DoctorBase Releases Panda 6 – The First HIPAA-Omnibus Compliant Private Social Platform for Doctor-Patient Communications
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 20, 2013 -- DoctorBase.com, the leading mHealth-as-a-Service platform for medical practices, today announced the release of the latest iteration of its cloud-based, mobile medical software, Panda 6. The product enters the market with integrations to 14 legacy patient portals and extensive enhancements to its HIPAA-compliant secure mobile messaging platform that achieved 12.5% patient usage in extensive beta trials.
Since the release of Stage 2 Requirements for Meaningful Use, physicians have struggled to meet the 5% patient usage requirement set forth by the EHR Incentive Program. Said DoctorBase Chief Medical Officer Zach Landman, “Our task was to cross that threshold, and our tool was the smartphone.”
90% of patients are open to using mobile health apps and 62% of doctors report using iPads and tablets. Panda 6 is built on a mobile friendly architecture that works on any Android or iOS device, making it the first truly mobile platform for patient engagement.
“The new Panda lets me connect with my patients the way I connect with friends on Facebook—all from an iPhone or iPad,” said Kimberly Cockerham, MD. “My staff and patients just started using it without any training.” The platform is now pushing nearly 7,000 messages between patients and doctors per day.
For larger IPAs and ACOs, Panda 6 patient portal integrations provide a Mobile Wrapper that can help turn struggling patient usage statistics around without costly forklift upgrades. According to data recently released by the American Academy of Physicians, 20% of practices that attested to Stage 2 in 2011 failed to do so in 2012.
Said DoctorBase Chief Executive Officer John Sung Kim, “It scares me when large medical organizations suddenly release their own desktop-only messaging platforms. Three years of data and user feedback went into Panda, and leveraging mobile devices is the only way to move past 5%.”
About DoctorBase
DoctorBase is one of the fastest growing Health 2.0 companies as measured by doctor and patient acquisition. Its patent-pending, multi-tenant, mHealth-as-a-Service solution allows patients and healthcare providers to easily communicate through mobile devices with security, auditability, and reimbursement.
Amanda Griffith, Bumble PR, http://www.doctorbase.com, +1 (617) 851-8335, [email protected]
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