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Health care is trying to keep up with the digital age, but unfortunately, it’s failing. Thanks to the internet, you can complete almost every essential life task online from ordering groceries, to buying movie tickets and paying bills. When it comes to transferring your medical records to a new physician, though, you frequently run into a technological dead end. Despite the patient portal and electronic health record (EHR) platforms available, there seems to be no easy and efficient way to deliver concise, relevant health information, including medical images, to the right place at the right time. It's clear that health care has a last mile problem.

Gwayne Nulud, a rising junior at the University of Maryland, College Park, reflects on his summer 2019 Mike Shane Internship as an inbound marketing intern with Purview. Gwayne will graduate in Winter 2020 with a degree in marketing and supply chain management.

McKenzie Mensch, a rising senior at Virginia Tech, reflects on her summer 2019 Mike Shane Internship as an inbound marketing intern with Purview. McKenzie will graduate in Spring 2020 with a degree in biological sciences.

The U.S. spends more per capita and as a percentage of GDP on health care than any other country. However, it ranks 9th among comparable countries, well below the average, in terms of its amenable mortality, or the rate of deaths considered preventable by timely and effective care, and 12th in life expectancy. What factors contribute to these statistics and what is being done about it?

Today, most computers don’t even have a CD drive. So why are providers still giving patients a CD copy of their medical images when there is an easier, no cost way to deliver them?