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Innovative "LiveMD" Platform Revolutionizes Health Care Delivery in Countries Where Access To Expert Doctors is Severely Limited & Overpriced
Now patients across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America
can consult licensed physicians by phone, video or text affordably and
immediately – from the comfort of their own home or office.
ATLANTA,
Jan. 13, 2016
/PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, patients in developing countries
can search for and receive expert, highly-specialized care from licensed
doctors around the world, by phone, video or text using the innovative
Web-based LiveMD platform. Patients can use the
site (
www.mylivemd.com)
to search for doctors by specialty, qualification, language, patient
ratings, and location. Then they can communicate directly with those
doctors for a nominal fee.
Patients in developing countries like
Nigeria,
Kenya, and
India
routinely have to travel hours to a hospital or clinic, even for a
non-life threatening emergency. Once they arrive they still have to wait
for hours, just to talk to a doctor for a few brief minutes, and they
pay a very high cost for that consultation. But with LiveMD, they can
conveniently speak to a licensed, qualified doctor who gives them their
full attention. Plus patients can do it at any time, from the comfort of
their home or office, using a phone or computer. As
Emeka Okwara, Founder and CEO of LiveMD, explains, "A patient in
Lagos, Nigeria can talk to a cardiologist in
the United States for the same amount they will spend on a plate of rice."
Communication between doctors and patients can be done by phone,
video chat, or text, or the patient can schedule a face-to-face
appointment if that is preferable. LiveMD connects patients with doctors
from the
USA, UK, and other parts of
the world without incurring any prohibitive long distance charges, and
the entire LiveMD platform is localized to support all countries, time
zones, and currencies. Payments to doctors can be processed safely and
instantly via PayPal with all major credit cards, in more than 200
countries, including developing nations. All patient information is also
carefully guarded with robust security protocols to ensure full
compliance with HIPAA regulations.
Okwara, an accomplished technology executive, has spent almost two decades in
the United States
leading the delivery of world-class, multi-million dollar tech
initiatives for companies including IBM, AT&T, and Delta Airlines.
But to him the launch of LiveMD is also based on a personal passion to
give back to communities in need. "I was raised in
Nigeria," he says, "and while living in the
USA
I have made significant contributions in industries including
telecommunications, health care, and computer technology. Now my mission
is to ensure that people living in
Africa and other developing countries also have access to the best, state-of-the-art health care."
LiveMD is headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia,
USA but serves patients in developing countries. Licensed doctors
wishing to join the LiveMD Global Medical Provider Network and offer
medical consultation services to patients may submit applications at the
LiveMD Website (
www.mylivemd.com).
Contact:
Emeka Okwara
press@mylivemd.com
SOURCE LiveMD
CONTACT: Emeka Okwara, press@mylivemd.com
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