In March, as small businesses across the country were shutting down amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic, Shanel Fields was about to open one up.
For Ms. Fields, the timing couldn’t have been better. Her company, MD Ally, allows 911 dispatchers and other responders to route nonemergency calls and patients to virtual doctors, to help local governments improve their emergency response systems.
Image: Shanel Fields launched MD Ally, a health care start-up in Philadelphia. She raised $1 million and recently signed up her first customer.Credit...Aaron Ricketts for The New York Times
