A few years ago, the notion of chatting with your doctor via videoconference was beginning to take off nationwide. But platforms weren’t perfect, and start-up entrepreneur Vishal Vasanji saw an opportunity to make the typical telehealth experience more robust. The founder of Patient Plus urgent care clinics teamed with software developer and LSU professor James Davis to form a company called Relief Telemed.
Offering just a video to video interface wasn’t enough, they believed. They wanted to create a model that made the interaction seamless and straightforward for both patients and health care providers.
“At some point, a lightbulb went off,” recalls Vasanji. “We said, ‘Let’s put nursing on the road. Like Waitr puts drivers on the road to take food from restaurants, we can build a similar concept that brings health care to your door.’”
