We all know what we need to do to lead a healthier life: stop smoking, drink (red wine) with moderation, follow a balanced diet, increase our exercise, manage our stress… So why are we not all following these recommendations? Because life gets in the way of our good intentions in the shape of “umentionables”: caring for a loved one, being in a bad relationship, facing a difficult job situation, desperately trying to get pregnant… This session factors these situations in a more holistic conversation about our health and showcases solutions that help us counter these “unmentionables”.

We all know what we need to do to lead a healthier life: stop smoking, drink (red wine) with moderation, follow a balanced diet, increase our exercise, manage our stress… So why are we not all following these recommendations? Because life gets in the way of our good intentions in the shape of “umentionables”: caring for a loved one, being in a bad relationship, facing a difficult job situation, desperately trying to get pregnant… This session factors these situations in a more holistic conversation about our health and showcases solutions that help us counter these “unmentionables”.

By showcasing tools for providers and consumers, this breakout demonstrated the new ways in which both communities are reaching the proper diagnosis. By leveraging capabilities from our smartphones and tablets, these tools captured the future of diagnosis as it happens both in-home and at the hospital.

If the technology industry has taught us anything it’s that there is no one way to do something correctly. When applying this mentality to medicine, technology innovators began to find new, creative, and cost effective ways of diagnosing patients. Now through video doctors visits, sensors, and more accessible home visits, these technology companies are changing medicine, one diagnosis at a time.

As well as being a serial entrepreneur, STD Triage Founder & CEO Alexander Borve is also a spine surgeon and PhD student. Somehow he’s managed to fit in living in seven countries and speaking six languages, all while building a cell-phone based STD Triage service. The app is a spin off of his app, iDoc24 and Alex joined the stage to showcase how far STD Triage has come since it’s inception at Health 2.0 Europe 2012.  The STD Triage app allows users to send in pictures, symptoms, and demographics to a Doctor and receive a diagnosis, therein keeping privacy and anonymity.  The person can then search for information, clinics, or notify other people.

Bijan Salehizadeh moderates a panel on innovative, alternate sites and ways of diagnosing patients beyond the doctor’s office walls.

Alexander Börve, Founder & CEO of iDoc24, shows us how to consult a dermatologist about your rash! iDoc24 provides anonymous skin advice that can be accessed through any device.

As well as being an entrepreneur, Alexander is a spine surgeon, PhD student, and teacher to medical students in Gothenburg. Somehow he’s managed to fit in living in seven countries and speaking six languages, all while building a cell-phone based dermatology service that we featured at Health 2.0 Europe in 2011 and in San Francisco last month.

Amit Khutti, Managing Director, DrEd and Alexander Börve, Founder & CEO, iDoc24 discuss and field questions from our panel about telehealth and being a doctor online.