New York City-based SkyMD has raised $800,000 from angel investors — including Blue Apron founder Matt Salzberg and Livestar founder Fritz Lanman — to expand its telemedicine service for providers to use with their patients.

Said service, according to the company’s CEO Eric Price, is made to extend the brick and mortar medical practice, rather than connect patients with healthcare providers online and refer them out to local doctors if the problem cannot be solved virtually. This, standard approach, used by today’s telehealth giants, can fragment care delivery and make treatment more inefficient. “With SkyMD, healthcare providers can quickly and efficiently direct their patients between virtual and office visits and deliver continuity of care between those online and offline encounters,” Price noted.

With SkyMD, healthcare providers can invite patients to use the platform via smartphones, tablets, and desktop computers, or schedule a virtual appointment. Patients are then asked to complete a disease specific questionnaire and take photos of their condition. Healthcare providers can later use this information to create and send patients a treatment plan and e-prescription.

Launched last year, SkyMD is initially focused on dermatology with plans to add other specialties in the future.

[Via: mobihealthnews]