Word has it that Oscar Salazar has been working to create a startup for the "1 percent" that will send doctors on home visits. January 14, 2014 7:09 PM PST Several companies such as Dell, Cisco Systems, and Google have worked on initiatives or products in the healthcare sector over the past few years. (Credit: Cisco Systems) With the US government's botched rollout of Healthcare.gov, it appears some techie types are thinking about how to startup-ify doctor's visits for the country's upper class. One of Uber's co-founders Oscar Salazar is reportedly creating a new company that will send doctors on on-demand house calls, according to Valleywag. If the patient needs more care after the home visit, the doctor will send them to the emergency room. Related stories 'Pardon Snowden,' one tech exec tells Obama, report says Tech leaders push Obama to 'move aggressively' on surveillance reform Microsoft's Kurt DelBene to lead HealthCare.gov revamp Obama to meet with tech execs over glitchy HealthCare.gov 'SNL's Obama forced into selfie to make up for Merkel spying "It will work like Uber, but with doctors coming to you. I mean it will start out for the 1 percent, clearly," a source familiar with the matter told Valleywag. Eventually, however, the startup could also roll out a low-cost version. "Someone out of school with training coming over for $50 instead of $500 bucks to evaluate and decide whether you need more attention," the source told Valleywag. "It will get tricky if someone misdiagnoses, but no more tricky than a hospital. This is why I think out of all the Uber for X co's, this is the most viable." Apparently, 40 doctors have already signed up to take part in the New York City-based service, which is said to be named "Housecall" or "Doctor Housecall." According to Valleywag, Salazar reportedly plans to launch the startup in the near future.
Word has it that Oscar Salazar has been working to create a startup for the "1 percent" that will send doctors on home visits.
Several companies such as Dell, Cisco Systems, and Google have worked on initiatives or products in the healthcare sector over the past few years.
(Credit: Cisco Systems)
With the US government's botched rollout of Healthcare.gov, it appears some techie types are thinking about how to startup-ify doctor's visits for the country's upper class.
One of Uber's co-founders Oscar Salazar is reportedly creating a new company that will send doctors on on-demand house calls, according to Valleywag. If the patient needs more care after the home visit, the doctor will send them to the emergency room.
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"It will work like Uber, but with doctors coming to you. I mean it will start out for the 1 percent, clearly," a source familiar with the matter told Valleywag.
Eventually, however, the startup could also roll out a low-cost version. "Someone out of school with training coming over for $50 instead of $500 bucks to evaluate and decide whether you need more attention," the source told Valleywag. "It will get tricky if someone misdiagnoses, but no more tricky than a hospital. This is why I think out of all the Uber for X co's, this is the most viable."
Apparently, 40 doctors have already signed up to take part in the New York City-based service, which is said to be named "Housecall" or "Doctor Housecall." According to Valleywag, Salazar reportedly plans to launch the startup in the near future.
