How Knowurture can help patients and caretakers resolve medical uncertainties when faced with chronic, complicated ailments and rare diseases. Sign up at www.knowurture.com
2. We help address patient uncertainties by bridging the gap
between you, other patients and care takers (who have same
or similar ailments), and trusted medical experts around the
globe
What can we do?
3. Uncertainty of Treatment
Side effects of the drug?
Do I need a Surgery?
What are my treatment options?
Is it going to come back?
Or worsen?
Ailment uncertainties
What caused this?
Is it going to come back?
Am I going to pass this on to my
children or family members?
Existential Uncertainties
How does this effect my
relationships, finances and
lifestyle?
What does this mean to my life?
Longevity? Quality of life?
Life Changes
What is the likely outcome of
treatment?
What precautions do I need to
take?
Patient Uncertainties
"Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion"
- Florence Nightingale
Uncertainty of Diagnosis
Is my diagnosis, right?
Do I need a second opinion
Uncertainty in seeking care
Is my symptom serious?
Should I see a physician?
Which physician? Which
specialist?
4. It takes an average of 8
years for a patient with a
rare disease to receive the
proper diagnosis
Shire Disease Impact Report
26% of diagnosis were
found to be incorrect
Mayo clinic proceedings
3rd leading cause of death
is misdiagnosis
John Hopkins study
46% of all patients with
cancer are diagnosed when
it has already reached an
advanced stage
National Cancer Intelligence Network
βMost people will suffer from at least one wrong or delayed medical diagnosis during their lifetimeβ
Institute of medicine
Misdiagnosis
5. 1/3rd i.e. 33% of
treatment plans do
not meet accepted
standards of care
Treatments
6. Were prescribed more medications, such
as antibiotics than they would have based
only on professional judgment
Undergo more tests than they would have
based only on professional judgment of
what was medically needed
.
Referred to specialists more often than
what was medically necessary
79%
74%
41%
Were recommended invasive procedures
such as biopsies to confirm diagnoses
more often than were medically
necessary
51%
Defensive Medicine
8. Patients & Care takers
Problem formulation
Information Asymmetry
Ownership &
Motivation
Preferences
Paucity of time
Physician
Information Overload
Bias
Intuition & pattern
recognition thinking
Fragmented Care
Repair shop approach
Commingling Business
Models
Tertiary care centres Health eco system
Net Gap
One size fits all
Everything about the
patient without the
patient
Incentive driven care
Issues across the healthcare domain
9. 6.75 Million health related
searches on the web every day
American Medical Informatics Association
56% patients seek second
opinions
Taylor & Francis Online
47% of patients find support and
useful information through online
communities
Mediabistro
Where does medical uncertainty lead patients?
10. Knowurture
Resolving - Medical Uncertainties
We work with patients, caretakers and physicians to
provide accurate, personalized diagnosis and appropriate
treatment plan, when faced with chronic ailment, rare
disease or any other complex, complicated medical
condition. Our proprietary methodology combines the art
and science of medicine to prevent, cure, care and gives
the ability to manage ailments over one's lifetime.
12. Our tool can provide clarity in a world of
unclear symptoms if you need medical
help
Clarity
Our AI tool interviews you like a panel of
doctors from different specialities, to
collect your medical history and
produce a report that can be sent to
your physician before hand
Hx.me
You can find the right physician with the
recommendation engine that is best
suited to your potential diagnosis
Doc Recommend
Our virtual patient advocate works with
you and providers to bridge care gaps,
ensure barriers to care are removed,
and improve the overall healthcare
experience
Virtual Patient advocate
We help set treatment goals so that the
seekers and providers are on the same
page and progress or otherwise can
effectively monitored
Treatment Goals
Our tool provides you with technical
information that is clear and unbiased to
ensure that preferences are based on fact
and not misconception. You and your
physician can weigh between various
treatment options and choose the one that
you prefer
Treatment Options
AI Tools can personalize your healthcare experience
13. Care news letter
Disease specific patient
facing updated information
collated and verified by
medical fraternity
Clinical Trial match
Clinical trial criteria
published by research
companies are matched to
the patients based on criteria
Care Dashboard
Custom dashboard and
analytics highlighting
prognosis and patient
activity
Drug Information
Drug interactions, side
effects, precautions and
administration in patient
language
Get access to researched, evidence-based, proprietary and
curated information from authentic sources
Personalized Information
14. Choose from treatment options
Set your treatment goals and work with your
physician(s) to make a shared decision regarding the
best treatment for you
Get an accurate diagnosis
The selected panel of physicians from various
specialties provide an accurate diagnosis and a
detailed report about your condition
Profile & Medical history
Complete your profile and medical history
questionnaire. Choose from our panel of suggested
physicians
Sign up
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HowRU portal @ www.Knowurture.com
Resolve your uncertainty in 5 simple steps
Empower self and others
Get the best treatment, educate yourself and be in
control of your health. You can even help others who
are ailing from similar conditions
Hi , I am Afiya, patient
advocate. You can call me
on +91 6363074354 or chat
with me if you need help
with HowRU portal.
15. Priority Appointments
Timely and Accurate Diagnosis
Any Time, Any Where, Any Device, Medical records
Reduced Diagnostic tests and Procedures
Patient
Access to Local & Global Experts
Community Support
Patient facing Information
Shared Decisions
Virtual Care, wearables and video
Follow-up
Whatβs in it for you?