Revolution Health Marks One Year
I had the opportunity to be on a conference call with Steve Case last week on the one year anniversary of Revolution Health. In his usual smooth presentation, he presented some of the features which have made the site a success:
- Anchored with trusted content, link it to consumers personal health concerns
- The limitation of search engine in finding health information (aka, Google?)
- Consumer-centricity
- Use technology as an integrating
force
- More interested in what people do
with a personal health record, not just an electronic filing
cabinet
- Providing actionable
information
- A goal of eventually reducing cost of healthcare
One
You have to give them credit for providing a unique model of providing content and an expanding list of health tools and channels. Acquisitions have helped like Care Pages but the key has been their ability to integrate these features into a good user experience.
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I applaud Case and colleagues for their efforts...I was personally joined the community at the launch.
Unfortunately, the user experience was dismal and I did not have the patience required to continue. I am sure that I am not alone, having spoken to their 'support" team several times. They could lure me and others back but it would take a re-do of the approach.
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