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The latest data shows that the U.S. will soon have to deal with a potential shortage of physicians.
But an entrepreneur bringing his company to Orlando for a new veteran-owned business accelerator program has a solution.
It means creating a more-robust personal, digital identity allowing for more autonomy of a person’s medical records and data.
“We want to move the population into thinking that the data out there is their data,” said Jim St. Clair, CEO of Mississippi-based MyLigo. “It’s like a mobile driver’s license or mobile identification in your digital wallet.”
MyLigo is one of nine veteran-led companies in VEI’s Spear Accelerator, which will put the companies through their paces.
St. Clair said his company’s aim is to offset the shortage while also forcing patients to face one of its necessary results, head on.
“Like it or not, you will have to manage your own healthcare information and be more aware of your health conditions and status,” said St. Clair, who served in the U.S. Navy from 1991-2003.
MyLigo creates a system that will allow patients to access their own information quickly and in an organized manner.
That way, on a doctor’s visit, perhaps, you have all of your information handy to share with your physician.
“We have full access to our own tax and insurance information so why not medical records,” St. Clair said.
The aim, St. Clair said, is to create a way to explain a personal medical record understandable by both those in their 70s and those in their teens or 20s.
As innovation continues in the medical field, he said it’s all about finding a way to make that innovation beneficial for patients.
“There is groundbreaking stuff happening every day,” he said. “How does that translate into every use or reach? How much does it cost and who pays for it?”
