From the article: "That realization led Mr. Oks to create Appointment Status, a
Web site devoted to improving appointment efficiency and providing patients
with information to avoid long waits. …It’s one of several innovations meant to
help patients. While many digital developments — electronic medical records and
mobile medical encyclopedias — have streamlined doctors’ work, new tools for
patients are starting to hit cellphones and the Internet offering help in
keeping track of medications, recording heart rate and glucose
levels and managing personal and family medical history, among other tasks." Read more
