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My wife is an ER and ICU doc. I think you're crazy thinking this guy is getting into startups for financial reasons! Anyway: 1) She consistently asserts that h
by llimllib 15y ago
My wife is an ER and ICU doc. I think you're crazy thinking this guy is getting into startups for financial reasons! Anyway:
1) She consistently asserts that handoffs are the most difficult and error-prone part of the job. They take up a large chunk of her time. Further, with work hour restrictions only getting stricter, the number of handoffs is only going up.
2) While face-to-face interaction is indeed crucial, surely there are improvements to be made! Let the doctors give crucial information face-to-face, secure in the knowledge that basic patient information is stored in a trustworthy system, and you should see less errors.
> they are very closed minded and it's hard to get change.
Obviously this is a huge obstacle! But even by your own argument, there are surely ways to improve, and an ex-doctor is the ideal candidate to figure out how to do so.
- larrys 15y ago"I think you're crazy thinking this guy is getting into startups for financial reasons!" I didn't say that. I gave three possibilities: 1) "getting out of medicine because they want to run a startup." 2) "Maybe getting jealous because they see it as a path to riches and have been reading about to many outliers." 3) "Or maybe wanting to change the world." I referred to "financial reasons" in only 1 case. And even in that case I used the word "maybe". That's hardly "thinking this guy is getting into startups for financial reasons". I didn't say improvements needed to be made. In fact if you re-read what I said you will see I questioned the issues with handoffs.
- llimllib 15y agoFair enough, I apologize for misunderstanding you.