FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
McKay Thomas
FIRST OPINION EXPANDS DOCTOR SERVICE AND CAPABILITIES
The Telemedicine App Now Offers Prescriptions For Medications And Labs
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- First Opinion, the only telemedicine application that allows users to talk with a doctor for free 24-hours a day, recently released a significant new feature that provides users with an enhanced customer experience: access to prescriptions.
First Opinion has been the go-to telemedicine app for fast and reliable information from a doctor with its one-of-a-kind messaging service. Now, the San Francisco startup is taking its product one step further. First Opinion doctors now seamlessly bring treatment options, like prescriptions, labs, and blood work, into an app already bringing them access to doctors. If a prescription is needed, a First Opinion doctor can diagnose and write one in just a couple of minutes.
“This integration brings us one step closer to providing a personal doctor for every person on the planet,” said McKay Thomas, CEO and Co-founder of First Opinion. “Users have been able to have meaningful conversations with a doctor, for free, instantly. Now, we can offer our users additional and direct treatment when they need it.”
First Opinion is a leading telemedicine provider that firmly believes everyone should have easy and free access to their doctor. Users can talk with a doctor for free, 24/7, and receive a response within minutes, even at 3am. By lowering the barrier to communicating with doctors, First Opinion helps users build lasting relationships with their doctors, and help users gradually build their medical history over time. This type of relationship with doctors is unmatched by standard health care or even other telemedicine platforms. And, insurance is never needed.
First Opinion’s unique business model inverts the standard pay-for-service approach, which is how most people receive care today, in the doctor’s office or virtually. The First Opinion app allows users to talk with a doctor for free anytime, eliminating unnecessary payments. When users require further treatment (e.g. prescriptions or labs), First Opinion offers a doctor consult for a modest price.
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First Opinion, Inc. is a telemedicine application that allows users to talk with a doctor for free, 24/7. When treatment is needed, a doctor is there to offer a video consult at a modest price. Doctors respond to messages in minutes, and the positive feedback is overwhelming -- over 17-thousand users gave their doctor a 5-star rating. First Opinion is backed by Polaris, True Ventures, Felicis Partners, and Greylock Partners. First Opinion was founded by McKay Thomas and Jay Marcyes in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, CA.
