I've recently started work on a project that I think will help hospitals greatly – digital checklists. I've read a few books and articles on how effective they were in boosting hospital efficiency and decreasing the rates of procedural infections by staggering percentages.
I was wondering if any of you health-oriented hackers/entrepreneurs in this community had any ideas or feedback on the feasibility of successfully implementing the idea.
I've not reached MVP yet, so all I've got up can be found at www.huddlemed.com
An additional question: I've gone ahead and purchased www.hospitalchecklist(s).com and am also looking for any advice on how to use those domains to do some initial advertising to gauge the market a bit. I do know that this sort of product is best marketed via direct channels to the higher-ups at hospitals. As a medical student soon entering clinical training, I'll hopefully find the people I need. Any advice on how to approach this aspect of marketing/sales or how to put myself in a good position to succeed in this department would be really great.
Thanks.
1. Your last sentence "... and save lifes" . I don't think that your iphone app will ever save a life. There is already a medical checklist system in the hospitals, based on paper checklists, which are controlled several times by nurses-assistants-supervisor doctors etc. Most of them are part of Case history written mostly on a computer software and then printed. This system evaluated in hundred years. To be able to change the whole system you must have a fully featured pc-mobile-tablet software. A simple-task app will be rejected by all hospitals. Even if you build something perfect to revolutionize the medical software system, it will be too hard to sell them. Because
1. They have already bought some years ago a new sofware and updated their system, and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars.
2. Who would bother with a new app having more problems and tasks?! Probably you will talk to the directors of the hospitals, which are more than 45 years old, always doctors and are not open to innovations.
3. You must compete with healtcare software giants.
4. I saw already minimum 3 of apps doing the same work. You must research the market.
Hence, I wouldn't lose my time with this idea. You can build better things instead of spending your time to sell the product to the hospitals.