The problem with startups is that they can’t solve the big problems.

Re:The problem with startups is that they can’t solve the bi... by ABrandt on Friday January 27, 2012 @08:16PM (#3520992)

There's actually a fairly decent chance that you do have a secure way to access your medical records online. About 38% of patients in the US have a record in an Epic (disclaimer: my employer) EMR system. If you're part of that population, chances are good that you have access to Epic's MyChart web portal [1]. Each organization brands this portal as their own so I recommend asking your doctor's front desk staff about it.

And more directly to the OP's point, Epic certainly was once a startup (3 employees 30 years ago, 5000 today) that has tackled some very big problems.

I don't refute that there are many more startups working on products that won't quite save the world, but is that such a bad thing? P.T Barnum was organizing circus acts while his contemporaries Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan were shifting the very foundation of our society (literally and figuratively). Doesn't mean Barnum doesn't have a legacy of his own though.

[1] - Here's an example: https://mychart.clevelandclinic.org/

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Re:The problem with startups is that they can’t solve the bi... by absconditus on Friday January 27, 2012 @08:29PM (#3521010)

The industry is much different today than it was when Epic was small. Even established companies now struggle to keep their clients from migrating to Epic. Epic's ability to connect different hospitals and physician practices trumps most other functionality.

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