While many mHealth solutions seek to connect the patient and clinician for long-term care management, one company is marketing a new platform for those more typical hospital encounters, like an emergency room visit.
MedDiary's platform, which consists of an app for patients and corresponding portal for providers, continues the care plan after discharge for up to two months, or as long as six months for those newly diagnosed with a chronic disease. It's designed to help providers and their patients extend a care plan during those crucial few months following a hospital visit, when the patient is new to the care routine and needs more structured and constant care management.
“MedDiary transforms mobile health into a service that healthcare providers can offer to their patients,” company CEO Mark Repko said in a recent press release. “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.”
Company officials said the platform is ideal for providers who want to prescribe an app for a patient who needs intensive health management for a short period of time. This would include the time following a hospital discharge, managing a newly diagnosed chronic condition, following a complex medication regimen for cancer treatment, following a new diet coordinated by a dietitian or bariatrician, or following a care plan coordinated by a health coach or medicine practitioner.
The platform is separated into seven modules – symptoms, medications, self-measurements, food & nutrition, physical activity, sleep and bowel movements – enabling providers to tailor a treatment plan for each patient and allowing the patient to view that plan on a mobile device.
MedDiary, based just outside Indianapolis, charges consumers $34.99 a month for the app, in what they call "concierge-level" service, while providers are compensated through a $15-per-patient-per-month service fee for coordinating a patient's care.
