Connec&ng  chronic  pa&ents  via  mobile

summary

1   over globally  live  with chronic  diseases

Friends  and  rela&ves feel  with  them. But  they  don't  know how  it  feels.

–  Social  Mobile  App

helps  chronic  pa&ents  easily  establish  local  online  communi&es

Chronic  pa&ents  will  no  longer  be  lonely  and  leC  to  themselves.

bln people

chronic  pa&ents  problem  and  pain

Chronic  pa&ents  globally  have a  need  for

sharing  common  problems  with  the  locals  suffering  from  the  same  disease

Chronic  disease  treatments

>75% of  US  health  costs $2.3  trillion  in  2011 (source:  CDC:  Rising  Health  Care  Costs  Are  Unsustainable,  2011)

Global  chronic  disease  treatment  costs

~$4  trillion (source:  author's  es&mate)

>1  billion  people live  with  chronic  diseases  (cancer,  diabetes,  heart  diseases,  etc.)  

(source:  World  Health Organiza&on,  2012)

chronic  pa&ents  pain  relief  

GetBe\er! getbe\er!  Is  a  breakthrough  loca&on-based  social  mobile  app  for  chronic  pa&ents  and  their  rela&ves  which  helps: Find  people  with  similar  condi&ons  nearby  

Solve  common  non-­‐cri&cal  problems  

Get  support  from  each  other  

Cut  down  expenses  on  doctors  

For  caregivers  -­‐  exchange  experience  with  other  

caregivers.

uniqueness  and  compe&&on

Key  benefits: Social  networking  and  disease  geo  targe&ng

in  one  app

Easy-­‐to-­‐use  and  visually  clear  interface

Browsing  locals  with  the  same  diseases

Compe&tors Mobile  app

Locals  with  the  same  disease

Localized  feed

Sharing  health  status

Easy-­‐to-­‐use

Mul&lingual

mission

Our  goals  are:

To  make  life  easier  for  millions  of  people  with  chronic  diseases

1 To  reduce  pa&ents'  expenses  on  trea&ng  

their  diseases

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