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November 5, 2009 by Rich Whittle | 0 Comments

If Twitter can be used to track packages, publish school menus and crowdfund startups, why not help tackle the US healthcare crisis too, asks trendspotter Springwise.

Cell phones are already changing the way healthcare is delivered in the developing world, after all, and now Twitter promises to transform the delivery of healthcare information for stateside consumers.

ASKch is a new service from Nashville-based healthcare information provider Change:Healthcare that allows users to send quick healthcare questions via Twitter and have them answered within 60 seconds.

Consumers can simply tweet a question such as, “what is diabetes” to @askch, which is now in beta; in return, they get a short description of the disease and a link to more information.

Where else could Twitter be used to answer consumers’ standard questions quickly and in real time…a business opportunity?

Photo by ASKch.

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