Hi Gang, here's an interesting project for anyone interested in health
policy. Please contact Lory directly if you're interested.
Gary
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From: Lory Wallach <lwallach(a)firstopinion.com>
Date: Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: First opinion-- consulting assistance.
To: Gary King <king(a)harvard.edu>
Hi Gary
The First Opinion is a medical knowledge-based system designed to give
medical advice to the general public and decision support to clinicians. The
System is web-based and can be accessed through any internet browser, smart
phone or dumb phone through interactive voice response and automatic
speech recognition
technologies in most languages. Using an Internet based authoring
approach; the First Opinion system encodes a highly useful core of expert
and general practitioner diagnostic and treatment knowledge into a computer
system that can be accessed by clinically trained individuals as well as by
any individual consumer. The System has two different front ends that
support both of these audiences. The System has the ability to consider
every disease of mankind (24,000) for anyone seeking consultation
For patients-- this provides free and easy access to diagnosis-- and answers
the questions-- what is wrong with me... what is my next best step for care,
was the diagnosis made by my provider correct.
For providers-- it acts as a clinical decision support system especially for
those that do not have access to that through an EMR.
We are seeking consulting help to size the global market. We know it is
huge-- and we want to put some measures around that. This could include what
is the gap in the global capacity to make a medical diagnosis, what is the
demand for receiving a correct and timely diagnosis, what is the cost of
incorrect or delayed diagnosis, what is the potential reduction in pain and
suffering, what is the impact on freeing up capacity so that health care
resources can be used more effectively?
Thank you for sharing this request for consultative services with your
capable students and colleagues.
Best,
Lory Wallach
858-733-2145
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