Start-ups offering house calls are booming in the US, providing the convenience of a clinician's visit without having to leave your home, office or hotel. Most of the companies offer free apps that patients can install on their smartphones and use to request a housecall. The US has more than one million people who have been diagnosed with cancer but don't know how they will be treated, according to the American Cancer Society. New York pediatrician and preventive specialist Jay Parkinson, MD, seconds that. Tom Rodgers of McKesson Ventures, an investor in house-call firms, says the jury is still out on whether the economics of the house-call model can work long-term.
Start-ups offering house calls are booming in the US, providing the convenience of a clinician's visit without having to leave your home, office or hotel. Most of the companies offer free apps that patients can install on their smartphones and use to request a housecall. The US has more than one million people who have been diagnosed with cancer but don't know how they will be treated, according to the American Cancer Society. Tom Rodgers of McKesson Ventures, an investor in house-call firms, says the jury is still out on whether the economics of the house-call model can work long-term.