StoryMD and Maiden Lane Medical Partnership: Transforming Women’s Health
Women’s health has historically been a taboo subject, leading to generations of women lacking the necessary health literacy to meaningfully engage with their physician, or feeling comfortable enough to share with friends and family. The “why” of this problem aside, the tide is finally beginning to turn, and topics such as women’s sexual health, menstruation, and menopause are making headlines. Media outlets are increasingly comfortable covering women’s health issues, and these topics are trending across TikTok and Instagram. Elevating public dialogue is critical in highlighting women’s unique healthcare needs. However, the medical community has yet to innovate a new approach to delivering personalized healthcare that equips women with the tools to understand and act on their concerns; this is still a work in progress.
Stepping into the void, Maiden Lane Medical (MLM), one of New York City’s top-rated women’s health practices, and StoryMD, a Brooklyn-based health and wellness technology company, are partnering to deliver women a revolutionary healthcare paradigm.
The partnership is pioneering a transformative model in patient-centered women’s healthcare, merging personalized treatment, health literacy tools, and ground-breaking patient portal technology. MLM has always been dedicated to developing a patient-friendly, integrated healthcare system that creates opportunities for health maintenance, disease prevention, and patient care at levels that exceed the highest standards. The +StoryMD Health platform unifies a woman’s health and wellness data in one place. It transforms it into a digestible and actionable story that guides you across a lifetime of personal health journeys. Together, MLM and StoryMD are prioritizing women’s medical care by emphasizing health literacy and empowering patients with the knowledge and confidence they need to be the driver of their health journey — not just a passenger.
Ken Levey, MD, MPH, Founder and CEO of Maiden Lane Medical, is a medical and technological innovator committed to advancing his patients' knowledge and elevating their health literacy. Upon meeting Alexander Tsiaras, the Founder and CEO of StoryMD, he knew he had met a kindred spirit who shared his mission. Their partnership has unveiled a women’s health ecosystem that will serve as a template for other healthcare providers to follow. Dr. Levey states, “The partnership between Maiden Lane Medical and StoryMD is a groundbreaking opportunity to leverage technology in communication and knowledge transfer, which are key components of the patient-physician relationship.”
Tsiaras has intimate experience with women’s critical healthcare needs, health crises, and the need to be informed and empowered. I (Alexander’s wife) was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and was incredibly fortunate to have access to +StoryMD Health’s unified patient portal as I navigated my diagnosis and treatment. Receiving treatment at multiple cancer centers, I was juggling multiple patient portals that did not talk to one another. I was left to decipher the endless clinical jargon and data as it landed in my portals, causing severe anxiety bouts that did not diminish until I was able to consult with my physician, which was often a week later. With +StoryMDHealth as my digital hand-holder throughout my journey, my clinical information was seamlessly imported into the platform; here, I gained invaluable breast cancer literacy through the personal stories crafted from my data. This knowledge demystified the demon and helped me feel in control of my breast cancer journey, massively tempering my anxiety while engendering optimism.
How the Partnership Benefits Physicians and their Patients
Healthcare providers today are under extraordinary time constraints, often with inadequate time to fully educate and personalize care for each patient. MLM is also integrating StoryMD’s content into their standard patient care. This invaluable resource compensates for their physicians’ limited time by providing patients with detailed information that is specific to their condition. MLM will also make this content available to all their patients so they can access cutting-edge medical information whenever they are outside of their doctor’s care.
Through the +StoryMD Health platform, MLM patients will receive a unified, detailed health record that uniquely includes everything from lab and pathology reports to medications and wellness data imported from their wearables. Patients can share their personal health portfolio with their MLM physician, granting the doctors a critical window into each patient’s holistic health record.
The StoryMD platform serves as a one-stop health ecosystem for patients, eliminating the tendency to visit multiple sites and cobble together information of unclear relevance to their condition when not in the care of their physician. Dr. Levey sees enormous value in this when navigating comorbidities: “A woman rarely has only one journey; she may be pregnant but also asthmatic, or she may have endometriosis while being concerned about a cardiovascular condition. You want to have access to all the knowledge needed to cross reference your multiple health conditions, along with guidance when not in front of your physician.”
This is only the beginning. Tsiaras, Levey, and partners will launch numerous initiatives this coming year, all centered on the women’s health timeline. This new program will form the backbone of educating women about the marvel of their biological development over a lifetime. Along with their growing list of partners dedicated to improving women’s health, Tsiaras and Levey will offer a new story each week that showcases the marvel of women’s health throughout life.
As a prominent advocate for personalized health technology, Dr. Levey is granting all MLM patients a one-year free subscription to +StoryMD Health’s Advanced Patient Portal. “The Maiden Lane Medical/StoryMD Partnership model is scalable and is purposefully patient-centric, not administrative-centric,” emphasized Dr. Levey. “This will allow our physicians to enhance the patient experience and their understanding of the information we are providing so that it is personalized and tailored. The result is that conversations with patients will be more informed and meaningful.”