New York-based DocChat sees virtual doctor appointments as a great holiday or birthday gift idea, and is launching gift certificates users can send to their loved ones.
Called “Digital Doctor Gift Certificates,” these products are available from the DocChat Gift Certificate Ordering Page, with a starting price of $40. The certificate can be purchased by anyone and sent by email to a friend relative anywhere in the US.
“We want to do more than make healthcare convenient and affordable,” said DocChat founder Dr. Steve Okhravi, a former hospital ER physician. “We want to make it a commodity, a product people can purchase in different packages and give to friends or relatives who are too busy to visit a local doctor but not too busy to see one through their smart phone.”
DocChat offers its telehealth certificates in four packages, starting from $40.DocChat offers “Digital Doctor Gift Certificates” in four packages:
- Call/Consultation = $40 ($10 savings)
- 3 Calls/Consultations = $110 ($40 savings)
- 5 Calls/Consultations = $180 ($70 savings)
- 12 mo. annual subscription = $500 ($100 savings)
It makes no difference whether the certificate recipient is located in the same city or across the country and it makes no difference whether they have health insurance. As long as telemedicine services have been approved in the patient’s state, the gift certificate can be redeemed and the recipient will have access to board-certified medical care through their Smart phone, laptop, or desktop whenever they wish. The company’s slogan launched along with the service: “Give the Gift of Health!”