Who doesn’t like making their life easier? I know that I like to take advantage of anything that will help me do less work to achieve the same goal.

CakeHealth

I’m sure many of you have already heard of the stellar service known as Mint. This simple, yet effective, site allows you to connect all of your monetary accounts such as a bank account or credit card to their website. I know, that sounds like Internet suicide by giving the login credentials of your financial accounts to some web service. Not to worry though, the connection is read-only so that no transactions can take place.

CakeHealth (mmm, cake…) works in a similar manner by providing a free and easy way to manage your health care plans. It brings all of them under one roof (at least metaphorically) so that you are able to easily manage and track your spending on health. If you would rather not share your account credentials, you are given the option to enter your expenses in manually or upload a PDF of your claim. The convenience of auto-updating is lost through the manual method, however.

I’m sure most of us can attest that quite frankly, medical billing sucks. The intention of CakeHealth is to help you better understand and organize the healthcare services you pay for. Benefits can range from catching medical over-billing to obtaining insights on filing your taxes correctly. It’s a piece of cake! (You know it was inevitable.)

CarePlanners

According to the National Cancer Institute, it is predicted that over 1.6 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in 2012. Founded by Alan Blaustein, who himself is a cancer survivor; CarePlanners understands that when you’re already under the distress and duress of having to deal with a medical condition, the last thing you want to worry about is the complexities of healthcare systems.

CarePlanners provides a team of dedicated experts who are there to provide you with guidance amidst the discord. Some of the services they provide include: arranging senior care services, preparing for a hospital stay, or resolving insurance and billing issues.

The team is full of healthcare expertise and their goal is to foremost help you.

Greatist

Startups are all the craze in the modern world. Blogs are no exception to that. Derek Flanzraich’s goal is to make everyone “Greatist”, or rather someone who makes more educated choices when it comes to fitness, health and their overall happiness. Staying fit and healthy is hard. No doubt about it. Greatist hopes to inspire and inform the world so that they can make better choices and live better lives.

Keep An Eye On These

Chemotopia

Chemotopia was founded by Dr. Steven Eisenberg with the goal of preparing patients for what to expect along the journey through chemotherapy. It provides a community consisting of real patients which allows everyone to share their experiences. It also offers applicable information for the different stages of chemotherapy so you don’t go into it completely blind.

CareLinx

Many people wish to not place their loved ones into assisted living and would much rather that they live their lives while staying at home. CareLinx is an online network of in-home caregivers. They provide the means to easily screen, manage, and ultimately pay caregivers who match their needs and budget.

Consumers are starting to push for the inclusion of technology within healthcare. I foresee a future consisting of the consumer taking control of their health. The tools necessary to do so are already being created. It’s just about becoming a matter of applying them to our daily lives.