Very cool.
InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
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Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#12Great idea! Which EHR/scheduling systems do you currently interoperate with? EmStat, Epic, etc. Alternatively, if you're not directly hooking into the ER's systems:
A) What sort of workflow do you use to exchange scheduling and appointment data between your site and the ER?
and
B) Is it the same for each participating hospital? If not, how are you planning on scaling your operation to include more than four hospitals? I'm genuinely curious, having done some work on ER workflow analysis and modeling. I think this is a great idea, but can envision some pretty significant workflow issues on your horizon depending on how you've got stuff set up currently.
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a father of 3 and this service would have been useful on several occasions. TRUE emergencies are handled VERY quickly at the ER, but there are a lot of times when the regular doctors office is closed (holidays, weekends, after business hours) but you REALLY need to take your sick child to get medicine or whatever. We've had more middle-of-the-night ear infections than I'd care to remember. :)
The drugstore clinics can certainly handle ear infections. There are also urgent care facilities in most areas that can be utilized.
I'm not sure what your qualifications are, but I've given mine -- a parent of 3 kids. Drugstores (in my area, anyways) are NOT able to handle ear infections because antibiotics require a physicians prescription. Urgent care facilities are always preferable to ER visits because they cost less for the patient and permit ER staff to handle true emergencies, there there are many instances where urgent care just isn't an option.
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
The drugstore clinics can certainly handle ear infections. There are also urgent care facilities in most areas that can be utilized.
I'm not sure what your qualifications are, but I've given mine -- a parent of 3 kids. Drugstores (in my area, anyways) are NOT able to handle ear infections because antibiotics require a physicians prescription. Urgent care facilities are always preferable to ER visits because they cost less for the patient and permit ER staff to handle true emergencies, there there are many instances where urgent care just isn't an…
Many drugstores have clinics staffed by clinicians who are able to write prescriptions. One does not need qualifications to obtain this information.
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#15Wow I think you have a great idea. We really need something like this in Canada. What are your rates? I couldn't find them on the site.
Oh, and one last question: where you funded by YC?
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#16Great idea! Which EHR/scheduling systems do you currently interoperate with? EmStat, Epic, etc. Alternatively, if you're not directly hooking into the ER's systems: A) What sort of workflow do you use to exchange scheduling and appointment data between your site and the ER? and B) Is it the same for each participating hospital? If not, how are you planning on scaling your operation to include more than four hospitals…
Right now, we're use a manual workflow; we provide patients' preregistration data to nurses and registration staff through a web interface. Direct EHR integration is my next priority.
We're implementing at relatively low-volume locations (in the neighborhood of 25-35k pts per year), and so far we've used the same manual workflow at all locations without any problems, but I think we need full integration for long-term growth.
I'd love to talk further by email -- can you send me a note at tyler@mystartupdomain?
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#17Nice. You may want to consider a Google maps mashup centered on my location. If the hospital(s) I know aren't participating, this would be easier to use than a drop down box.
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#18This is my startup. 100% bootstrapped and ramen profitable. Questions and comments encouraged. Thanks for checking it out!
Love the idea. What are the expansion plans?
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#19Great idea! Which EHR/scheduling systems do you currently interoperate with? EmStat, Epic, etc. Alternatively, if you're not directly hooking into the ER's systems: A) What sort of workflow do you use to exchange scheduling and appointment data between your site and the ER? and B) Is it the same for each participating hospital? If not, how are you planning on scaling your operation to include more than four hospitals…
IIRC, Emory uses Cerner FirstNet.
Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free
#20What an ambitious, innovative idea--nice work.
I don't understand (even after looking at the How it Works page) is how it works. Since you can't predict what types of injuries that are going to come in that are more critical than yours, how can you gaurantee an appointment time?