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jokethrowaway ◴[] No.25827153[source]
This was a great read!

Doctors definitely don't need your product, as they pointed out.

But consumers do!

I think you should have sold to consumers.

Having three doctors in my close family, I often found that whatever the tired doctor at the hospital is recommending is in contrast with what a doctor who care about my health (and is willing to look on their proprietary platforms) is recommending. That's why you ask different private doctors' opinions when things matter.

I found myself googling studies on what's the better treatment for $x and I would pay for better-than-a-doctor-advice backed by actual studies.

I think the problem, in your situation, is the scale of the operation.

If you want to do B2C, you often need investments and you can expect to become profitable in a few years.

Either find some funding or fix your cashflow.

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1. gremlinsinc ◴[] No.25841592[source]
I think the data could be beneficial to software vendors, maybe create open source dev kits, so they can pull in raw data or graphs.

Then doctors get the product without having to sell to doctors. they are less tech savvy than a software vendor, and they also don't want more tools to have to use technology wise.