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title: Isabel Healthcare Blog | Jason Maude
description: Jason is the CEO and Co-founder of Isabel. Prior to co-founding Isabel, Jason spent 12 years working in finance and investment banking across Europe. His daughter, Isabel, fell seriously ill following a misdiagnosis in 1999 and this experience inspired Jason to abandon his city career and create Isabel Healthcare Ltd.
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May 3, 2022

### [Virtual Triage: Do more questions lead to better patient outcomes?](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/virtual-triage-/-symptom-checker-do-more-questions-lead-to-better-outcomes)

 One of the common misconceptions related to virtual triage / symptom checker tools is that the more questions the system asks, the more accurate the..

March 2, 2021

### [Can Symptom Checkers be bad for your health?](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/can-symptom-checkers-be-bad-for-your-health)

 The number of symptom checkers designed for patient use has mushroomed over the last few years.

November 7, 2019

### [5 reasons why a good symptom checker could change your life](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/5-reasons-why-a-good-symptom-checker-could-change-your-life)

 So, you’ve got a niggling health issue that won’t go away… but the GP can’t see you again for 3 weeks. Onto the internet to see if Dr Google can..

January 4, 2019

### [What is the future of health AI? Reflections and predictions for 2019](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/health-ai-in-2018/19-reflections-and-predictions-of-health-technology-for-the-new-year)

 It’s the start of 2019 and many exciting things are on the horizon for Isabel and the industry of AI in medicine as a whole. As we go into January we..

December 6, 2018

### [How do we use symptom checkers? An Isabel Infographic](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/how-do-we-use-symptom-checkers-an-isabel-infographic)

 At Isabel we are always pushing for more research and independent studies into symptom checkers and their use. Isabel has been around since 2000, but..

July 27, 2018

### [Not all Health AI is bad - Why we should embrace health technology](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/not-all-health-ai-is-bad-why-we-should-embrace-health-technolog)

 There has been a lot of talk this week, both in the healthcare world and beyond, about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Babylon's AI chatbot was..

June 28, 2018

### [Symptom Checker Models - Choose a symptom checker for your institution](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/symptom-checker-healthcare-system)

 Over the last decade, the use of AI and digital tools within the healthcare sector has grown exponentially, from improving a product for monitoring..

June 1, 2018

### [How Symptom Checkers Help Improve Patient Engagement](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/how-symptom-checkers-help-improve-patient-engagement-download-our-new-white-paper)

 At Isabel Healthcare we are constantly striving to help improve the world of diagnosis through our tools, our own research and content, and our..

April 5, 2018

### [Health for All - World Health Day 2018](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/health-for-all-world-health-day-2018)

 Every year we like to highlight the World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Day, and this year is no different. We’ve written on many subjects..

March 1, 2018

### [Is This the Future of Healthcare? Apple to launch healthcare centres for employees](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/is-this-the-future-of-healthcare-apple-to-launch-healthcare-centres-for-employees)

 At Isabel we have blogged about, talked about and even researched the ideas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare extensively, so the concept..

December 29, 2017

### [3 Medical Breakthroughs in 2017. Happy New Year from Isabel Healthcare](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/3-medical-breakthroughs-of-2017-happy-new-year-from-isabel-healthcare)

 Back in 2015 we wrote a post for the New Year on pediatric medical breakthroughs of the past year. This year has been another brilliant year for..

November 23, 2017

### ["The Cost of Assuming your Doctor Knows Best" - Response to Dr Parkash](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/the-cost-of-assuming-your-doctor-knows-best-a-response-to-vinita-parkash)

 Vinita Parkash, MD, a professor of pathology at Yale School of Medicine, published a blogpost last week on “The Cost of Assuming your Doctor Knows..

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