CareFlash
CareFlash is a free service that facilitates the communication between friends and loved ones during a health care event, Long term care or hospitalization. Patients or caregivers can create private, secure websites to share their experience and keep community members updated on their condition and recovery process. The websites are password accessible only to members that have been invited in by the site’s creator. The website replaces other repetitive methods of disseminating information to concerned loved ones and eliminates information delivery bottlenecks for both caregivers and hospital staff. CareFlash features private blogs/websites for patients and caregivers, public forums around conditions, and 3D medical animations integrated into patient blogs and searchable by condition.
How it Works
Anyone can set up a website for themselves or the person they are caring for, no technical knowledge or expertise is needed. Users register and complete a simple form, then invite friends to be community members of their site. Communication is two-way so community members can post questions, well wishes and supportive messages. When a site creator posts an update, community members are alerted via email so updates are instantaneous and the communication chain is complete with a single action.
History
CareFlash was founded by Jay Drayer in connection with two life experiences: a two month stay that his father-in-law experienced in an ICU ward and witnessing the second airplane's impact on the WTC as he was headed to a 9AM meeting in downtown New York. Jay and wife, Terry, experienced the circumstance of being a caretaker to someone dealing with chronic healthcare challenges. Witnessing the tragic 9/11 events personally gave him the motivation to leave the world of corporate finance, where he was employed as a CFO, to develop CareFlash.
Related Terms
- EHealth
- Web 2.0
- Social network
- Virtual Community
- Blog
- Web community