Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Do you ever leave your doctor’soffice with more questions than answers? An Eagle startup has come up with ways to help – using the Internet and video.
Unity Medical Inc. makes two- to three-minute videos that take expert medical advice and deliver it to patients in a way that feels up close and personal. The videos are part of a suite of Internet tools that can deliver information on everything from chronic diseases to wellness.
Right now, the privately held Unity Medical doesn’t have much competition for its use of Internet technology, founder and CEO Michael Boerner said: “We’ve been presenting and sharing this from coast to coast, and to date we haven’t seen anything quite like it.”
“It has the potential to change how doctors practice medicine,” said Dr. Robert Korn, a weight-loss surgeon at St. Luke’s Clinic for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery who is not an investor in Unity Medical.