PCMagazine: Want to Take a Startup Public? Here’s How (VC Time!)

September 15, 2009

How does one get users not just to sign up for a new site, but to pay for a recurring subscription as well? That was the question asked to startups at the TechCrunch late-morning/early-afternoon session, where subscription and commerce services were explored.

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GlideHealth hopes to rectify the disparities in electronic health care-records between different provider, that may not be communicated properly during an emergency. The site archives records and recent procedures, medical conditions, and even X-rays from the current operation.

It's another crack at a problem that has been attacked by both Google and Microsoft, among others, with apparently few results. Donald Leka, the Company's Chief Executive, said he thinks this is because companies like Microsoft have a vested interest in promoting their own OS.

GlideHealth is compatible with Windows, Mac OS, Palm, Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and other OSes, to provide additional compatibility. The site offers online videoconferencing services, through which documents can be shared and reviewed by all of the participants.

GlideHealth charges doctors an annual membership, and for group practices, including an unnamed one with one million patients. GlideHealth provides a rights-based framework with seven rights levels to allow sharing documents.