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Healthcare - which affects all of us and is 18% of GDP - is by far the most underserved by software. It is a bad version of the 90's for doctors, nurses, patien
by stmw 7y ago
Healthcare - which affects all of us and is 18% of GDP - is by far the most underserved by software. It is a bad version of the 90's for doctors, nurses, patients and everyone else. There are a number of firms that are trying to make this better.
(plug: at Commure - developer.commure.com, we are one of them, but that's independent of the larger point).
- Optimal_Persona 7y agoCommure looks fascinating, I was hoping something like this existed! I work in publicly-funded mental health/social services. Our programs use 5 different EHRs, then we have to interact with 4 more supplied by county funders for billing and compliance. It's a real Tower of Babel shitstorm to transfer data between systems in the absence of interoperability standards like FHIR. As you note, the current fragmented state of health tech has significant human and economic impacts.
- stmw 7y agoThank you, glad to hear you say that - you certainly have a wonderfully colorful way of describing the problem we are trying to fix!