Firm Brings Doctor To You
Bob Fabbio, one of Austin’s best-known entrepreneurs, is back in the startup game with a new company that provides routine medical care to people at home or at work.
WhiteGlove House Call Health Inc. lets clients schedule visits from medical professionals between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. seven days a week.
The company also delivers over-the-counter and prescription medications and handles insurance claims. Its Web site provides scheduling services and access to information including medical records, lab results and insurance expenses.
“When you feel lousy, the last thing you want to do is get on the phone and deal with trying to schedule an appointment or go to a minor emergency center and sit there, then drive to a pharmacy and finally get to bed four hours later,” Fabbio said. “Or if you’re a mom and you wake up on Friday morning and Johnny is sick, how do you alter your entire day, and what do you do with your other two kids who need to get to school?
“I asked a friend who is a former emergency room doctor, ‘Why can’t care — the treatment, diagnosis, meds, food — be brought to the consumer?’ He loved the idea, and we started interviewing hundreds of people and found out it’s a real chore to get routine care.”
Photo by Larry Kolvoord.
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