as directed by a bariatrician or registered dietitian, or following the care plan of a functional medicine practitioner or health coach.
The MedDiary platform currently offers seven different health management modules for use in creating the custom MedDiary mobile health app: food and nutrition, symptoms, medications, self-measurements, physical activity, sleep, and bowel movements. Providers can select any combination of these modules and further refine the specifications within each one to meet the individual needs of each patient.
For example, in the food and nutrition module, providers can select up to 20 nutrient items for the patient to track, with a daily consumption goal for each one. In the medications module, providers can specify both prescribed and OTC medications for the patient to take including dosage, frequency and special instructions. All of the specifications configured by the provider are automatically reflected in the patient’s version of the MedDiary app.
Not only does the MedDiary platform enable a single healthcare provider to "prescribe" a mobile health app for each patient, but it also enables an entire care team to collaborate in the creation of a coordinated care plan for the patient, which is then delivered through the MedDiary app. "MedDiary is reinventing the way that healthcare providers and care teams deliver care plans to patients," said Repko.