Carely – Helping Family Caregivers Partner with Providers

Over the past year I have met many entrepreneurs who are or have created an app designed to help families better coordinate the care of loved ones. These apps all have similar features: A Facebook-like interface that allows multiple family members to post medical/care updates and add comments A calendar feature for important appointments and for coordinating care coverage by family members An iMessage/Whatsapp-like messaging tool to communicate one-on-one with members of the family Caring for a loved one and trying to coordinate family members is a daunting task so I applaud all of these efforts to make it easier. However, I must admit that I come away after meeting these enthusiastic entrepreneurs a little disappointed. Their apps, while impressive, are stand-alone and are isolated from the rest of the healthcare ecosystem. For example, manual entry is often the only way to incorporate medical information from a provider and any communication with a healthcare organization needs to be rekeyed into the app. Because of this, I was very excited when I ran into Michael Eidsaune, Founder and CEO of Carely at a recent conference. His company is taking a unique approach – instead of just focusing on family caregivers, his company is trying to bring caregivers and healthcare providers closer together so that BOTH benefit. Below is a summary of our conversation. What makes Carely different than other family caregiving apps? With Carely, we didn’t stop at just trying to make thi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Care Management System Digital Health Healthcare Healthcare Communication HealthCare IT Carely Healthcare Caregivers Michael Eidsaune PointClickCare Source Type: blogs