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Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by absconditus »

kyro wrote: post #4

Nice going, guys. As a med student, this sort of stuff really excites me. It seems like the government is willing to incentivize the adoption of electronic mobile technologies in clinical practice. To all who are making quips about the $44k incentive: the amount of money that is spent on resolving logistical, administrative, and medical errors because of disorganized, incomplete health records, yearly, is astronomica…

Unfortunately most institutions choose to simply automate their bad processes. The studies that were originally done to justify this incentive were based on hospitals such as Mayo that are simply better hospitals. Their use of electronic systems is not the reason why they are better.

Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by danilocampos »

xal wrote: post #16

At this point it's downright comical. It seems like a significant percentage of startups these days go to market on a design that is directly copied from Shopify.com pricing page: http://www.shopify.com/signup https://drchrono.com/pricing/ Or worse, look at that little badge in the top right and compare it to the one at www.shopify.com frontpage.

I mean, that's how you sell SaaS, right? Why reinvent the wheel? Good artists copy, great artists steal, etc.

If you're selling SaaS, you've probably got more pressing concerns than coming up with a unique way to present your pricing tiers.

Agree that the corner badge is a bit much, though.

Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by [deleted] »

absconditus wrote: post #19
jemfinch wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, that makes more sense. I can see how the public good would be served by having doctors use electronic records; having them use this specific software (which is what I thought was being subsidized) seemed too specific to justify in terms of the public good.

https://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/30_Meaningful_Use.a...

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Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by absconditus »

absconditus wrote: post #21
kyro wrote: post #4

Nice going, guys. As a med student, this sort of stuff really excites me. It seems like the government is willing to incentivize the adoption of electronic mobile technologies in clinical practice. To all who are making quips about the $44k incentive: the amount of money that is spent on resolving logistical, administrative, and medical errors because of disorganized, incomplete health records, yearly, is astronomica…

Unfortunately most institutions choose to simply automate their bad processes. The studies that were originally done to justify this incentive were based on hospitals such as Mayo that are simply better hospitals. Their use of electronic systems is not the reason why they are better.

One relevant study:

http://www.ajmc.com/publications/supplement/2010/AJMC_10dec_...

Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by jdietrich »

xal wrote: post #16

At this point it's downright comical. It seems like a significant percentage of startups these days go to market on a design that is directly copied from Shopify.com pricing page: http://www.shopify.com/signup https://drchrono.com/pricing/ Or worse, look at that little badge in the top right and compare it to the one at www.shopify.com frontpage.

That style substantially pre-dates Shopify. It's a fairly inevitable consequence of the tools available and A/B testing. Everyone is working from the same basic starting point and testing everything for conversion. Convergent evolution is remarkably powerful when you can iterate quickly. Whether people work it out for themselves or just copy it wholesale, that layout is used for a reason - because it drives conversion.

Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by absconditus »

absconditus wrote: post #24
absconditus wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately most institutions choose to simply automate their bad processes. The studies that were originally done to justify this incentive were based on hospitals such as Mayo that are simply better hospitals. Their use of electronic systems is not the reason why they are better.

One relevant study: http://www.ajmc.com/publications/supplement/2010/AJMC_10dec_...

Another:

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/170/17/1578

Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by kyro »

xal wrote: post #16

At this point it's downright comical. It seems like a significant percentage of startups these days go to market on a design that is directly copied from Shopify.com pricing page: http://www.shopify.com/signup https://drchrono.com/pricing/ Or worse, look at that little badge in the top right and compare it to the one at www.shopify.com frontpage.

And you effectively copied the way 37signals structured their pricing page.

Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by jamesteow »

danilocampos wrote: post #22
xal wrote: post #16

At this point it's downright comical. It seems like a significant percentage of startups these days go to market on a design that is directly copied from Shopify.com pricing page: http://www.shopify.com/signup https://drchrono.com/pricing/ Or worse, look at that little badge in the top right and compare it to the one at www.shopify.com frontpage.

I mean, that's how you sell SaaS, right? Why reinvent the wheel? Good artists copy, great artists steal, etc. If you're selling SaaS, you've probably got more pressing concerns than coming up with a unique way to present your pricing tiers. Agree that the corner badge is a bit much, though.

I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a layout/framework... but at the very least, change the colors, button styling... make it yours instead of copying every single detail.

Re: Feds Approve $44K Doctor Reimbursement for Using Drchrono (YC W11) iPad App

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Post by tomh- »

xal wrote: post #16

At this point it's downright comical. It seems like a significant percentage of startups these days go to market on a design that is directly copied from Shopify.com pricing page: http://www.shopify.com/signup https://drchrono.com/pricing/ Or worse, look at that little badge in the top right and compare it to the one at www.shopify.com frontpage.

Out of curiousity, who was first with a design like that, 37signals or shopify? http://campfirenow.com/signup the structure is also very similar.
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