Mar 29 2012
Castlight
Health, developer of a personalized health care shopping platform,
today announced the launch of Castlight
Mobile, a new offering that extends the power of the Castlight
Health platform to users' preferred mobile devices. Available as a
native application for Apple
iOS and Google
Android, Castlight Mobile provides users the flexibility to view
health care cost and quality data at anytime and from anywhere.
BlackBerry and other smartphone users can also access an optimized
mobile Web
experience. The mobile products are available today to users at all
of Castlight's employer customers, at no additional charge.
Offered by innovative companies to their employees, the Castlight Health
platform transforms the way consumers shop for health care. The
personalized, secure platform provides employees a wealth of data about
the price of medical services, the quality of physicians and facilities,
as well as important educational and convenience information. With
Castlight, employers can maintain or improve the quality of employees'
care and lower total health care spend.
"Traditionally, transparency into the cost and quality of health care
services has been largely unavailable to consumers. We are changing this
paradigm by enabling companies to offer their employees easy access to
the data they need to make better health care decisions," said Ethan
Prater, vice president of products at Castlight Health. "Castlight
Mobile gives our users another access point to informative health care
data, regardless of their location."
"Many of our talented employees spend their time with customers on the
salon floor, rather than in front of computers, so their smartphones
often act as their primary computing devices," said Allison Brown,
director of employee services, Regis Corporation. "With new mobile
options for accessing the Castlight platform, our employees will have
easy access to cost and quality health care information wherever they
are. We expect that in addition to helping our staff save money, this
offering will also help them become more engaged in their health and
wellness."
Transparency into Health Care Cost and Quality, Direct from a User's
Preferred Mobile Device
The new mobile offerings deliver the key functionality of the Castlight
Health platform in a secure, easy-to-use format that is tightly
integrated to the Web-based portal to ensure a unified user experience.
Regardless of their preferred mobile device, users can find care based
on a doctor's name, specialty or a condition; get on-the-go access to
up-to-date health plan information; and keep critical health care
information - such as specialists and family doctors - in one place.
"Today, when doctors recommend specialists, most people will take their
word for it," added Prater. "We're all about ensuring that health care
consumers are better informed - no matter where they are. With Castlight
Health's mobile offerings, users can become more informed about the care
they're receiving and paying for, before they go."