The document summarizes the progress made during a 5 day Lean Launchpad process for a proposed mobile medicine startup. Over the 5 days, the team: 1) Restarted with a new customer focus; 2) Discovered limitations in their initial business model through customer interviews; 3) Conducted a deep dive to further validate problems and solutions; 4) Explored new pathways like telemedicine reimbursement policies; and 5) Analyzed the financial projections, concluding the model is profitable but requires continued clinic growth. In total they conducted 77 customer interviews to refine their model.
1. Lean Launchpad: Day 5
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Serving medically underserved communities through a virtual web platform
Kenneth Cheng Lisa Ahn David Dabscheck Alisa Umanskaya Thiago Kapulskis
Columbia College GSAS Biotechnology EMBA PhD Physiology MBA
Interview Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Total
No. 24 16 14 18 5 77
2. Our Journey
• DAY 1: RESTART
• DAY 2: DISCOVERY
• DAY 3: DEEP DIVE
• DAY 4: NEW PATHWAYS
• DAY 5: ANALYSIS
4. Business Model Canvas: Day 1
What we thought:
1.) The customer segments are:
-Disabled/elderly who have
limited mobility/access to
care
Their PAIN: Difficulty
getting to the Dr’s office
Their GAIN: Accessibility to
care and convenience of
home visit
-Pts with busy schedules
Their PAIN: limited time to
see a physician
Their GAIN: Convenience
of timely appt. to location
and time specified by Pt
5. RESTART
Hi, I’m Dale. I have a sore throat, fever and
chills. My address is 25 Skylar Drive. I am free Hello Dale, I’m Gina. I’d be happy to set
from 2pm-5pm tomorrow. Can I make an up your appointment. The MCM solution
appointment? will arrive tomorrow between 2-2:30pm.
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Dale Armstrong: Gina Harris:
Homebound patient MCM Appointment Services
7. Business Model Canvas: Day 2
What we learned:
1.) START-OVER!!
2.) -The elderly
24% would use Mobile So…..
Cloud Medicine. Use
appointments as an
opportunity to go outdoors
-Pts with busy schedules
16.7% would use Mobile
Cloud Medicine if they had to
pay a small fee.
-MDs
Are not confident in an
individual technician/PA/RN’s
abilities to correctly diagnose
8. National Health Rural Clinics/
Service Corp Patients
OUR NICHE
Virtual Health
Platforms
10. Day 3
What we learned:
1.) -Low income rural community
69% would use Mobile
So………
So…..
Cloud Medicine
-MD/physician
75% would only relocate
to urban areas if eligible for
loan repayment program
1 Anesthesiologist
expressed interest in
volunteering to serve
underrepresented areas 1
day per month free of cost
2.) Billing CPT Codes
- $50 Average Medicaid
reimbursement for check-up
- Expect $40-$45 for online
consultations
12. Customer Archetypes
•Dr. Julia Lamb, • Brooks County Clinic in Georgia Department of
rheumatologist; married to Georgia run by Dr. Jackie Health
Jason Schpiel, JD
Brown, GP Underserved rural
•Works part-time in private
practice • Established and valued areas result in less
–has patient patient/doctor relationships preventative medicine
cancellation—logs in community and higher costs
onto Cloud Health • In need of Already exploring
–has two “family” assistance/training for telemedicine solutions
days—can take ad- more complex or chronic
hoc/pre-scheduled 2.5 million on Medicaid
virtual appointments cases (eg cardiovascular
from home abnormalities)
14. What we learned:
1.) The Channels are:
-Social workers
3 of 3 expressed willingness to serve as a social channel
-State Medicaid
Day 4 policies vary widely. 39/50 state governments willing to consider
telemedicine reimbursement if Pt health outcomes are
So………
So…….. comparable
2.) Revenue Stream:
USDA granted ~30 million dollars to utilize telemedicine and
collect outcome data
3.) Results:
Preliminary data in ‘comprehensive reimbursement’ states
show telemedicine health outcomes are comparable
GPs benefit from virtual medicine by linking with specialists
15. Telemedicine Field Today
Project Description Location Limitations How we differ
Project ECHO Telemedicine New • No ad-hoc Their focus: long-term
program developed Mexico component. GP/specialist
to treat chronic and • Not clinic-friendly relationships
complex diseases in (interview).
rural and • Revenue model Our focus: focus on ad
underserved areas complicated in other hoc specialist
states (not loan component, with
repayment-based). appointment-based
longer term
relationship options
available
Ohio Telemedicine Ohio • No ad-hoc Setting
Department of program between 32 component (seems
Rehabilitation prisons and Ohio to work in the
and Correction State University setting)
telemedicine Medical Center
project
Georgia Georgia • Urban specialists Scheduling makes it
Partnership for have “block time”- inaccessible on ad-hoc
telehealth based apt scheduling basis.
(cumbersome).
16. Medicaid Reimbursement Policy for Telemedicine across the US
27 : Partial reimbursement
12 : No reimbursement
11 : Comprehensive reimbursement
18. ANALYSIS
Patient
Channels
Direct Sales Rural clinic State
Medicaid
Direct sales (med
schools, hospitals, Urban MD
conferences), web
advertising, etc. Cloud Medicine
National gov’t
Reimbursement $50 (loan repayment
Doctor’s fee $30 programs)
Customer acquisition/clinic $5000
Variable overhead/visit $5
Attrition rate 10%/y
ear Color
Sale cycle/clinic 2 mo. Black Cash flow
Sale cycle/doctor 2 wks. Other Distinct
relationship
21. Financial projections
$10,000,000
$8,000,000
$6,000,000
0-18 Months
$4,000,000 19-36 Months (conservative)
19-36 (with growth)
$2,000,000
$-
Total Revenue Total Costs Net operating profits
$(2,000,000)
22. Lean Launchpad Conclusions
• Be on the same planet as your ME
customer.
Understand their needs. Customer
• Innovation is not always innovative.
• Focus---Solve one problem at a time. In the beginning stages, you
can’t fix everything
• ‘If start-ups are your babies, you are married to your team’
24. M O BI LE
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Serving medically underserved communities through a virtual web platform
Kenneth Cheng Lisa Ahn David Dabscheck Alisa Umanskaya Thiago Kapulskis
Columbia College GSAS Biotechnology EMBA PhD Physiology MBA
25. M O BI LE
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We Serve medically underserved communi-
26. Mobile Cloud Medicine Interviews
Mobile Cloud Medicine Interviews
Mode Name Type No.
Interview Elderly 4
Interview Time restricted 12
Interview Disabled 4
Interview Law Student 3
Interview Hospital PT 2
Interview Dave K. MD 1
Interview Odeyl MD 1
Interview Jack M. MD 1
Interview Laura F. Sponsored Projects Officer 1
Survey MD 21
Survey Medical Student 13
Interview Randall L. Assistant Dean Rural and Underserved Program 1
Interview David G. Clinic 1
Interview Georgia Partnership for Telehealth 1
Interview Drew F. MD/MBA 1
Interview Domain Expert 2
Interview Mark R. Domain Lawyer 1
Interview S. Cicero Support Staff 1
Webinar ECHO 1
Alina Genis, Emilie Wasserman,
Akil Puckerin, Lana Pushlikova,
Interviews Sofiya Chernyak Medical Students ___5__________
Interview May N. Georgia Department of Community Health
TOTAL 77
Notas del editor
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