Ethan Bechtel

co-founder/ceo at OhMD - humanizing patient communication

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@chrissyfarr not sure it's the "thorny" you're looking for - but fully re-architecting a software and big-bang migrating 1,000 physician practices in an 18 hour overnight Zoom call is about as thorny as it gets

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@chrissyfarr @SavageLucia @_DiMeSociety For sure. Today it’s primarily about the telephone not scaling well for practices as phone volume has almost doubled since 2020. Patients hate calling and there aren’t enough staff to answer/return calls.

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@SavageLucia @chrissyfarr I’ve seen great data from our customers around the combination of pure SMS and encrypted chat links delivered over SMS for more sensitive messages with proper patient consent

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@chrissyfarr love to see SMS-first offerings like @joinsummer and @poppyseedhealth

The team at @OhMDapp enables this functionality for dozens of tech-first care companies and thousands of brick-and-mortar practices

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@chrissyfarr It doesn’t check all the boxes but our office in Vermont (https://t.co/JDH5Dh2QB5) has a gym, restaurant, massage, sauna, cold plunge, surf club and coffee bar. It’s fantastic.

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@chrissyfarr Great take. This is important for founders to be aware of. For every 20 VCs pitched, there is <1 sector-focused fund that understands the space well enough to bet on a bunch of great companies that will likely never be unicorns.

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@SteveLohr With literally $1 TRILLION of annual healthcare costs being spent on administrative tasks, there's SO much opportunity for GenAI to create efficiencies outside of clinical diagnoses (and associated hallucinations). Exciting times! Great article.

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@chrissyfarr OpenAI BAA requires that you talk to a sales person - which seems impossible at this point

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@robgo Seems like it

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@chrissyfarr @MSchlueterMoore Even Silicon Valley on HBO was anxiety inducing for me in our early days.

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@dnathe4th I’m here for this

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@ceonyc @fredwilson

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@hunterwalk And the fit was so snug in cargo pockets.

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@sarahbuhr It was a startup pitch competition and then bam - psychic

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@jennydoforno @chrissyfarr So lonely! And COVID has only exacerbated that feeling. I’m looking forward to hashing it all out together with my founder friends over a beer again someday soon.

[Ethan Bechtel @ethanbechtel]

@jennydoforno @chrissyfarr It isn’t easy to talk about the entrepreneurial struggle and the mental toll it can take. But when you find a group of founders you can be candid and vulnerable with, there’s nothing more powerful.

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@megan_janas @chasedave Well that’s depressing! I would feel a little better about if we delivered better outcomes but...

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@TechCrunch @sarahbuhr I love that asynchronous communication is getting the attention it deserves.

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@maryamataheri The 6-foot spacing at the grocery store checkout line puts me squarely in front of the Ben and Jerry’s freezer for minutes. I’ve tried them all.