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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

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Post by sanswork »

kirse wrote: post #72
prakash wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

fantastic idea. The first ER experience I had in the US, I waited for 5 hours -- completely baffled that it was called ER.

Just wait until we get socialized health-care... the wait times are going to be absolutely phenomenal.

I 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.

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by ews »

kirse wrote: post #72
prakash wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

fantastic idea. The first ER experience I had in the US, I waited for 5 hours -- completely baffled that it was called ER.

Just wait until we get socialized health-care... the wait times are going to be absolutely phenomenal.

Never 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.

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by mattmaroon »

tkiley wrote: post #2

This is my startup. 100% bootstrapped and ramen profitable. Questions and comments encouraged. Thanks for checking it out!

Well, 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.

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by wildwood »

tkiley wrote: post #7
absconditus wrote: post #4

If you can afford to wait do you actually have an emergency? There are many other options, including clinics in drugstores, which don't burden emergency departments.

This is a very good question, and a very complicated one. In many markets, retail clinics and urgent care centers are open 60 hours per week at best; nights and weekends, treatment options are scarce. Additionally, many hospitals operate onsite "fast-track" clinics which are connected to the ED, so low-acuity conditions are essentially treated in something resembling a retail clinic. Our goal is to make the emergency…

In addition to making emergency treatment more efficient, you're also providing valuable decision support to people in some of the most stressful moments of their lives.

Anyone who is scared enough or in enough pain to be considering an ER visit is about as far from a 'rational actor' as possible. Helping them make good decisions not only smooths out the system, it also gives people essential help when they need it most.

Nice job. :)

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by tjmc »

kirse wrote: post #72
prakash wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

fantastic idea. The first ER experience I had in the US, I waited for 5 hours -- completely baffled that it was called ER.

Just wait until we get socialized health-care... the wait times are going to be absolutely phenomenal.

Socialized 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.

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by zackattack »

eries wrote: post #35
zackattack wrote: post #22

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Are you Eric Ries?

yes

Nice to meet you. I read your blog sometimes, and just watched a video presentation you gave with Steve Blank. My name is Zack. Customer development and agile software development seem like such neat, rational concepts.

I'm thinking of taking it a step further, though, and would like your opinion. I have a couple ideas for services, but they would take a couple weeks to build. Do you think it would be worthwhile to post an Ask HN thread, seeing if people express interest in paying for my potential products, before I build them?

Zack

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by jibiki »

tjmc wrote: post #85
kirse wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just wait until we get socialized health-care... the wait times are going to be absolutely phenomenal.

Socialized 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…

> that those without insurance have no other option than to attend the ER.

Not always:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_clinic

I don't know how widespread those are, though.

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by patio11 »

mattmaroon wrote: post #83
tkiley wrote: post #2

This is my startup. 100% bootstrapped and ramen profitable. Questions and comments encouraged. Thanks for checking it out!

Well, 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.

I 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

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.

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by danteembermage »

kirse wrote: post #72
prakash wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

fantastic idea. The first ER experience I had in the US, I waited for 5 hours -- completely baffled that it was called ER.

Just wait until we get socialized health-care... the wait times are going to be absolutely phenomenal.

The ER is the US equivalent of socialized health care.

Re: InQuickER: See the ER doc in 15 minutes or less, or your ER visit is free

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Post by zackattack »

zackattack wrote: post #86
eries wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes

Nice to meet you. I read your blog sometimes, and just watched a video presentation you gave with Steve Blank. My name is Zack. Customer development and agile software development seem like such neat, rational concepts. I'm thinking of taking it a step further, though, and would like your opinion. I have a couple ideas for services, but they would take a couple weeks to build. Do you think it would be worthwhile to p…

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=629726
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