At the start of the invasion, doxy.me had nearly 50 staff members based in Ukraine. The  “Heroes of Doxy.me” miniseries documents their harrowing, inspiring, and at times shocking experiences. Their stories include:

• A mother forced to leave her husband and oldest son behind as she fled to Poland.
• A HR manager who chose to stay in Ukraine and volunteer at a humanitarian distribution center.
• A young woman who spent nights huddled in Kyiv subways while air raid sirens filled the air. 
• A developer who stepped away from the computer to serve in the Ukrainian armed forces. 

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, doxy.me experienced unprecedented growth ballooning to over 1 million providers on the platform. To meet the extraordinary demand, the company rapidly expanded the team in Ukraine. “The Ukrainians were there to get us through the COVID-19 surge, we now have an obligation to get them through this war,” says Brandon M. Welch, MS, PhD, founder and CEO of doxy.me.

After visiting the team in Lviv, Ukraine in March, Welch was deeply inspired by the resilience, strength, and courage of the Ukrainian teammates. “I felt we needed to help them share their stories on a wider scale,” says Welch.

Prior to the invasion, doxy.me prepared an emergency action plan for its Ukrainian staff: a plan which provided a safe house in Lviv, covered relocation expenses, guaranteed their jobs, provided counseling, and more. Doxy.me is happy to report that all members are accounted for and safe. 

We invite everyone to listen to their stories and buy a “We Stand with Ukraine” t-shirt. 100% of the proceeds go to local charitable organizations in Ukraine selected by team members located there.  

About doxy.me

Founded in 2014, doxy.me is the largest HIPAA-compliant telemedicine platform in the US with more than 1 million healthcare providers who collectively saw more than 90,000,000 patients in 2021. Doxy.me’s approximately 150 team members are primarily located in Charleston, SC; Salt Lake City, UT; Rochester, NY; Western Europe and Ukraine.

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Doxy.me holds fire-side chat to discuss ways to ensure 

Who: Brandon M. Welch, MS, PhD, founder and CEO of doxy.me, a free, simple and secure telemedicine solution used by healthcare providers worldwide, participates in Reuters Total Health Forum.

When: Welch will join Reuters Events’ Jamie Harding for a virtual fire-side chat to discuss innovations in telemedicine in the era of COVID-19 on Nov. 19, 2020, 2:45 – 3:00pm EST.

What: Reuters Total Health Virtual Forum will bring together 5,000 global leaders across payers, providers, pharma, employers, investors, startups, policymakers, and the patient community to build the future of health. The annual event unites CEOs, innovators, disruptors and policy makers to set the roadmap for a system of full access and health equity. It challenges the global health industry to reimagine what’s possible, transform patient experience, and change the world.

To register or view the complete agenda, please visit: https://reutersevents.com/events/healthcare/#about

Details: Welch’s fire-side chat, entitled, “Telemedicine for All: A Lesson in Creative Destruction” will cover:

• 2020 – the year of transformation and a new provider-patient relationship
• Growth, scaling at speed and enabling healthcare the way patients want it — seamless, integrated and digitized
• How telehealth forces down costs and drives greater access, now and in the future

Bio: Brandon M. Welch, MS, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Director of the Telehealth Research and Innovation Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Welch uses his training in human genetics and biomedical informatics to develop innovative and user-friendly health IT solutions for personalized medicine and telemedicine. While a PhD student at the University of Utah, he founded doxy.me, an award-winning, simple & free telemedicine solution now used by hundreds of thousands of healthcare providers. His current telemedicine research focuses on expanding and improving telemedicine technology to support research, and to serve rural, underserved, and global populations.

Contact: 

Jennifer Toole

doxy.me@highwirepr.com

+1 617 461 0522

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