iTriage is a health care app for that helps patients learn about certain diseases, and where to get access to health care. The app contains over 300 symptoms, 1000 diseases and 350 medical procedures. For each disease the app will give a brief description of the disease. The app will also describewhat your doctor would likely order as far as labs, x-rays and other common diagnostic testing for a particular disease. It also includes common symptoms and treatments. The app will recommend where the closest health care facility is located relative to your location. The interesting feature is that it will let you know if you are better off going to an emergency room verses an urgent care center. The only issue that I noticed is when I enter a disease process the app told me to go to an Emergency Room. The main problem was the emergency room it suggested was twenty miles away, missing several emergency rooms that were closer to me. Upon further investigation, it seems that the company will list facilities for free and charge them a monthly fee. This might create an incomplete database since some physicians or health facilities may not pay for this fee. This was the case with my primary care provider. He is a new graduate and stated he did not want to add any new expenses to his practice.
The application will help users decide if their symptoms merit an emergency room visit vs being seen by a family practice doctor. The difference can equate to hundreds or even thousands of dollars in savings. One key thing to remember is that it is an app and it can not replace human judgement. If you think you have a medical emergency then go to the emergency room. Sometimes patients go to urgent care centers and they end up getting referred to the emergency room. Patients end up paying for both visits. Sometimes patients go to some “Free Standing Emergency Rooms” that can not take care of them and they too end up going to an emergency room any way. Unfortunately, they end up getting two bills.
For more information visit the companies website www.healthagen.com/
Addendum: Please read below the comments from Healthagen, we will communicate to better gather the information of the local emergency rooms that were missed. We appreciate your help.
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Good to know about the fee charge and lack of complete coverage. I hope they fix this. Thanks for the info.
Correct information on iTriage
iTriage charges for a premium listing, but not for a basic listing including address, phone number, and location. Premium listings allow hospitals and medical providers to communicate directly with patients about their areas of excellence. No facilities are ever removed because they don't sign up for premium listings. But premium listings are searched and found 200 - 300% more than basic listings by our users. So far our users have found all types of facilities in every state of the country over 20,000 times. This is the first successful lead generation engine for acute care.
This platform has been set up to help patients find the best medical option for their condition. If there were ER's Dr. Castro did not see on the application, then we will scour the area and add them (or Dr. Castro - please email me and let me know who needs to be added). We have assembled every ER, Urgent care, Pharmacy, Retail clinic, and Physician we can find in the country into our system, nearly a million data points, so we are continually updating and verifying this. Glad to hear we need to look over the Lewisville area again so we don't miss any facilities.
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