Finalist for the Massachusetts Medical Society

Information Technology Award

www.medicalplexus.com

Founders

  Chief Executive Officer   Mr. Nambi Nallasamy obtained his A.B. in Computer Science and Mathematics from

Harvard University and is in the HST M.D. Program at Harvard Medical School. He previously founded a Telecommunications Software company called Convox Inc. that was offered a place in Y Combinator’s first Summer Founders Program.

  Chief Technology Officer   Mr. Michael Sands obtained his A.B. in Philosophy and Mathematics from Harvard

University. He served as a Project Manager at Cielo Wind and is currently in the M.Phil program in Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews.

  Chief Medical Officer   Dr. Brijesh P. Mehta received his MD from the University of North Carolina and is

currently a resident in the Harvard/Partners Neurology Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. He has done extensive clinical neuroimaging and translational laboratory research in neuroscience, resulting in several publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals. He will be starting neurocritical care and neurointerventional radiology fellowships at MGH in 2010.

Physicians Online

The Problem

  Educational medical content is scattered on portable media devices, intranet folders and across the web

  Individual physicians and medical groups do not have a way to share, discuss content effectively with each other

  Industry presence in clinical practices has declined and become inefficient so it is seeking new ways to reach physicians online

Our Solution

  An interactive professional network and content management platform exclusively for physicians, researchers, and medical students

  Connect members and groups of the medical and research communities

  Share clinical insights, user-generated content (images, videos, slides, podcasts)

  On-demand access to up-to-date medical and research information generated by members and offered by content providers

  Emphasis on convergence, communication and collaboration

Platform Structure

  Uploader – Store content, including powerpoint presentations, word documents, videos, and audio files.

  PlexDrive – Search content, manage privacy settings, edit descriptions, and share instantly.

  KnowledgeBase - Publish content to the entire MedicalPlexus community and make money through revenue-sharing.

  Groups - Schedule meetings, assign tasks, message instantly, ask questions, pool documents, and share links with a set of colleagues.

Features

  Projects - Easily create a place for collaborators to pool resources and communicate easily.

  GrandRounds - Present your cases from the wards to a wider audience and take noon-conferences online.

  Answers - Pose questions to be answered by the MedicalPlexus community or your selected groups.

  LinkShare - Share interesting web links with the MedicalPlexus community or your selected groups.

Applications

Use cases

  Personal File Drive   Unlimited storage   Batch uploading   Access your files from any computer   Present slides without thumb drive

  Physician Portfolio   Publish content you are already creating   Display only what you want visible   Create online presence

Use cases

  Grand Rounds or Conference Presentations   Upload cases you presented   Added to repository for future residency classes   Gain feedback from department

  Collaborative Project   Easily and rapidly create a group for educational, research, or

administrative projects   Share files of any Size   Schedule meetings   Instantly communicate   Share links

Terms of Service

  Patient Confidentiality (HIPAA)  Patient identifying information is prohibited on the site

  You are responsible for removing Patient Identifying Information   Your Name appears next to any content you upload   Your Institution appears next to any content you upload

  Copyright/Intellectual Property Infringement  Against Terms of Service  Examples

  Journal Articles   Movies   Presentations

  You Own the Rights to your Uploaded Content

How do I use MedicalPlexus?

  Participate in your Department’s Group

  Post links to interesting Online Resources

  Connect with Researchers, Residents, and Physicians

  Upload anything of interest to the Department Group   Cases on the Wards   Grand Rounds Presentations   Interesting Journal Articles (subject to copyright restrictions)   Didactic talks   Images of Presentations   Videos of Exams

  Invite additional Colleagues

Home Page

PlexDrive

Content Viewing

Groups

 Massachusetts General Hospital   Neurology   Dermatology   Neuroradiology

  Brigham and Women’s Hospital   Dermatology

 University of Pennsylvania   Ophthalmology

  Student Doctor Network   Monthly unique visits of 240,000   Users can share content and

discussions from directly from SDN to MedicalPlexus

  University of Pittsburgh   ENT

  Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology

  RadRounds

  International Radiology Exchange

  U.S. Academic Institutions: 130

Current Groups

Platform Comparison

BRIJESH P MEHTA, MD Chief Medical Officer bpmehta@medicalplexus.com Boston, MA

NAMBI NALLASAMY Chief Executive Officer nallasamy@medicalplexus.com Boston, MA

MICHAEL SANDS Chief Technology Officer msands@medicalplexus.com Boston, MA