Heal was created in 2014 by founders Nick Desai (CEO), Dr. Renee Dua, their original business model was to have a way for doctors to make house calls. In light of the covid-19 pandemic, they have adjusted the business model to include telemedicine.  Which a lot doctors and health insurance companies have starting using since the pandemic. Even my own primary care physician now has telemedicine, which when I got sick at the end of July that was my first appointment, a telemedicine call. She determined that I need to go into the office under the suspicion that I had covid-19. I had to drive 45 mins to her office. Go to the back of the building and call and let someone know I was there. Then I had to wait in my car for someone to come get me and take me through the back door and into a room next to the door. Everyone I saw was covered head to toe, because they said I had covid even though I tested negative twice. However, because I live with someone who tested positive, I was considered positive. For me that whole process seemed very extreme. I know it was best because of the concerns of covid. Now,  here is where Heal is different than all the others. If Heal was available in my area and my insurance accepted them then after the telemedicine call, If a doctor needed to see me, they would make an appointment to come see me in my home. I could have stayed in bed and I would not have felt like typhoid mary. I feel that more people will start using the benefits that come with a doctor that makes house calls. Such as, the elderly and others that are homebound and unable to leave their homes. Single parents that have one sick and don’t want to get all the children up and out to a doctor office. How about that stubborn person who is sick in bed but refuses to go to the doctor, well with Heal the doctor can go to them instead. The Doctors with Heal also get a better picture of you, they can see what kinds of foods you are eating by checking out your pantry or kitchen. They can see what medicines you have been taking by checking out the medicine cabinet. This is much simpler than keeping up with a food and medicine dairy for your office doctor.

Here is a video I created:

 

I hope someday that Heal is available in my area.

 

References

CNBC.com staff. (2020, June 16). CNBC Disruptor 50 13. Heal. Retrieved from CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/16/heal-disruptor-50.html

How Heal works. (2020, n/a n/a). Retrieved from Heal: https://heal.com/how-it-works/

 

I also used various images from google images for the video.