Simplifeye, a New York based company, claims that it can improve employees’ productivity of doctors or dentists by making accessible patient’s information by simply accessing the information on wearables such as the Apple Watch.
Simplifeye is a company founded by cousins Zach and Ryan Hungate. It began when Ryan, who spent some time working in Apple’s retail personal shopping before going back to dentistry school, saw the inefficiency of the workflow in a dentist’s office. He later on partnered with Zach, who has a background in finance and venture, to create a system in order to improve the communication and collaboration in medical and dental offices.
Ryan says that the main problem was the way each patient’s records are accessed and relayed to the staff. The doctors, medical assistants, dentists and hygienists bounce between patients and administrative staff to get updated on the status of each patient who comes in, according to Tech Crunch.
This kind of system results to a lot of downtime as they shuffle between patients getting up to speed which leads to longer waiting time for patients. The aftermath is that session typically starts 15 to 20 minutes late due to the inefficiency of how the information is relayed.
Ryan and Zach then decided to take advantage of the functions of new wearable devices like the Apple Watch where Simplifeye can be accessed. This innovation allows the staff instant access to the information they need immediately on their wrists without the need of walkie talkies, buzzers and avoiding to run around trying to find the right person to see a patient. This way, staff can be alerted at once when their next patient is ready and available to be checked.
Simplifeye easily makes data access more convenient as it no longer needs to be log into a desktop application. You can just plug into an existing patient record system.
Though it initially started on the Apple Watch, Simplifeye is also available via mobile or through desktop or web-based dashboard to foster better communication between teams. In all cases, what the company hopes for is that critical information of patients are easily obtained or as Zach Hungate describes it- “Information that might have taken multiple right clicks to access is now a tap away on the Apple Watch or mobile application.”
Simplifeye, a graduate from AngelPad in late 2015, now has raised $3 million in funding coming from investors like SoftTech VC, First Round Capital and Felicis Ventures, as well as Semil Shah’s Haystack Fund, Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 Ventures and Angels Wiley Cerilli and Ariel Poler.
Such huge funding, the company plans to step up its sales and marketing strategies. The company recently struck a deal with Henry Schein, a major distributor of healthcare products and services. Simplifeye is now one of the first products to be accepted as part of the company’s Global Innovation Center. It also struck a rev share agreement whereby Henry Schein will market Simplifeye to its network of customers. Such funding and strategic partnership, Simplifeye is expected to sell into thousands of private practices that are looking for ways to improve their service to their patients.
