Reply To: Exercise 4: 10 Friends and Family Members
Exercise 4:
A list of the advice you got for your project.
Old solution: Build on the strengths of current shuttle programs that provide patient transportation to clinics and hospitals, and identify areas for improvement. Work with shuttle companies to arrange rides for patients. During the appointment scheduling process, schedulers should ask patients if they need transportation assistance.
Advice received:
Clarify the emotions and think about how these people are feeling
Help people become of the services that already existed
Define a smaller geographical area to start
Include links on providers’ websites and display physical posters in waiting areas to make them visible to patients before their appointments
Analyze the existing models -what work and doesn’t work, and from user and healthcare workers’ perspectives
How are you going to fund this in the short term? Talk to if there are some non profits
Define ability of mobility – what equipment the shuttle is needed
set milestones and try this for a year and see what do I need to do
Set the parameters and expectations
Identify other countries and models that are doing it well
Where is the revenue stream?
What is your goal – help people have healthier lives?
What does success look like?
How is it different from lyft and uber?
Focus on the real problem – how can you help others
How to make it a win win for hospital and clinics
figure out who qualify for assistance
Create a transportation system within a 25-mile radius of the hospital/clinic address
An improved version of the project based on that advice.
Build on the strengths of current shuttle programs that provide patient transportation to clinics and hospitals, and identify areas for improvement. Work with shuttle companies to arrange rides for patients. During the appointment scheduling process, schedulers should ask patients if they need transportation assistance. Geographical area: Start with the East Bay within the San Francisco Bay Area
A list of any referrals to people who could help.
https://patandtheelephant.org/