We’re Ryan Klepps and Scott Hebert, and we’re founders of TheraVid LLC (twitter, blog).
What is your day Job?: By day, we’re broke 24 year olds trying to finish up our doctorate degree in physical therapy. But by night we’re working tirelessly to find solutions that help patients become more engaged with their course of care. Our product, TheraVid (www.theravid.com) is a web based home exercise prescription tool for rehabilitation professionals and their patients that incorporates the key concepts of video based exercise instruction and an interactive patient portal.
What are you passionate about?: We love the web, and we love healthcare. But we especially love combining the two. We’ve got a strong belief that in the coming years it is going to become crucial for healthcare providers to connect with their patients in new and meaningful ways. That’s why we’re working tirelessly to bring this type of engaging environment to life.
How are you going to hack healthcare?: As therapists, we play a major role as patient motivators. Still, studies consistently show that patient compliance with prescribed home exercise programs continues to be low (often less than 35%). Through evidence based studies, we’ve determined the key components to improve a patient’s engagement and ultimately their therapeutic outcome. The end result of this process is that a patient gets healthier, faster. Our ultimate hope is by improving patient outcomes in a timely and efficient manner, we can work to reduce healthcare costs while simultaneously improving the quality of care.
Why are you attending HealthCamp Boston?: We’re excited to take an active role in building the future of healthcare and are eager to work with others who are finding solutions to complex problems.
If you were to lead a session, what would you want it to be about?: In building our startup, we’ve become fascinated with the role digital media can play in optimizing patient engagement. We have focused our efforts thus far to the fields of physical and occupational therapy, but we are eager to look at the impact it can have on other areas of the healthcare system.
What kind of people do you want to meet at HealthCamp?: We’re hoping to meet with other individuals with radical ideas for how to improve our healthcare system and enhance patient care. We are especially interested in talking with those working to build patient portals. We feel this is a critical piece in the future of healthcare and would like to see how others are working to incorporate this component into other health systems.
We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us any way you’d like.
See you at HealthCamp Boston!
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