For people with barriers to medical answers to connect with a doctor-led, asynchronous, and anonymous approach to health. We aim to be your trusted "doctor friend" and make health information accessible, understandable, and actionable for everyone.

Hi! Co-founder Derek here. I am super proud of my team for taking our first steps and launching Ruta - they have worked hard and passionately and continued to grind with me time and time again. 🤔 Problem 75% of people start their health search online and find it incredibly unproductive. Those without doctor friends or great insurance find unstructured and unclear information leaving them more anxious and confused than before. This often leads to worsened outcomes like mistreating, ignoring, and visiting the ER/doctor unnecessarily. Getting reliable support, information, and education on health concerns outside of an actual doctor visit is a privilege that millions of individuals do not have. ✅ Solution Being in startups and having HDPs limited my access to doctors so my solution was to just over utilize my doctor friends for everything - my parents health too! We found this superior to other options and wondered if we could scale it. Today, we want to provide you with access to a doctor friend. - Anonymously, 1:1, and at your own time post a question about your health concern - Fill out as much information as you feel comfortable providing - A doctor best matched to answer your question will respond and you can engage in a caring and informative conversation with them We don't diagnose, treat, or prescribe because we don't believe in replacing your doctor. We believe in empowering you with knowledge and a confident understanding of what is happening and what you can do about it. 👍 How to get started? Just sign up and make an account and start asking about all the questions you ever wanted. https://www.rutahealth.com/ So, join Ruta today, we are empowering individuals with health information and the confidence to make healthcare decisions 1 question at a time!

@derek_zhang interesting product! Access to the right information is key. What type of questions can you ask and do you have and is this just b2c??

@johnkyeremeh Thanks for the support and question! For questions, our doctors are amazing and really are able to support any health question within primary care. They use their resources like UpToDate to get you the best answers and next steps - in some cases they help empower you to see your doctor and talk about how to follow ups and the possible other options available. We are actively pushing B2B/2C conversations - but cycles are long, and we did not want that to stop us from learning from potential users and how to iterate on fundamental design principles!

@derek_zhang great! Any improvement is good in this space :)

@derek_zhang Congratulations on the launch! Let's connect on Twitter. If you have a question about design, feel free to contact me.

Great insight @derek_zhang - simple and true. Here's hoping Ruta takes off and keeps you and the team on your toes!

Congratulations on the launch! Ruta health will be a bridge between people who need health information and doctors. Keep up the great work :)

@kiminthepresent Thank you! We loved working with you on the branding too! You had great command over communicating our tenants of friendly yet clean & professional!

Hello! Well done on getting Ruta Health on PH! Looks like you've done a great job! One of the most important products I've seen! I have a question. How do you plan to monetize your product? (If you plan to)

@ilyayaroshevichqa If we can validate some of our hypothesis, we may consider advertising, creating a freemium tier (some users want this)? and expanding into B2B/B2(clinic). We are trying our best to make the access as free as possible w/o compromising quality and doctor in the loop., and to do this at scale, we have big plans of leveraging supervised & reinforced machine learning. Hope this helps!

@derek_zhang Great answer. Thank you! Good luck!

My overall experience was great. I love how easy it is to navigate around the app and how responsive, compassionate, and knowledgeable the doctors are. Would recommend it on any given day.

Amazing async personalized health information.

This product is cost effective, convenient and easy to use. I will definitely recommend it.

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