I'm a physician also (pathologist). I would encourage you to learn how to code. I decided to learn python about 3 years ago. It took me about 6 months before I

I'm a physician also (pathologist). I would encourage you to learn how to code. I decided to learn python about 3 years ago. It took me about 6 months before I really understood a lot of things (object oriented programming, in particular took a long time to grok). I mostly started with the goal of being able to knock together some little gui fronted databases and other things that would make my life a little easier. Now I mostly fart around with Django, javascript and Java (Android). I'm also learning C because I realize that I have a lot of holes in my fundamentals. I don't want to discourage you, but I think that there are a huge number of roadblocks to creating a disruptive start-up that we usually see on HN in the medical world. Firstly, doctors are not the folks who are making the decisions about health care IT. The hospital IT depts are running that show, and in my limited experience they have no interest in supporting open-source or services that don't come with a big support contract. They would like to be able to point the finger to an outside company if things go south. Secondly, HIPAA and HITECH are going to be a big problem for small medical startups. A single breach or unauthorized disclosure or security hole is going to potentially sink your business. I would encourage you to learn to code. It's definitely accessible for tech-oriented physicians and the wealth of community resources in the open source world makes it pretty easy to ask questions if you get into a bind.