Jordan Michaels
Jordan Michaels | |
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Born | Jordan Michaels |
Residence | San Francisco, California |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Southern California (B.S.) |
Known for | Founding Ringadoc |
Jordan Michaels is an American digital healthcare entrepreneur and the co-founder and former CEO of Ringadoc. Raised in Southern California, Michaels is a graduate of Westlake High School and the University of Southern California, where he studied pre-medicine and neuroscience.
Michaels has been recognized as an entrepreneur. In 2010, he co-founded Ringadoc, a telemedicine service company that allows doctors to interact with patients via a web browser or mobile application. In 2014, Practice Fusion acquired Ringadoc.
Education
Michaels attended Westlake High School, where he participated in the Advanced Anatomy program.[1] He graduated in 2005 as the salutatorian.[2]
Michaels attended the University of Southern California where he studied pre-medicine.[1][3] As a premed student, Michaels was interested in the intersections between technology, media and medicine.[4] In 2009, Michaels graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor of arts in Neuroscience and Biological Sciences.[5] By 2010, Michaels had gained admission to several medical schools in the United States, and received a deferral to pursue Ringadoc.[6] In 2012, Michaels officially decided to forgo medical school to focus on Ringadoc full-time.[7]
Ringadoc
In 2010, Michaels co-founded the telemedicine company Ringadoc.[8] Ringadoc connects patients to doctors by phone to a doctor anywhere, as long as the doctor is anywhere in the state in which the patient is physically present.[9] Users of Ringadoc initially could record an audio summary of their medical history and a video describing their medical concern, which the doctor consults before speaking with the patient.[10] According to Michaels, Ringadoc is for short-term health issues that might need quick prescriptions when patients are not able to get to a doctor, or if an appointment is unnecessary.[3] Michaels did not envision telemedicine replacing primary care.[11] Ringadoc launched in October of 2010.[12]
By 2012, Ringadoc was only up and running in California, but the company expected to be up and running in twenty American states in 2013.[13] Entrepreneur (magazine) named Ringadoc one of the 100 brilliant companies of 2012.[14] Into 2013, Ringadoc had handled over one hundred thousand calls from patients.[15] Michaels said Ringadoc dropped the video-enabled app to focus on phone consultations.[16] Michaels explained that, after patients call a doctor who use Ringadoc, the responding doctor will either respond via text message or phone call.[17] The company began to target physicians with an after hours service, rather than anytime service.[18]
The company raised 1.2 million dollars in seed funding.[16] Ringadoc received financing from Founders Fund, other venture capital firms, Practice Fusion Founder and CEO Ryan Howard, and former president of One Medical Group Sharon Knight, among others.[15][19] In 2014, Practice Fusion acquired Ringadoc.[20]
References
- 1 2 Belmond, Sylvie. "Childhood friends develop tele-medicine tool to improve communications between doctors, patients". The Acorn. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ↑ Holt, Steve. "Music a highlight of Westlake High School's commencement". The Acorn. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- 1 2 Brekke, Kira. "Is there a doctor in the house? Try on the phone". Daily Trojan. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Bradley, Paul. "WANT TO VISIT A DOCTOR USING IPAD'S FACETIME? CALL RINGADOC". LA Weekly. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ "Monetizing the Social Network". USC Marshall. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Moukheiber, Zina. "Diary Of A Health Technology Entrepreneur Part II". Forbes. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Schwartz, Ariel. "Would You Call On Ringadoc's Dial-A-Diagnosis Healthcare Solution?". Co.Exist. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Behar, Deidre. "Brentwood Resident Starts Company to Ease Health Care Crisis". patch.com. Patch. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Moukheiber, Zina. "Scrap Outdated Regulations to Unleash Real Innovation In Health Care". Forbes. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Gullo, Chris. "New iPhone medical apps: Telethrive Ringadoc, JASN". Mobihealthnews. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Carry, Stephanie. "West Hollywood-based Ringadoc connects patients to doctors 24/7". Daily News. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Rubin, Rita. "Are online doctors the best medicine?". USA Today. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Dizik, Alina. "A Doctor's Visit Without the Cold Stethoscope". wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Wang, Jennifer. "4 min read Tonic Health Brings Fun and Games to Boring Health Forms". Entrepreneur Magazine. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- 1 2 Empson, Rip. "With $700K, Ringadoc Closes $1.9M Round From Practice Fusion Founder & More To Simplify Doctor-Patient Communication". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- 1 2 Dolan, Brian. "Ringadoc scoops up $1.2 million to take on physicians' after-hours practice management". Mobihealthnews. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Garvin, Erica. "Ringadoc's After-Hour Answering Service Solution Seeks to Simplify Doctor-Patient Communications". HIT Consultant. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Heussner, Ki Mae. "On-demand doctor startup Ringadoc pivots to attract more physicians, adds $450k". Gigaom. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Farr, Christina. "Ringadoc nabs $700K to bridge the communication gap between doctors & patients". Venture Beat. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ↑ Sullivan, Mark. "Practice Fusion acquires physician call-back service Ringadoc". Venture Beat. Retrieved 24 November 2015.