An Indiana doctor built ChatRx, with e-prescribing built into its workflow, as an alternative to the long-drive, long-wait and high-cost alternative of in-person care delivery. At 10 o'clock on a Sunday night in rural Indiana, a patient with a urinary tract infection usually has bad choices. They could wait until Monday and hope a clinic can squeeze them in. Or perhaps drive to an emergency room, sit for hours and pay hundreds of dollars for a prescription that could have been handled in minutes. Dr. Tod Stillson spent more than three decades watching that scene repeat itself across the Midwest.…
At 10 o'clock on a Sunday night in rural Indiana, a patient with a urinary tract infection usually has bad choices. They could wait until Monday and hope a clinic can squeeze them in. Or perhaps drive to an emergency room, sit for hours and pay hundreds of dollars for a prescription that could have been handled in minutes.
Dr. Tod Stillson spent more than three decades watching that scene repeat itself across the Midwest. The frustration stayed with him long after individual patient visits ended.