CrowdMed

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Inspired by his sister's struggle to find a diagnosis for her FXPOI condition, Jared started CrowdMed.{{Cite web |last=Bogart |first=Kristin |title=The Heyman Family {{!}} NFXF |url=https://fragilex.org/get-involved/meet-donors/the-heyman-family/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=National Fragile X Foundation |language=en-US}}

CrowdMed was founded in 2012.{{cite journal| title=Can Crowdsourcing Your Symptoms Reveal What Ails You?| author=Joshua Brustein| date=March 13, 2014| journal=BusinessWeek}} During the creation process, the company's website was tested with 300 randomly selected people.{{cite web| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2014/04/04/medical-diagnosis-crowdmed-heyman-jared.html| title=Medical diagnosis goes to the crowd| author=Ron Leuty| date=April 4, 2014| publisher=San Francisco Business Times| accessdate=February 11, 2015}}

In 2013, CrowdMed launched its public beta at TEDMED in Washington, D.C.

CrowdMed has users in 21 countries around the world and has raised $2.4 million in seed funding from investors including New Enterprise Associates, Greylock Partners, Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and Patrick Dempsey.{{cite web| url=http://readwrite.com/2013/05/08/crowdmed-wants-to-crowdsource-your-medical-care| title=CrowdMed Wants To Crowdsource Your Medical Care To Strangers| author=Brian S. Hall| date=May 8, 2013| publisher=Readwrite| accessdate=February 11, 2015}}{{cite web| url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/05/20/patrick-mcdreamy-dempsey-invests-in-health-startup-crowdmed/| title=Patrick 'McDreamy' Dempsey Invests in Health Startup CrowdMed| author=Lora Kolodny| date=May 20, 2014| publisher=The Wall Street Journal| accessdate=February 11, 2015}}{{cite web| url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/crowdsourcing-medical-diagnoses/| title=Can the Crowd Solve Medical Mysteries?| author=Carrie Arnold| date=August 20, 2014| publisher=PBS| accessdate=February 11, 2015}}{{cite web| url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/17/crowdmed| title=Medical web tool lets the crowd diagnose your illness| author=Liat Clark| date=April 17, 2013| publisher=Wired| accessdate=February 11, 2015}}{{cite web| url=http://mobihealthnews.com/21835/crowdmed-gets-1-1m-to-crowdsource-diagnosis/| title=CrowdMed gets $1.1M to crowdsource diagnosis| author=Jonah Comstock| date=April 23, 2013| publisher=Mobi Health News| accessdate=February 11, 2015}}

As of September 2024, the CrowdMed LinkedIn page indicates the company has 10 employees.

User information is kept anonymous, and their profile includes symptoms, health history, family background, and previous testing. Hundreds of "medical detectives" then submit possible diagnoses which other detectives elaborate on. These "medical detectives" can be anyone from medical school students, to retired physicians, to anyone else, as there is no requirement for a medical degree to use the app.{{cite web| url=https://www.vox.com/2015/5/9/8575845/crowdsource-medicine| title=The wisdom of Crowdmed: how one website is trying to solve medical mysteries| author=Belluz, Julia |authorlink=Julia Belluz| date=May 9, 2015| publisher=Vox| accessdate=May 21, 2015}} The top three diagnoses are given to the patient for them to take to their doctor. The results from each medical detective are weighed based on their prior performance and current rating from patients, additionally medical detectives may also earn and share monetary rewards offered by patients to anyone who helps solve their case.{{cite web| url=http://healthcare-economist.com/2014/04/23/crowdmed/| title=CrowdMed| author=Jason Shafrin| date=April 23, 2014| publisher=Healthcare Economist| accessdate=February 11, 2015}}

Users have expressed concerns that the information provided may not always come from reliable sources.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/The-dangers-of-crowdsourced-medicine-11112805.php|title=The dangers of crowdsourced medicine|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2018-03-11}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2017/03/dangers-inexpert-diagnosis-noisy-crowd.html|title=The dangers of inexpert diagnosis from a noisy crowd|date=2017-03-18|work=KevinMD.com|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US}} A study in January 2016, looked at almost 400 cases between May 2013 and April 2015. About half of patients were likely to recommend CrowdMed to a friend and about 60% reported that the experience provided insights that led them closer to the correct diagnoses.{{Cite journal |last=Giordano |first=Daniela |date= 2016|title=Crowdsourcing Diagnosis for Patients With Undiagnosed Illnesses: An Evaluation of CrowdMed |journal=Journal of Medical Internet Research|volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=e12 |doi=10.2196/jmir.4887 |doi-access=free |pmid=26769236 |pmc=4731679 }}

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