Collaborhythm a technology platform to empower an individual to control their own health

Brian Wang | Next Big Future | June 17, 2011

...CollaboRhythm is a technology platform that enables a new paradigm of healthcare delivery; one where patients are empowered to become active participants and where doctors and other health professionals are transformed into real-time coaches. We believe that this radical shift in thinking is necessary to dramatically reduce healthcare costs, increase quality, and improve health outcomes.

Patients own their data in CollaboRhythm: everything they see in the doctor’s office is available at home, or when they visit another doctor, or change jobs, or move across the world. Just as importantly, patients can contribute data of their own, things that doctors fail to see in the face of too many lab tests: data and perceptions about social support, diet, alternative therapies, and their effect on the patient;s quality of life. (Patients and physicians disagree on the reason for an office visit nearly 50% of the time.)

Although the hub of CollaboRhythm is located in the doctor's office, the system's goal is to connect with the patient from any place at any time. However, it is not a tele-presence system - which beams the doctor into the patient's life - but a system for tele-collaboration. Patients need support from their health-care providers, and doctors need to encourage patients to actively track their performance in collaboration with providers. No more letting patients fall through the cracks between visits every six months....