Launch HN: Medplum (YC S22) – Open-Source Firebase for Healthcare

Re:Launch HN: Medplum (YC S22) – Open-Source Firebase for He... by dtran on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:00PM (#33522036)

Congrats on the launch Rahul, Cody, and Reshma! A headless EHR sounds so cool! Why did y'all decide to describe it as Firebase, and has that description resonated well with potential users/customers?

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Re:Launch HN: Medplum (YC S22) – Open-Source Firebase for He... by brown on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:07PM (#33522117)

That's a great question. Healthcare tech is a big and diverse space, and we are still honing a product description that speaks to all audiences.

Among technical decision makers (Software Engineers, Architects, etc), the Firebase analogy clicks much faster. Among traditional healthcare administrators, "EHR" or "API first EHR" or "Headless EHR" resonate more.

We're definitely open to suggestions!

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Re:Launch HN: Medplum (YC S22) – Open-Source Firebase for He... by dpayonk on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @09:40PM (#33526976)

Headless EMR resonates best with me because of the parallel to other cms solutions like contentful. I’d spend time making sure you validate your point of view on the persona of the technical decision makers. The EMR decision for an early stage healthtech company is 10x more important than your initial cloud provider.

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Re:Launch HN: Medplum (YC S22) – Open-Source Firebase for He... by wes-k on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @10:15AM (#33532755)

Surely you must have considered FHIRbase :P

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Re:Launch HN: Medplum (YC S22) – Open-Source Firebase for He... by brown on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @11:18AM (#33533780)

Haha, yes, but someone got there first, with a now abandoned project.

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