The Penn Stater Magazine

Giving Credit to Dr. Jay Parkinson

November 9, 2009

Switching between my stations on Pandora radio this morning, I was doing my best to ignore one of the occasional commercials when I realized that I recognized the voice coming through my computer speakers. I opened the Pandora window and clicked on the link to see an ad for a major credit card company; on its site was a series of short video features on small-business owners who use the company’s service to manage their business finances. The voice I heard on that ad? None other than Jay Parkinson ’02, the innovative Brooklyn doctor we profiled in our March/April 2009 issue.

I was initially reluctant to post this (our blog isn’t a place we usually promote corporate advertising) but I thought the angle was too relevant to pass up—not to mention incredibly timely. With the House of Representatives on Saturday passing a health care bill that may or may not make it out of the Senate, Parkinson’s imaginative, tech-friendly approach to solving much of what ails American health care seems all the more relevant. Knowing what I know of his business savvy—the scope of his medical practice, Hello Health, seems to grow and evolve almost daily—I’m not at all surprised to see him partnering with a major financial player to help publicize his work. As he was when we first heard about him, Parkinson (whose blog you can follow here) remains a guy whose ideas bear watching.

Ryan Jones, senior editor

Entry Filed under: Penn State alumni. Tags: Dr. Jay Parkinson, health care, Hello Health.