Ron Gutman's HealthTap Seeks to Be the First Global Mobile Health Brand

"My vision is to give people immediate gratification in healthcare," says Ron Gutman the high-energy and affable founder and CEO of HealthTap, a mobile health platform that connects customers with trusted health information and doctors in near real-time at any given time of day or day of the week from a network of over 50,000 U.S.-licensed doctors. "We call people'patients' but they are anything but patient when they are in pain or desperate to talk to a doctor during the day or in the middle of the night," continues Gutman. In creating a customer–focused health information service, Gutman sees the opportunity to build the world's first global mobile health brand. There is nothing small about Ron's ambitions or business opportunity. HealthTap looks to disrupt the model and bring high-quality information directly to the customer, instantly through their mobile devices for free or very modest costs.