Designed over 3 years by a team of Medical
professionals and web developers, YourDiagnosis.com takes a
very comprehensive medical history from the user, including
details which are often difficult to obtain in standard medical
consultations. Based on the user’s responses, a complex
set of custom designed algorithms provide a list of possible
diagnoses, ranked in order of likelihood. With this information
the user is now empowered to make informed decisions on their
health care.
In medicine the quality of care you receive
depends on the quality of information that your health practitioner
has access to. In the distant past, your local doctor knew everything
about you. Now that is no longer the case. It is not often that
you see the same doctor each time you need medical care. This
is even more so if you live in a rural area where you need to
travel to see a specialist, or other health practitioner. Each
time you see a new doctor, you need to tell them about your
medical history, and your family history, and your social history
and so on. If either you or the doctor are a little rushed or
forgetful or anxious crucial information can be missed, and
your medical care can be compromised. YourDiagnosis.com is not
designed to replace the medical practitioner. It is designed
as a powerful addition to health consumer’s armament in
taking control of their own health.
Unlike most other medical Internet sites, YourDiagnosis.com
does not rely on advertising or sponsorship to support it. It
is designed to be a self funding program, with users paying
a small fee to use the service. This ensures that the information
is in no way biased by pressure from advertisers or sponsors.
Privacy is one of the paramount issues faced
by online medical sites. YourDiagnosis.com again varies from
the mainstream in not requiring the user to provide any identifying
information to the site. No name, email address, or other personal
information is stored or requested for the site, other than
medically related questions. The user uses their own unique,
anonymous user name to log on to the site, and has total control
of their information. Credit card transactions are carried out
through a third party so that the confidentiality of the medical
data is not compromised.
YourDiagnosis.com aims to be a major player
in the online medical field. We believe that empowering the
consumer with accurate, up to date, and comprehensive medical
information allows them to make informed decisions about their
health. Health is an individual’s major asset, so we believe
that by taking responsibility for it themselves, and with the
aid of tools such as YourDiagnosis.com, will lead to better
health care for all.
You can integrate all of your health information
in one place. Currently each health practitioner you see will
have their own record on you. It may be comprehensive, or it
may just detail a specific problem you saw that practitioner
for. By combining all this information in your own Personal
Health Record you can enhance significantly the quality of your
health care.
The advantages to a Personal health Record
do not end there. As the holder of your health information you
are now in control. You can make informed decisions based on
the full knowledge stored in your Personal Health Record.
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