A look inside Hello Health's EMR platform

Author: Thuc Huynh, MD

Last month, Nat Findlay gave me a personal interview about the company's current standing and future goals.  It definitely whet my appetite for more so I reached out to Steven Ferguson, the Vice President of Product Development for Hello Health and he took me through a tour of the platform.  The platform is pretty modern and clean.

The design interface reminds me of Facebook with a little bit of Google Calendar and Foursquare.  As a physician, you start off at the physician dashboard.  Here you'll see an overview of tasks you need to do, from reviewing labs, new patients, or incoming faxes.  You can also get a birds eye view of all patient appointments for the day on the right side of the screen.  I appreciated that the patient's photo is displayed as well to bridge that association between a name and a face.   That's what reminded me of Foursquare.

The Availability tab is where physicians can set their hours with simple click and drag features just like in Google Calendar.  I found it very easy to use.  There are checkboxes and scroll wheels for every option you can think of.  For example, you can choose to be in office during the weekdays and offer virtual or telephone visits on the weekends only.  Whatever you select as your hours on this tab will automatically reflect on the patient's side when they go to make an appointment.

Interview with Nat Findlay, CEO of Hello Health

Author: Thuc Huynh, MD

I had the great pleasure of talking to Mr. Nat Findlay last week at length about his company, Hello Health.  We talked about what the company is now and where it was heading.

For those who don't know, Hello Health is a web based EMR that launched 2 years ago in 2009.  It was founded by Mr. Nat Findlay, Dr. Jay Parkinson, and Dr. Sean Khozin in an effort to change the electronic medical record space.  And in my opinion, it did.

Before Hello Health, the best looking EMR interface was something that looked like a flashback to Windows 3.1.  With Jay Parkinson's eye for design and photography, the company created a modern, clean, stream-lined EMR that paralleled Facebook and Mint.  Now, more med-tech companies have realized that design is an important part of user function and thus, Practice Fusion and CareCloud were born.

Health 2.0 is One Week Away!

I really miss Boston. For those of you who are looking for an excuse to head up to Beantown, why don't you make Health 2.0 your excuse? While you're in Boston, make sure to visit Killian Court at MIT.

Health 2.0 Meets Ix
April 22-23, 2009
Boston Park Plaza Hotel

You can expect to hear about some exciting developments by these companies:

• Health 2.0 Advisors
• Myca/Hello Health
• Philips
• Optum Health

If you're thinking about finding some non-clinical opportunities, you may have that chance by attending Health 2.0 and networking with some of the leaders in this industry.