Separate from hospitals, we have private practice doctors. I'm not sure what space there is for startups on the needs of doctors. Obviously someone could likely

Separate from hospitals, we have private practice doctors. I'm not sure what space there is for startups on the needs of doctors. Obviously someone could likely make a lot of money if they could centralize billing and invoices in a manner better than HMOs, but I'm not sure what you would do. Depending on the practise, I believe there is plenty of room for something that can make a doctor's life easier. Perhaps some way of organising information and programs easier in a more logical manner? I know my doctor has a desktop that is literally full with icons of various programs and resource links etc and I'm sure there are many others out there that are probably in the same boat that could benefit from something better. His particular practise serves most of its resource information off a central server so that all of the doctors that work there can access that information. Just throwing some quick ideas out there, what about a Digg-like site for medical professionals? Something that automatically scrapes/submits information from various medical journal sites online so that medical professionals can work out relevancy for themselves? Offtopic point: I have a very good relationship with my doctor and we've often talked about technology before in my past visits as that is one of his other hobbies, so I made sure to consult with him when I came up with my idea to see if he thought it was a viable solution to the problem we are tackling, so yeah - there is definitely room.