So I made a quick hack mapping hospital chargemaster prices in the country:
http://www.bestmedicareprice.com/
It got #1 on Hacker News all day Friday, giving me ~25,000 views. Whoo!
I'm trying to semi-live blog my thoughts about this. I never planned on working very deeply in health care because of all the red tape, but this might be the momentum to get me started.
What I learned:
- There is interest. People don't know how much prices fluctuate throughout the country
- Some people want to see more data, such as growth rates of chronic diseases, commodity procedures (like dental), or price comparisons for treatments around the world
- Data in healthcare is highly fragmented based on state, often not very insightful, and usually non-existent.
- People are genuinely willing to help me in this issue because it strikes a chord with many
My questions, in order of severity:
1) How can I use this, or any other accessible data, to make a sustainable business in this space? Sell visualized data and reports to insurance companies? Sell simulation software to state Medicare organizations to help them plan policy? Make a kayak.com for elective procedures? I need help figuring this out. Healthcare is a vast space that I know little about right now, so any direction would help tremendously
2) Where can I get health-quality data about doctors and hospitals?
3) How can I reach patients who are looking for cheaper, out-of-pocket procedures and can't find it?
http://www.bestmedicareprice.com/
It got #1 on Hacker News all day Friday, giving me ~25,000 views. Whoo!
I'm trying to semi-live blog my thoughts about this. I never planned on working very deeply in health care because of all the red tape, but this might be the momentum to get me started.
What I learned:
- There is interest. People don't know how much prices fluctuate throughout the country
- Some people want to see more data, such as growth rates of chronic diseases, commodity procedures (like dental), or price comparisons for treatments around the world
- Data in healthcare is highly fragmented based on state, often not very insightful, and usually non-existent.
- People are genuinely willing to help me in this issue because it strikes a chord with many
My questions, in order of severity:
1) How can I use this, or any other accessible data, to make a sustainable business in this space? Sell visualized data and reports to insurance companies? Sell simulation software to state Medicare organizations to help them plan policy? Make a kayak.com for elective procedures? I need help figuring this out. Healthcare is a vast space that I know little about right now, so any direction would help tremendously
2) Where can I get health-quality data about doctors and hospitals?
3) How can I reach patients who are looking for cheaper, out-of-pocket procedures and can't find it?
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