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This is my startup. 100% bootstrapped and ramen profitable. Questions and comments encouraged. Thanks for checking it out!
by tkiley 17y ago
This is my startup. 100% bootstrapped and ramen profitable. Questions and comments encouraged. Thanks for checking it out!
- dschobel 17y agoLove the idea. What are the expansion plans?
- tkiley 17y agoBecause this is such an intensely localized service, expanding the network of participating ERs is pretty much the most important thing we need to do. We've made it a turnkey implementation for low- and mid-volume ERs, and there are some fairly compelling customer service and bottom-line benefits for participating hospitals.
- ars 17y agoMy companies startup http://www.medtipster.com/ http://www.medtipster.com/ should partner with you. Unfortunately it's not up to me. We already have all the localization code, and with more hospitals I think this would work great as a module on the site. I sent the suggestion "upward", but I have no way to know if it'll go anywhere.
- prakash 17y agofantastic idea. The first ER experience I had in the US, I waited for 5 hours -- completely baffled that it was called ER.
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoTriage is the new priority queue.
- kirse 17y agoJust wait until we get socialized health-care... the wait times are going to be absolutely phenomenal.
- potatolicious 17y agoI waited about the same in Canada, in the second-worst hospital in the province for ER wait times. So... what was that with the socialized medicine bashing?
- abstractbill 17y agoThe only things I really miss from the UK (I moved to California when I was 27) are my family, and the health care.
- sanswork 17y agoI have had socialized health-care in all three of the countries I've lived in and dealt with the american solution a few times while traveling. Honestly wait times were about the same across the board. Socialized or not E.R. rooms are rarely able to cope with busy times. Socialized health care usually only means worse service for the very rich. For everyone else it's a great thing.
- ews 17y agoNever waited more than 10 minutes in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany or UK (and lived on all those countries for a while), had to wait 4.5 hours on San Francisco just few months ago.
- wheels 17y agoWhile I'm a fan of the German healthcare system, under 10 minutes is an overstatement. Honestly, the only time I've gotten treatment that fast was when I was covered in blood. I'd say my usual (non-critical) ER waits are closer to an hour, but still shorter in general than I had when in the US. (I've lived in Germany for 7 years now.)
- tjmc 17y agoSocialized health-care has its own problems but just from reading the comments here it seems like a better system as it routes people to the level of treatment they need. My understanding of the US system (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is that those without insurance have no other option than to attend the ER. Here in Australia you'd generally go to a GP, a public health center or have a locum come out to visit you before heading to a hospital. There are certainly still wait times, and a system like this might be able to help, but in general I think there's a much better spread of patients to the right location.
- mattmaroon 17y agoWell, good luck. I'm rooting for you because your service would be amazing. You're dealing with the most fucked up, slow-moving, ass-backward industry in the history of capitalism though, so it's going to be a really tough battle.
- patio11 17y agoI don't know about it being the worst possible industry -- government procurement or public education give it a run for its money some of the time. (I will refrain from playing the "find the common thread here" game.) Seriously, though, I hope that this startup escapes the regulatory issues and goes Big. It solves a clear problem for both patients and hospitals, will greatly increase societal welfare, and it should attract Big Bucks (TM) because of the amount of money wrapped up in the problem it solves. This page is one of the best brief sales pitches I've ever seen, by the way: http://inquicker.com/page/inquicker_benefits http://inquicker.com/page/inquicker_benefits Everything about it is great. It scans great. It directly addresses the customers' needs and makes it explicit what tangible benefits buying in will get them. I have bookmarked it so that when software vendors ask how to improve their website I'll say "Your benefits section should look like this". Best of luck.