Our Most Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve collected and compiled answers to the most frequently asked questions by our community of patients, family members, caregivers, healthcare providers, medical professionals, and partners.
1. How will I benefit from using a Responsum platform?
Patients who use Responsum get—at their full disposal and of no cost to them—a team of professional medical researchers and writers. This team is backed by state-of-the-art technology, to scour, curate, and “translate” the Internet for news, blog posts, discoveries and studies, and lifestyle tips about their chronic disease.
Rather than constantly performing your own research and analysis, Responsum will do it for you, today and every day, so you can spend your time and energy on living and regaining your health. Moreover, Responsum’s organization, scheduling, and support tools let patients, their families, and their care teams manage their health needs efficiently.
We know that getting a chronic disease diagnosis is life-changing, but we’re here to help lighten your load.
2. How is Responsum different from other chronic illness platforms?
Responsum is the only patient platform that monitors, searches, and curates the internet to provide a personalized Newsfeed of article summaries, which patients are encouraged to read, share, and comment on.
We also wrap up the Newsfeed into a comprehensive platform that enables patients to correspond with their care team, as well as find local patient support services, financial assistance, and advocate for healthcare policies that impact their treatment.
For more information on all of these functions, please head to our About Us page.
3. Who determines the content in my Newsfeed?
Responsum Health’s medical experts treat each patient as a unique research project, and each patient’s Newsfeed will reflect that. For every user, we search and summarize the most relevant information from the world’s leading medical journals, newswires, patient blogs, provider databases, and clinical trial registries.
Using Responsum effectively puts some of the world’s leading researchers on your case—leaving you to concentrate your energies on bettering your health or the health of a loved one.
4. Is my data secure on Responsum's platforms?
Yes, it is. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets the standard for sensitive patient data protection. Companies that deal with protected health information (PHI), including Responsum, are required to have physical, network, and process security measures in place and must strictly follow them to ensure HIPAA Compliance. As a HIPAA-compliant platform, Responsum takes appropriate Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of PHI.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires strong safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization. The Rule also grants patients rights over their health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records and to request corrections.
While Responsum allows users to maintain anonymity by setting up patient accounts under fictitious names, we ensure that community comments left on articles are respectful. We reserve the right to suspend the privileges of anyone who violates this rule.
If you have any additional questions about privacy or data security, please feel free to email us at info@responsumhealth.com.