Does an 'Uber for doctors' make sense?

A tech event in downtown D.C. this week aimed to highlight how tech innovators are helping the health industry finally join the digital revolution, but it also revealed some of the challenges they have to overcome to do that. One young executive of a New York-based startup made his pitch at 1776's Challenge Cup event Wednesday for a new app called Pager, an urgent care house-call service. People have called it "the Uber for doctors," founding partner Toby Hervey enthusiastically told the crowd during the tech week's health-themed day sponsored by MedStar Health. "We think on-demand health care can be more effective than an office visit," Hervey said.