The healthcare industry is notoriously resistant to change. Lots has been written about this, so we won't get into it now. I take comfort as I look around at companies that are working hard to reinvent the experience of clinical care for patients around the world. Here are a few who's efforts are worth watching: Augmedix - these guys are [...]
Before I started on the QiiQ path, I was warned that achieving traction in healthtech is VERY difficult and takes a lot of patience. One savvy veteran warned that it will inevitably be a "long slog." At QiiQ, we're all of the mind that the work we do now to aim the ship, the greater the probability we'll be successful with [...]
Irony can be fun, but it wasn't in my case. On March 11 2016, my family and I jumped on a plane for San Francisco - for a week of visiting friends and fave sites in Silicon Valley. As the plane lifted off, we were all excited and full of anticipation. But by the time we had our rental car [...]
Between the Sepsis Alliance and the Center for Disease Control, a lot has been published about the impact of sepsis on the US healthcare system. The dramatic figures in the USA reflect an even more grim picture when one examines what's been happening in less developed countries where healthcare technology and methods are not as advanced. Impact on OUTCOMES The [...]
QiiQ was borne from a pivot - of another company called PlanetECG. We were working on a new strategy for impacting clinical competency. We were exercising some clever innovations in the training domain, yet in the process of creating our solution, we found that the market was over-saturated. And about as chaotic as could be imagined. Despite the importance of [...]
