Ask a Doctor
Conceived in 2011 the concept was solidified and turned into coding reality within 6 months and the site was launched in 2012. Initially a lot of people were sent to the market to form tie ups with the doctors who would offer Medical Advice Online. Initially the doctors were hesitant or reluctant to offer such service. They thought that is people started to Ask A doctor over Internet then their practice would be hampered. But when they understood that by answering the questions their Online reputation and Online credibility was going to increase and it would actually supplement their brick and mortar business by getting them more patients to their practice, they stopped hesitating. They registered with Meetphysicians and started taking questions from users and offered Medical Advice Online. The website http://www.meetphysicians.com has a button of Ask a Doctor by clicking on which the user can ask the question in details and can select the right specialty of physician to direct the question to. Most important is that they can Ask A doctor anonymously without disclosing their identity as patients are reluctant to discuss Medical queries online by identifying them personally. Then the question is directed to the right physician over email and when the doctor answers the question the answer is shot back to the patient instantaneously and he can study the answer to his queries.
Medical advice online has been a major breakthrough for the patients and doctors likewise. Using the platform of http://www.meetphysicians.com the users from even remote areas can now consult specialist doctors. Specialist doctors generally are available in the city limits and people from suburbs and rural areas donot get access to them easily. By asking questions to expert physicians the people of those areas can now have access to those doctors and can easily express their difficulty to them. Based on the answer provided by the specialist doctor the users can then come to see those doctors to their chambers but then both the doctor and the patient are well aware of each other and so there will be no middleman. These type of benefits have made this facility of Ask a Doctor very popular and thus have popularized Meetphysicians to common people as the most comprehensive Healthcare portal on the web.