checkMD Enables Healthcare Reform Through New Social Networking Platform

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Finding quality healthcare just became easier today with the introduction of checkMD, the first inclusive healthcare social network and healthcare reform website dedicated to fixing our nation’s broken healthcare system. Built on the concept that personal accountability leads to better health, checkMD enables consumers, healthcare professionals and companies the ability to make the best healthcare decisions possible.

checkMD offers physician and hospital research and ratings, the ability to find and share information on medical issues, forums to create and participate in healthcare communities, and information on the current political and policy debates on healthcare issues throughout the country. Through sharing information and experiences, checkMD enables everyone to take an active role in improving their own and other’s healthcare, as well as using the Internet to help organically reform the healthcare system.

“Today, America suffers from a healthcare system that is focused less on quality healthcare and more on profit and expediency,” said Jon Black, Founder and President of checkMD. “I believe quality healthcare does exist and I created checkMD as a way to inspire a new confidence so people can find and demand it.”

At www.checkmd.com, everyone will have access to the following healthcare resources:

• Improve Your Healthcare: Everyone -- consumers, physicians and hospitals -- need to have a voice in the online healthcare community. Through checkMD’s Physician and Hospital Research, patients can find and recommend healthcare professionals and institutions, and share their healthcare experiences. Additionally, physicians and hospitals are encouraged to join the checkMD community as Consumer Advocate Partners to increase trust with their patients, improve their payor mix and decrease risk.
• Help Others: Sharing healthcare experiences is critical to helping others, and checkMD brings trusted word of mouth online. Through checkMD’s HealthTree Communities, users can share their personal healthcare stories to encourage others or read someone else’s story and be inspired. Everyone can share their experiences regarding diseases, major surgeries, medical procedures, medications and more in a safe, trusting environment.
• Inspire Reform: Regardless of politics and policy, healthcare is personal and reform starts with the individual. checkMD’s Healthcare Debate Central is a place where individuals can make their voice heard while learning what the candidates have to say about the current state of healthcare and their respective healthcare plans. Everyone can participate in an interactive community to share their opinions and ideas, and make the case for a presidential candidate in the upcoming election.

About checkMD

checkMD is the first inclusive healthcare social network and healthcare reform website dedicated to fixing our nation’s broken healthcare system. checkMD’s mission is to enable consumers, healthcare professionals and healthcare companies to take responsibility for better health. For more information, please visit www.checkmd.com.