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Congrats! As an healthcare entrepreneur I appreciate the hurdles and challenges of this space. I run AsthmaMD [1]

Our app and hardware is distributed in every 15000 CVS and Walgreens in US.

I'd be happy to meet and discuss any opportunities for partnership.

This is very interesting. As a med student with a programming and CS background, these efforts are particularly appealing to me. It seems that (polling healthcare workers, mainly docs) technology (EMR) is more of a hindrance than a benefit, which to me has always seemed like poor design, gamblers fallacy + overwhelming costs associated with changing software in a large hospital. I don't see how this can change unless there are standard protocols that allow for flexible data entry and analysis. The problem I see with this new system is that it doesn't (at the surface) appear to offer anything new, whereas asthamMD is creating objective data and a unique pipeline between healthcare teams and patient. It seems like we are just waiting for some software revolution that actually saves doctor time and improves patient outcomes - rather than generate data for administrators and bureaucrats at the cost of inefficiency.

Great work Salim. Please email me and we can certainly discuss mutual opportunities.

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