In a recent press release, the website VetDVM.com,which launched in 2009, announced the arrival of a brand new phone application that will allow pet parents to communicate with their vets at the touch of a phone screen. The company is targeting tech savvy pet parents who want the ability to get in touch with a vet 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The design of the application allows pet parents to snap a photo or record a video of their pooch if he or she is noticeably ill or exhibiting signs of illness (rash, itching, etc.). Parents can then shoot that picture or video straight over to VetDVMs database of veterinarians, which they say includes more than 50 contracted vets. According to the press release, an answer from a qualified vet arrives to a pet parents phone in the form of a text, or via a direct message within the application, anywhere between an hour to 24 hours from submission, depending on the complexity of the animals illness.
Based on a show-and-tell approach, veterinarians are able to actually observe a dog or cats symptoms through the app during what we call a virtual office visit, VetDVM.coms statement reads. Questions are routed through a sophisticated backend system that assigns the vet most qualified to answer your particular question at that particular time.”
The first of its kind, this application goes as far as allowing pet parents to share their questions and answers with friends and family on Facebook and Twitter. The content will also go into a library that VetDVM.com hopes to build as a searchableresource for pet parents, and other users will have the ability to view and comment on videos and responses.
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It's perfect for me. Anywhere with your iphone you can contact your vet. This one is a good one.
-jed
Posted by: virtual office | 03/31/2010 at 07:34 PM