Explore Problems & App Ideas
Search and filter 66 real business problems from workers across every industry. App ideas group related problems into buildable product concepts.
App Ideas (4)
View allAcuitySafe Staffing
A tool to dynamically adjust nurse-to-patient ratios based on real-time patient acuity, preventing unsafe assignments and staff theft across units.
“Nurses are scheduled for shifts without their knowledge or consent, and communication about scheduling is ineffective.”
“Nurse scheduling is complex due to working hours, FTE, units, day/night shifts, and no clear guidance on what a flawless schedule looks like.”
MedPass SafeStaff
An intelligent scheduling tool that ensures safe nurse-to-patient ratios specifically during medication pass in skilled nursing facilities. It uses real-time workload data to dynamically adjust assignments, preventing burnout and errors.
“Nurses in skilled nursing facilities are overwhelmed by high patient-to-nurse ratios during medication pass, leading to non-stop work and feeling like 'spinning out in the mud'.”
“Understaffing of RNs and reliance on LPNs who cannot legally perform key tasks like admissions, discharges, order acknowledgment, and controlled substance handling doubles/triples RN workload in a behavioral health unit, compounded by a slow, multi-step transfer process involving a call center and faxes.”
ShiftWise Delegation
An app that optimizes shift scheduling to avoid overtime penalties and FTE violations, while facilitating effective task delegation to reduce nurse workload.
“ER night shifts are dangerously understaffed (2 RNs for 14 beds) with no reliable backup plan when patient volume spikes.”
“A new RN struggles to delegate tasks to CNAs in a busy SNF, leading to burnout, delays in charting, and conflict with staff.”
RT On-Demand Staffing
Addressing the gap in overnight respiratory therapy coverage by providing on-demand, in-person respiratory therapist support through a mobile staffing pool, ensuring patient safety and reducing nurse workload.
“Nurses face increased workload and disrupted patient care flow when overnight respiratory therapist coverage is replaced with virtual support, adding respiratory duties to already stretched nursing staff.”
“Respiratory therapists are being removed from night shifts at Mayo Clinic sites and replaced with nursing staff and virtual RTs, causing concern about patient safety and role erosion.”
Individual Problems
RespiraConnect
Mayo Clinic is ending overnight respiratory therapist program, forcing nurses to handle RT duties with virtual help, which threatens job opportunities, care quality, and patient safety.
TaskShift Nurse
Nurses are forced to perform tasks that should be done by techs, leading to overwork and difficulty completing all duties.
ClinicianFill
Private practice owner with vacant clinic days cannot afford to hire a PT without guaranteed caseload for the new hire.
RespiraFlow RT
Respiratory therapists are being removed from night shifts at Mayo Clinic sites and replaced with nursing staff and virtual RTs, causing concern about patient safety and role erosion.
ShiftBoard Pro
A nursing home or hospital unit lacks a centralized, digital system to track daily staffing assignments, relying on a whiteboard to manually record date, nurse, CNA, and attending.
DelegateRN
A new RN struggles to delegate tasks to CNAs in a busy SNF, leading to burnout, delays in charting, and conflict with staff.
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