Explore Problems & App Ideas
Search and filter 15 real business problems from workers across every industry. App ideas group related problems into buildable product concepts.
Individual Problems
WaitRoomCare
Emergency department nurses are administering IV medications and nebulizer treatments to boarded patients in the waiting room without proper monitoring or beds, leading to unsafe conditions and overwhelming workload.
TheraCheck
A new ICU nurse made a medication error by misinterpreting a lab value and failing to recheck a critical lab on time, and does not know what to do next.
FlowBoard ED
Emergency department is severely overcrowded with boarding patients, leading to long wait times and safety risks.
ContinuityCare
A physical therapy clinic was abruptly closed with only 2 days notice, leaving patients without continuity of care and unable to get insurance approval for new evaluations elsewhere.
IV Access DispatchNow
Nurses in long-term care and rehab facilities often struggle to obtain peripheral IV access for hard sticks, leading to delays, reliance on overbooked vascular companies that prioritize PICCs/midlines, and potentially unnecessary ER transfers.
Patient Autonomy Handoff Tool
Nursing shift handoffs focus on deficits and risks but rarely include information about patient capabilities and autonomy, leading to missed opportunities for patient independence.
AdmissionGuard
A night-shift nurse on a psychiatric unit struggles to obtain necessary medical equipment and medication orders for elderly patients with respiratory issues due to admission nurses not ensuring equipment availability, outdated medical records, and on-call doctors unwilling to review medication reconciliation or issue standing orders.
TurnWise
A hospital unit is struggling to ensure patients are turned regularly to prevent hospital-acquired pressure injuries, with poor coordination and finger-pointing among staff, and is considering a 'turn buddies' team approach but lacks a systematic way to track and manage turns.
CompassionDetox
Hospital staff are reluctant and lack compassion when treating alcoholics seeking detox, failing to properly follow CIWA protocol and provide timely medication, causing patients to leave against medical advice at personal risk.
MedGuard Pro
A nurse forgot to administer evening medications and fears serious personal consequences and uncertainty about the disciplinary and licensing process.
SafeStick Exposure Navigator
A nurse who experienced a potential needlestick injury is anxious and frustrated that providers did not offer PEP, and feels she had to beg for even basic blood work follow-up.
CathFree Urine Collector
Straight catheterization is too frequently used to collect urine samples from patients who cannot produce one, despite being invasive and risking infection due to poor sterile technique.
NurseShield Pro
Nurses on night shifts struggle with demanding patients and families, uncooperative patients, and system crashes while managing multiple critical tasks with limited resources.
NG Comfort Kit
Nasogastric tube insertion is painful for patients and there is inconsistent use of numbing agents or standardized pain management protocols.
CareDelegator
Healthcare workers struggle to ask families to assist with activities of daily living (ADLs) without feeling awkward or causing tension.
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