Image via WikipediaIts been a crazy holiday season for my wife, the executive chef of Bite Catering Couture (check out the pictures if you’re a foodie)
As a catering chef, the use of her body in hauling equipment, moving food, chopping, slicing, decorating, etc means she’s on her feet all day and constantly using her body. She is badly in need of a tune-up after the stresses of the holiday season.
So she used HealthShoppr to find an experienced massage therapist who wouldn’t be too hard or too soft in touch, Megan Wyatt, to come to our home and provide a massage on her heated table. I’m extremely jealous right now
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We’re excited to announce that HealthShoppr has gone into beta and we’re now booking appointments in our first vertical, massage therapy!
Consumers have tremendous amounts of information in the products and travel space– HealthShoppr looks to create the same level of sophistication in the purchase of health appointments, starting with massage therapy.
Compare therapists, determine who’s best for you, read reviews and see specializations. HealthShoppr puts consumers in control and helps them find the best-fit health professional for themselves. Using a retail booking platform, consumers are able to make the trade-offs for themselves between desired time, desired services, desired training/experience, desired reputation/ reviews, and desired price.
Using our platform, appointments can be booked in minutes– no more calling around blindly hoping for a time that fits your calendar.
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Image via WikipediaI’m excited to announce that HealthShoppr will be going live next week! As I’ve discussed with many of you, we currently don’t have a consumer-centered approach to finding and purchasing health services from health professionals.
HeathShoppr changes that dynamic by helping consumers “match” to best-fit healthcare professionals, based on the elements that they care about: reviews, available appointment times, experience, focus on specific issues, customization to meet the needs of specific populations, and clear prices.
We give our providers flexibility as well– they can charge the prices they feel are warranted for specific services and service levels– rewarding innovation in business models and encouraging the “focused factories” that allow for better orientation to specific needs.
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