PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HealthTap, the company reinventing healthcare by immediately connecting people with doctors and their knowledge via mobile devices and personal computers, is furthering its mission to help people make better data-driven health decisions by naming Dr. Jay Wohlgemuth its new Chief Healthcare Officer.
Dr. Wohlgemuth, the former Chief Scientific Officer and SVP of R&D and Medical at Quest Diagnostics, is passionate about the power of data to improve decisions impacting everyone’s health and well-being. He has devoted his career to giving patients and doctors access to relevant information that can help them live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Dr. Wohlgemuth–who was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in Davos--earned his bachelor’s degree at Harvard and his M.D. and Cardiovascular Medicine specialty training at Stanford. He has deep experience in healthcare research and new product development.
Among other accomplishments, Dr. Wohlgemuth led all test development efforts and overseen major partnerships in healthcare at Quest Diagnostics, ran companion diagnostics and drug development programs at Genentech, and was a co-founder and head of R&D and medical for CareDx, which developed and commercialized first-of-its-kind molecular testing for transplant recipients that reduces the need for invasive biopsies and is now a standard of care around the world.
Having served more than 2.7 billion doctor answers and tips to consumers worldwide, and having managed ongoing relationships with more than 500,000 U.S. licensed doctors in its community, HealthTap has amassed vast amounts of valuable health and medical data from people and doctors alike.
“To leverage our trove of valuable data and our proprietary knowledge base, and to put them to work in highly valuable products and services, rather than in ads, HealthTap is building a world class data science team, whose groundbreaking work can be seen in our recently introduced service RateRx,” said Ron Gutman, HealthTap’s founder and CEO. “I’m thrilled to have Jay on board to provide leadership in this area and to build bridges to the medical, healthcare, and research communities,” said Gutman. “Adding a mission-driven senior Fortune 500 executive with a strong medical and data background to our leadership team will help us attract more of the best and most motivated talent, and achieve our ambitious goal of changing the world for the better.”
As the world’s largest and most trusted source of high quality health information and data—created, curated, and rated by its Medical Expert Network of more than 67,000 top U.S. licensed doctors—HealthTap is leading the charge in leveraging data to create digital services that empower consumers to make better decisions about their health and well-being.
Dr. Wohlgemuth will help in this area by ensuring the highest-quality medical content, services. and care, and by developing collaborations and partnerships that will provide doctors on HealthTap with more valuable data so they can serve patients better. These partnerships will further enable the company to offer high-quality virtual health care services to people, healthcare providers, and healthcare systems worldwide.
“I have been admiring HealthTap and following its rapid trajectory from startup to industry leader in digital and mobile health,” said Wohlgemuth. “I’m thrilled to be part of the team that is making such revolutionary changes to our healthcare system, and am excited to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to improve healthcare access and quality and facilitate more data-driven health decisions by patients and doctors alike. Together we will help billions everywhere live healthier, happier lives.”
About HealthTap
HealthTap has reinvented the way people all over the world take care of their health and well-being, connecting millions everywhere with the most trusted health information and doctors. With top-rated web and mobile apps, HealthTap offers immediate and free access to relevant, reliable, and trusted health answers, tips, news, as well as app and medication reviews from a network of more than 67,000 U.S.-licensed doctors. Sign up today and download HealthTap's free apps for iPhone, iPad, or Android at HealthTap.com.
