As promised last fall, the Center for Body Computing at the University of Southern California has launched its Virtual Care Clinic model by naming eight founding partners. Through the VCC, Keck Medicine of USC will be able to provide on-demand services to anyone with a smartphone, the university said.
The Virtual Care Clinic will start by offering care in ophthalmology and urology, though plans are one day to include all 1,500 Keck Medicine physicians and researchers.
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“Our Virtual Care Clinic is not only the democratization of health care allowing anyone access to our medical experts without leaving their home, but it also capitalizes on the promise that digital health is supposed to offer,” Center for Body Computing Executive Director Dr. Leslie Saxon said in a press release.
“This healthcare model will empower patients, improve quality outcomes with more precision medicine analytics and diagnosis, and enhance the physician-patient relationship by creating a contextualized experience and seamless communication that puts the patient in the driver seat of their own healthcare experience and outcomes,” added Saxon, head of cardiovascular research at USC.
As previously reported, founding partners include “smart” pill-maker Proteus Digital Health, smartphone ECG creator AliveCor and vision care company VSP Global, which is putting monitoring devices in eyeglasses as part of its Project Genesis.
Others are: the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, where Saxon spends much of her time these days; medical information provider Doctor Evidence; prescriber data giant IMS Health; design firm Karten Design; and video production company Planet Grande.
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Photo: USC Center for Body Computing
