Affinity Empowering takes the ‘visit’ out of ‘doctor’s visit’

No one likes visits to the doctor, and for good reason: It usually means that you’re sick, you’re missing work or you’re going to be stranded in the waiting room. But what if you could take the visit out of your doctor’s visit?

Affinity Empowering has a simple mission: provide excellent health care without the throes of sitting in a waiting room for who knows how long. The company, which specializes in occupational, behavioral and direct-to-consumer health services, announced on Thursday that it will add two new brands — eHome and eCare — to its offerings to improve its direct-to-consumer segment.

The company’s new eHome platform will offer its users more than 300 diagnostic testing options, able to be delivered directly to the user’s home. The brand is to be run by the company’s HIPAA-compliant technology platform, Assure, which patients can use to schedule appointments, securely message their doctors, view testing results, manage consent, participate in video or telehealth appointments, and more. eHome also gives the user information about local medical providers who can perform testing.

Affinity’s other new release, eCare, is geared towards aggregating patient data. The platform synthesizes reports from providers with diagnostic home testing results, using the data to identify the correct specialist for the patient. Providers can use eCare to record wellness assessments and to receive updates on treatment information, which the eCare team can send to all of a patient’s health care providers with consent.