# Myca > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Myca > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Myca.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myca > Source revision: 1354212637 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{distinguish|Myka (disambiguation){{!}}Myka}} '''Myca''' is a [software development](/source/software_development) company specializing in [healthcare](/source/health_care). It is headquartered in [Quebec City](/source/Quebec_City), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), [Canada](/source/Canada), with [U.S.](/source/United_States) offices in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). == History == Myca was founded in 2002 by Nathanial B. Findlay. The company's first product was a mobile [nutrition](/source/nutrition) platform called MyFoodPhone. MyFoodPhone is a small [cell-phone application](/source/Mobile_software) that provides customers with a full nutrition journal and access to a nutrition professional. Customers take a picture of their meals and send them via MyFoodPhone to be analyzed by a personal nutrition coach or advisor.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601686.html|title=The Camera Phone Diet|last=Pegoraro|first=Rob|date=7 June 2005|work=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)|access-date=2008-08-13}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/06/71102|title=Camera Phones Help Fight Bulge|last=Metz|first=Rachel|date=27 June 2006|work=[Wired](/source/Wired_(magazine))|publisher=[Wired News](/source/Wired_News)|access-date=2008-08-13}} MyFoodPhone was rebranded as Myca Nutrition in 2007.{{Needs citation|date=September 2020}} == Activities == Started in 2007, Myca developed a practice management system that allows physicians to perform remote consultations by using [videoconferencing](/source/videoconferencing), [instant messaging](/source/Instant_messaging_%26_messengers), phone, mobile and secure [email](/source/E-mail). With this platform, patients can schedule either home, clinic or online appointments with a doctor. The Myca platform provides a full billing back-end service that allows [doctors to be](/source/Doctors_to_Be) reimbursed for their remote visits.{{Needs citation|date=September 2020}} The Myca Platform is commercialized in the [United States](/source/United_States) under the Hello Health trademark. Hello Health operates under the [software as a service](/source/software_as_a_service) [business model](/source/business_model), so patients sign up online to communicate with their physician.Rowland, Kara. "Wireless wellness: If you've got a phone, you've got a diagnostician", ''[The Washington Times](/source/The_Washington_Times)'', 2008-06-16, p. B1. Myca launched its first Hello Health clinic in July 2008 in [Williamsburg, Brooklyn](/source/Williamsburg%2C_Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). Dr. Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH, Dr. Sean Khozin, MD, MPH and Dr. Devlyn Corrigan D.O. were the first Hello Health doctors and operated the Williamsburg clinic.{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/06/09/technodoc-jay-parkinson-says-hello-to-franchising/|title=Health Blog : Technodoc Jay Parkinson Says Hello to Franchising|last=Hensley|first=Scott|date=9 June 2008|work=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|access-date=2008-08-13}} Doctors are highly implicated in the Hello Health product definition as well. The company plan to offer its service elsewhere in the [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) area {{cite news|url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/32/31_32_jf_hello_health.html|title=The doctor is in — and hip!|last=Firger|first=Jessica|date=15 August 2008|work=The Brooklyn paper|access-date=2008-08-18}} == Partnerships == Myca is a gold member of the Wireless Life Science Alliance, founded by [Qualcomm Inc.](/source/Qualcomm), hosted in San Diego, California.{{Needs citation|date=September 2020}} ==References== *{{cite news | first = Lindsay | last = Blakely | title = Medicine goes 2.0. Consumers can now take cell phone pictures of their meals for nutritional consultations | url = https://money.cnn.com/2007/09/10/technology/Medicine_2.0.biz2/index.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012033233/http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/10/technology/Medicine_2.0.biz2/index.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 12, 2007 | work = Business 2.0 Magazine | date = September 10, 2007 }} *{{cite news | first = Daphnée | last = Dion-Viens | title = Consultation médicale par Internet: Myca persiste et signe | url = http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080203/CPSOLEIL/80202095/-1/CPSOLEIL | work = Le Soleil (Québec) | date = 3 February 2008 | access-date = 2008-08-13 | language = fr }} *{{cite news |first=Marie-Andrée |last=Chouinard |title=Médecine Club Price |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/2008/02/06/174902.html |work=Le Devoir |date=6 February 2008 |access-date=2008-08-13 |language= fr }} *{{cite news |first=Claudette |last=Samson |title=Santé sans file: consulter le docteur par Internet |url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080201/CPSOLEIL/80131196/6711/CPACTUEL03 |work=Le Soleil |date=1 February 2008 |access-date=2008-08-13 |language= fr }} == External links == *[http://www.myca.com Myca Home] Category:Companies based in Quebec City Category:Health information technology companies Category:Medical technology companies of Canada Category:Nutrition --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Myca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myca) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myca?action=history)). 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