The Medical Memory has raised $2.1 million seed round led by Provenance Venture Partners, with plans to use the money to further develop its platform, expand its service offering and roll out sales efforts nationally. Said platform lets doctors record and securely share videos of patient visits, so that patients can replay them whenever they need to.

“Patients forget 80 percent of what their doctors tell them, and as such, many are now using their smartphones to record visits, with or without the physician’s knowledge,” said Dr. Randall Porter, founder of The Medical Memory and a neurosurgeon at Barrow Neurosurgical Associates in Phoenix. “The Medical Memory is a better way for both patients and doctors to record medical visits. Our app’s recording workflow fits seamlessly within the normal doctor-patient interaction, and our secure website gives patients convenient access to their videos and makes it simple to share them with caregivers.”

The Medical Memory app comes pre-installed on custom tablets but can also be downloaded to any mobile device. It is designed to seamlessly integrate with typical doctor-patient interactions, with structured workflow modules for in-office exams, hospital rounds and patient discharge.

The Medical Memory app seamlessly integrates with typical doctor-patient interactions.At the start of a visit, doctors first ask their patients if they would like to record a session to view later. Once the recording is complete, the patient can view the video via The Medical Memory’s secure website, where they can also share it with caregivers, doctors and others in their care community. Also, doctors have the option to add brief one-way medical video messages with additional care information and instructions.

“By recording an entire patient visit from start to finish, The Medical Memory can reduce readmissions and malpractice risks, significant concerns for any practice in today’s regulatory and legal environments,” Dr. Porter added.