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App Ideas (2)
View allTheraFlow Supervisor
An opportunity to create a tool that helps physical therapy clinical instructors manage high concurrent patient loads while integrating student supervision, reducing burnout and unpaid overtime. This addresses the gap where current software focuses on scheduling/billing but not real-time workload balancing in busy rehab settings.
“A home health physical therapist needs more creative treatment ideas to fill 30-45 minute sessions beyond standard exercises.”
“Physical therapists in outpatient private practices cannot provide one-on-one care due to insurance reimbursement cuts, forcing them to treat multiple patients simultaneously, which compromises patient outcomes.”
NurseCompanion: Real-time Clinical Decision Support
New graduate nurses often feel overwhelmed, anxious, and unprepared, particularly in high-stakes situations like deciding when to escalate to a physician, managing difficult patient interactions, or handling behavioral crises. There is a lack of accessible, real-time, decision-support tools tailored to their needs that provide psychological reassurance and structured guidance.
“A new nurse is anxious about shift preparation due to fear of the unknown and potential medical errors.”
“Non-psych nurses lack training and tools for managing complex milieu crises on behavioral health wards, including prolonged de-escalation and post-crisis stabilization.”
Individual Problems
OrderGuard Clinical Prioritizer
Nurses in busy ICU settings miss or overlook critical orders because they are jumbled with duplicates and conflicting instructions across multiple providers, with no clear prioritization or notification.
PICC Draw Pro
Uncertainty about proper blood draw procedure from PICC line and concern that initial flush may dilute the sample.
RehabSync MD
Surgeons provide overly aggressive postoperative protocols that conflict with evidence-based physical therapy guidelines, and op notes are delayed, undermining patient compliance and rehabilitation outcomes.
BalanceProof
Physical therapists in an inpatient rehab facility are forced to use an archaic, unvalidated balance grading scale (good/fair/poor) by corporate administration, wasting time and providing worthless clinical data.
SealSure Wound Vac System
Home health nurse struggles with maintaining wound vac seal on sacral wounds in incontinent patients, leading to patient dissatisfaction and clinical frustration.
DualCheck RN
Nurses need to manually coordinate a second RN sign-off for insulin drip administration, adding process friction.
WithdrawalAssess Pro
CIWA scoring for alcohol withdrawal is overly subjective and can inflate scores in patients who are actually improving, leading to unnecessary treatment.
SpasticCare Pro
A stroke patient with knee flexion spasticity/early contracture cannot extend her affected knee, limiting standing and mobility, and the therapist needs guidance on treatment and bracing.
TheraFlow Multi
Physical therapists struggle to manage multiple patients simultaneously while ensuring compliance with licensure and safety standards.
Multi-Patient PT Manager
Physical therapists in outpatient private practices cannot provide one-on-one care due to insurance reimbursement cuts, forcing them to treat multiple patients simultaneously, which compromises patient outcomes.
CodeVasc IO
ICU staff lack intraosseous (IO) access devices for emergency vascular access during codes
SimplifyFunction SNF
Physical therapists in skilled nursing facilities use overly complex interventions that don't improve patient functional outcomes, when simple functional training would be more effective.
RenalOutChart Pro
EPIC electronic health record is optimized for inpatient charting, making outpatient charting workflows unnecessarily difficult and inefficient for clinicians.
NurseCompass
New grad nurse feels overwhelmed and unprepared, struggling with anxiety, task juggling, unclear protocols, and lack of efficient information access, on both day and night shifts.
PrimeLine Rescue Kit
Nurses need a reliable method to remove air from IV lines that have run partially dry, especially when the line runs dry below the secondary port, to avoid wasting medication and tubing.
TubeFeedSafe
Nurse needs clear evidence-based guidelines on whether continuous tube feed can be administered to supine patients without pausing for repositioning.
MediTote Pro
Nurses struggle to safely transport and administer narcotics and other medications when patients are not in their rooms, requiring them to carry medication cups around the floor while searching for water or the patient.
WarmShift Scrub Jacket
Worker is constantly cold in a freezing workplace and needs a warm work-appropriate jacket that provides enough insulation for 12-hour shifts.
RT On-Call Connect
Respiratory therapists face job elimination as hospitals plan to replace overnight RT coverage with nurses supported by virtual RT help, raising concerns about patient safety and professional role erosion.
NeuroRecovery Compass
Therapist needs real-time guidance and objective progress metrics for treating complex CRPS patients to know if therapy is working despite subjective patient feedback.
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