A specialist's answer tomorrow, without the referral
Today referral letters are drafted from the record and signed in a tap. We are building the next step with partner clinics now, a GP's question answered by a specialist the next day, and second opinions written on the whole record.
- A question
- Answered next day
- The record
- Attached
- Specialists
- Paid per answer
- The fee
- Shown before accepting
The problem
Half of the referrals a GP makes only needed one answer
The GP
You only want to know whether to start the cream or send the patient on, and the answer takes six weeks and a new appointment.
The patient
They want a second opinion on a big decision, and the second doctor starts from nothing.
The specialist
You would answer ten good questions a week from home, if they arrived with the history and you were paid for them.
How it works
How it will work, built with partner clinics now
Ask with the record attached
The GP writes the question. The record, the photos and the results go with it, so the specialist does not have to ask.
The specialist answers
The specialist accepts, reads the case and replies with advice, a plan, or a request to see the patient. The fee is shown before they accept and paid through the clinic.
Second opinions the same way
A patient can ask for a second opinion, pay your price, and receive a written opinion from a specialist who has read everything.
See it on your own patients and your own doctors, in thirty minutes on video.
What changes
Patients get the specialist's view in days, and only travel when they need to
For patients
Answers in days
Advice the next day, and a visit only when a visit is needed.
For GPs
Keep the patient
Start treatment with a specialist's advice behind you, and stay the patient's doctor.
For the clinic
A specialist bench, on demand
Specialists across your group, or beyond it, answering questions they are paid for.
51%
of 60,474 Ontario e-consults avoided a referral the GP had planned, with a median specialist reply in one day.
Annals of Family Medicine, 2022. A published study, not a wai result.
Where it works
The same product in every market, on each market's rules
United Kingdom
The GP stays responsible for the patient and the specialist for the advice, under GMC guidance on delegation and sharing information.
A specialist fee you set, paid by the patient or included in the episode.
United States
A specialist advising on a patient's care holds a licence in the patient's state. Interprofessional consultation codes can apply where you bill insurance.
Cash pay at your price, or interprofessional codes where you bill.
United Arab Emirates
Specialists hold a licence in the emirate, and the record stays in the country.
A specialist fee you set.
Elsewhere
Each market's licensing decides which specialists can be asked.
A specialist fee you set.
Records are hosted in each clinic's own country under its rules. Every credential we hold is listed with its status and date on our security page.
Who are the specialists?
Your own, across your group first, then specialists you choose to work with. The question only goes to specialists registered where the patient is.
How fast is the answer?
You set the time. Large public programmes have seen a median reply of one day.
Who is responsible for the patient?
The doctor who asked stays responsible for the patient. The specialist is responsible for the advice they give.
Is it available now?
Referral letters, specialist offers and payouts run today. We are building questions to a specialist and second opinions with partner clinics now, and we would like to build them with you.
Can patients ask for a second opinion themselves?
Yes, once it is live. They ask, pay your price, and the specialist reads the whole record before writing.
Partner with us
Build it with us, in your clinic
We set each feature up with your doctors, your prices and your rules, and the clinics that partner with us early shape what it becomes.
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