Working in NHS Scotland opened my eyes to how fragmented our healthcare data is. If you’ve ever had to repeatedly retell your medical history, you already know this.
Data standards communities are doing incredible work to make interoperability possible, but the user interfaces are still lagging behind.
And yet the legal foundation is already there. In many countries, patients have the right to a copy of their healthcare data, and providers have a duty to supply it in a standardised format.
The problem is that too few people know this, and even fewer have the tools to act on it.
Managing your health data should be a seamless, intuitive experience, even across borders. I want to play my part in bringing this inevitable future forward.
This is why I'm announcing Plotline. An open-source initiative that will put your health data where it belongs: with you.
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To any healthtech people reading this: if you're interested in getting involved, send me a DM. I'd love to chat.
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About Plotline on Product Hunt
“Never retell your medical story again”
Plotline was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #269 on the daily leaderboard. An open-source initiative to put your health data where it belongs: with you.
Plotline was featured in Health & Fitness (82.5k followers), Medical (3.4k followers) and Data (2.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 28.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Plotline?
Plotline was hunted by Kal Turnbull. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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