dogtorwoof

What's a medical SaaS for money?

I would argue that the sole value of prediction markets is to make insider knowledge accessible to the general public, quicker than it normally would.

That’s why these platforms saying things like “we will roll out insider trading” is laughable.

I love maps so much. This is so cool

AC offers free WhatsApp, iMessage, messenger in most flights. You can ask meta through WhatsApp to effectively browse the net :)

Would recommend a demo or screenshot on the landing page to help convince people to actually sign up with their Google account?

This is really cool!

Thank you for sharing, still wiping the tears from my eyes. If there was ever a reminder to (try) enjoying the small, “mundane” moments of life every day it’s the part below.

“There was so much I still wanted to do. I fantasized about the smallest, most mundane things—waking up in bed, getting in my car, waiting at a red light, grabbing coffee, working. I wanted to do it all again, every day, forever and ever.”

You die from liver failure. Which is a horrible way to die. You’re bleeding and clotting at the same time. Your abdomen swells with fluid. Then your legs and your whole body. Your skin turns yellow and you’re itching constantly. You become increasingly confused and violent. Infections start brewing in that pool of fluid in your abdomen.

I wish you just never replied, this explanation somehow makes me feel even worse :(

It’s a bit sad that there’s nothing in this post about actually wanting to improve patient care, but instead make money for hospitals and “enhance metrics.”

This

I wish I was working on something. How is it that I can’t think of anything? My mind goes blank. Maybe it’s a side effect of being burnt out from my job.

Ex-NSA…how are we supposed to feel about this?

Interesting. I’m working on a similar project/idea (?app, I don’t know what to call it, doesn’t matter), about helping patients understand what they need to do for primary prevention. I hadn’t thought of the specific barriers that each group might face. I’m a doctor and feel that too much is reliant on the doctor remembering to ask (“oh have we checked your blood sugars btw!”) I want to empower patients with this info.

If some of that involves you trying to fix healthcare, I salute you!

What type of projects are you working on?

CA/USA.

There are some startups in the health insurance space. What they seem to do is just make it easier to buy/cancel health insurance, all within an app. Some have been quite successful. Some are also trying to bundle in their own health care provision inside the app (like telehealth, virtual mental health, etc), so in a sense getting more people access to care.

It depends on what you think the goal of an app could be. If we can build an app that 1) makes people healthier or 2) actually replaces nurses/doctors/pharmacists, I do think you'll be better off with a better healthcare system.

I think there's many problems that could be solved with apps. Administrative burden is absolutely one that is amenable to huge changes now with LLMs. It's already started, quite a few startups in the medical scribe space, but no one has figured it out fully yet.

I've been working on just that, a medical scribe. It sort of works, but there's quite a few things I still need to learn even before this could be an MVP. Namely privacy and encryption.

I love the idea of a 'patient navigator' – someone or something that explains things to the patient. PocketHealth is doing something when it comes to medical images, but it's not nearly enough!

Thanks, I saw the matching platform but haven't spoken to anyone who has used it, so wasn't sure how helpful it could be. I'll give it a shot though.

I have broad categories of problems I want to tackle, but the first thing I want to work on is administrative burden for providers. LLMs can make a huge difference when it comes to writing notes/helping providers save time on things – quite a few startups working on it right now but no one has figured it out quite yet.

Which proteins?

I do wonder about cosmic radiation and it’s ability to cause mutations to DNA. Could be part of the reason why there’s increased resistance.

Can you provide more context on what you do? I’m curious about why you don’t think an LLM can provide that audit trail!

Off topic, why did you stop being a doctor?

What’s the project? Maybe someone will help you.

Strength training with weights + adequate protein intake, more than ok, if not probably even better frankly, to include whey protein powders maybe a couple times a week.

Commonality of many of the people who live well (i.e remain functional and independent, 90+ years old) is proximity to hills. Make what you will of that, but exercise involving uphill steps is probably important.

Community / friends, ideally with some sort of bond over hobbies or common interests. It’s one thing to sit together and chat but it’s another for them to get creative together.

Omega 3? Probably, but not through supplements. A balanced diet (Mediterranean diet probably easiest to look up) with good amounts of fish.

Only supplements that have ever made sense to me (apart from a very clear/documented deficient in something) are vitamin D and iron.

it didn't really require any specialized skills

Many such cases.

Bad data or alien-inputted data?

Several friends of mine had their WhatsApp completely hacked. Basically, hacker would spam recovery, which results in a phone call to the victim. If the victim doesn’t pick up the phone, the recovery code goes to voicemail. Hacker accesses voice mail (password protected yes, but for lots of people it’s a birth year, 1234, 0000, or last 4 digits of their phone), and voila they have access to your WhatsApp. They can’t see your messages but can see all the groups you’re in and message those.

Completely preventable by having WhatsApp 2FA enabled.

Thanks for this! It’s inspiring and I feel I can relate. My specific field is amenable to shift work (e.g. working certain night or weekend shifts, and then being off during the week), which I think will help.

Love hearing that. Inspiring!