Carecircle, one of the first global and independent B2B2C (B2C combined with B2B) health communities built with Microsoft Azure, has launched in 158 countries. The app, which is available on the web, App Store and Google Play – and soon to be available in wearable format – is a new breed of social network purpose-built for healthcare. Carecircle.org runs entirely without advertising and has been created with the very highest level of data privacy to target health outcomes only.
Carecircle.org integrates a range of Microsoft Azure data and security services including SQL Database, Cosmos DB and Azure Active Directory. As a member of the Microsoft for Startups program for advanced technology startups, Carecircle.org is taking advantage of additional Microsoft resources for its digital consumer healthcare service.
Andrew Smith, CEO, Carecircle.org on the integration with Microsoft: “Building and launching a hyper-scale, extensible platform such as Carecircle.org, which is trusted around the world in 158 countries, is only possible on Azure. The support and commitment to our goal by Microsoft to build the world’s most trusted connect point for consumers and the healthcare ecosystem is incredible. We share the same values of transparency, data privacy, social commitment, and patient-centricity. In the end, it is all about trust. We are truly honored to be part of Microsoft’s partner network in healthcare.”
The Carecircle.org platform is composed of a purpose-built social media platform (B2C), allowing consumers to securely exchange experiences in health communities, post articles and capture and journal their own health condition, plus a B2B connector to the healthcare ecosystem. Data privacy made in Switzerland, combined with Azure, provides a platform consumers can trust. The next phase of the platform (B2B), which is already in pilot, connects the healthcare ecosystem, including providers, pharma, health tech and insurers, to consumers. This is achieved with a standards-based consent gateway built on Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare . In this way, novel use cases are enabled, such as deploying drug companion apps by pharmaceutical companies or allowing research scientists to conduct virtual trials and surveys in real-time with real-world evidence. All via a single, trusted interface.
Tom McGuiness, Corporate Vice President, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences at Microsoft states: “We are delighted that Carecircle.org is committed to building the next generation of health applications with Microsoft technology. Microsoft Azure provides Carecircle.org with a trusted foundation to build a global health platform and data vault meeting the highest standards of security and scalability. With Microsoft as its foundation, Carecircle.org is bridging the information gap, thus enabling the consumer to become their own health advocate.”
Central to the mission of affording the consumer the best of information the integrated solution leverages Isabel Healthcare’s unparalleled expertise in matching symptoms with potential diseases and will be available for consumers on the Carecircle mobile, tablet and web apps. Both companies have a strong ethical and social foundation and work closely with the scientific community, supporting scientific research and clinical practice rather than using advertising.
Andrew Smith, CEO, Carecircle.org on the partnership with Isabel Healthcare: “When we brought Carecircle.org to market in 158 countries with the backing of Microsoft technology, trust and science were paramount to us. With Isabel Healthcare we have found a partner who shares our ethical values and adds to the trust we have created with Microsoft. Together we will explore new, innovate ways to help patients and their caregivers around the world take control of their own health journeys.”
Jason Maude, CEO, Isabel Healthcare on the partnership with Carecircle.org: “Isabel Healthcare was founded over 20 years ago committed to help clinicians make the best decisions, often under extreme time pressure. We have built up a deep understanding of how machine learning can help clinicians improve their clinical reasoning skills over this period. Increasingly, consumers are taking charge of their own health and, together with carercircle.org, we are well positioned to lead in this area and help patients understand their symptoms and direct them to the most appropriate care with the right urgency.”
Carecircle continues to attract unprecedented support from the scientific community and has been awarded this year’s largest grant in the healthcare vertical by a world-renowned research institution, the prestigious ETH university in Zurich, which will deliver in 2023 the world’s most intelligent healthcare agent, i.care. i.care will interact with patients in natural language from their smartphone, tablet or the web on the Carecircle platform, integrate Isabel’s world-leading differential diagnosis engine (symptom checker) and interface with clinical practice systems to ease the burden on physicians and medical staff, and improve the patient experience.
Carecircle is continuing the momentum of building key strategic partnerships with organisations such as the World Health Organisation, Departments of Health around the world, Centres of Research Excellence, Third Sector/Patient Advocacy Groups et al. Organisations wishing to discuss how they might partner with Carecircle should contact partnership@Carecircle.org
About
Carecircle.org is one of the first global, independent health platform which combines communities with crowd-based knowledge. A Swiss based Start-up with global impact partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Swiss Federal Institution of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). The Carecircle app is currently available in 158 countries. It is accessible through www.Carecircle.org and on the Apple and Android stores.
Contact
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andrew.smith@Carecircle.ch
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