“It’s something we’ve been developing and testing for some time now, but we wanted to perfect it before rolling it out more broadly,” ZocDoc founder and CEO Cyrus Massoumi told VentureBeat over e-mail today, when asked how long the company was working on the new feature. ZocDoc now serves more than 1.8 million patients per month. The company’s core service lets patients quickly find doctors (who pay $300 a month to list on the service) and book appointments online or through its mobile apps. Read Money Magazine’s “ Five things to know about vetting a doctor on line ”.ZocDoc, one of New York City’s hottest startups, boasts that this is the first major product it’s added since launching in 2007. This service is free for patients via or the free ZocDoc app for the iPhone and Android. ZocDoc is available in more than 1,800 cities and covers 40 percent of the US population. By revealing the ‘hidden supply’ of appointments, ZocDoc helps patients receive faster access to care and optimizes doctors’ schedules. The company’s most recent product, ZocDoc Check-In, allows patients to fill out their paperwork online in advance of their appointment. More than 2.5 million patients use ZocDoc each month to find a nearby doctor or dentist and instantly book an appointment online. In the process, they have raised $95 million from some of the best investors in the world and have been widely recognized by Crain’s and Fortune Magazine for the terrific work culture they have built at ZocDoc. Today, Massoumi and co-founder and CTO Nic Ganju ‘08BU have successfully have achieved this vision and have taken their platform nationwide.
ZocDoc allows you to schedule doctor appointments online from a central resource listing of all available medical offices, doctors, and insurance carriers. After rupturing his eardrum and struggling for several days to find a doctor, Cyrus Massoumi ‘08BUS founded ZocDoc in 2007.
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