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It's a fucking embarrassment that there isn't an obvious person to call for help here. I wish there was an organization that would help people navigate their h
by staunch 13y ago
It's a fucking embarrassment that there isn't an obvious person to call for help here.
I wish there was an organization that would help people navigate their healthcare. Like a medical concierge/social worker. Someone is an expert on The System and acts entirely on your behalf.
The would oversee your entire healthcare. They book your appointments, remind you to go, handle most billing issues, make sure you're up to date on prescriptions, and even provide emotional support. They involve themselves deeply with your medical care the way an old loyal family doctor might. All you do is be the patient.
You would have to hire and train amazingly great people, but I think there's enough good people in the world that would find the work so fulfilling you could make it work.
Medical problems can be incredibly sad, lonely, scary and it's the one place where procrastination literally kills. Regardless of how crazily you could spend a project like this it would still probably pay for itself based on early detection, better outcomes, etc.
- joshmn 13y agoI hear that YC accepts Non-profits now. ;)
- staunch 13y agoMight work even better as a for-profit, I don't know, but yeah would make a great YC co.
- timthorn 13y agoThere are - look for patient navigators.
- staunch 13y agoLike this? http://www.patientnavigator.com/get-help-now/ http://www.patientnavigator.com/get-help-now/ "Navigation Services – $125/hr" -- at that price it may as well not exist.
- renata 13y agoExactly how much do you think is fair for "amazingly great people" who "[are] expert[s] on The System" and "can oversee your entire healthcare"? Some contractors on HN no doubt get paid more for less.
- staunch 13y agoIt's not about what people get paid, it's about what you charge. If you're charging $125/hr you're not going to be helping nearly as many people as you could.
- maxerickson 13y agohttp://minnesotahelp.info/Public/default.aspx?se=healthcare http://minnesotahelp.info/Public/default.aspx?se=healthcare
- staunch 13y agoLooks like a reasonably useful resource but there's no where there he can call to get the service I just described.
- maxerickson 13y agoSure, it would be nice if there was a single point of contact. Minnesota appears to do things at a county level: http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=id_000297# http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMI... (that's a couple of clicks from my other link) The point is, there are resources to access. Hopefully they have been looked into already.