Tag: DOCTOR

New York-based medical appointment scheduling service ZocDoc is expanding its offering today. When the company launched last year, users could make appointments with a few dozen dentists in New York city. This week, ZocDoc is adding primary care physicians in Manhattan to the mix. The service is designed as an alternative for patients who would normally go to their medical insurance provider's ...

Google will launch its online consumer health service early next year. We've known that both Google and Microsoft were working on health related services for a while now. But Microsoft beat Google to the punch, launching its HealthVault portal earlier this month. So what can we expect from Google Health? Google search chief Marissa Mayer says odds are if you're searching for health information ...

Microsoft has launched its new consumer health portal which is something of a cross between WebMD and Life Record. In other words, HealthVault both lets you search for general health related information and store your own personal health data online. What does a software company know about medicine? Well, Microsoft has partnered with groups ranging from the American Heart Association to the Mayo ...

While ZocDoc is busy creating a platform for doctors to interact with their patients, Dr. Jay Parkinson figures he already has the tools he needs to run a Web 2.0-style medical practice. Want to make an appointment to see the doctor? Check out his Google Calendar for availability and shoot Parkinson a text message or e-mail. He'll text you back and then make a house call with as little as an ...

ZocDoc is launching a limited public beta today. The site lets you search for a doctor or dentist based on location, specialty, and what kind of insurance they accept. It's sort of like OpenTable, but instead of making restaurant reservations you're making making appointments that could be matters of life or death. We guess the same could be true of some restaurants. At launch, ZocDoc is ...

So Google Calendar comes out, and where are the hacks? Good thing they opened it up a bit... Still, it's good to see people using the tool in some clever ways. Witness the use of Calendar for doctors. I don't know how HIPAA affects a public calendar (or the potential for exploit, given the beta status), but it's cool that a doc would think to share their schedule with the public. Even better is ...