{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cache Flow","title":"E50: Nurse Builds Healthcare SaaS and Saves More Lives","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3795,"description":"Dive into an enthralling tale of a critical care nurse turned tech founder tackling healthcare inefficiencies head-on. Sara Well, Founder & CEO of Dropstat shares her journey, from grueling nursing shifts to creating a life-saving staffing solution. Her startup, Dropstat, pioneers AI in forecasting and optimizing staff resources, addressing burnout, and saving lives. Listen in as we peel back the curtain on healthcare innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit that drives it.\n\nHere are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Cache Flow Podcast.\nSarah Well discusses healthcare inefficiency.\nThe stress and burnout in nursing careers.\nDropstat's AI staffing solution in hospitals.\nThe impact of tech on bedside healthcare.\nThe importance of staff retention and safety.\n\nResources:\nDropstat\nCurotec \n\nConnect with Sara Well:\nLinkedIn\n\nConnect with our host, Brian Dainis:\nLinktree\n\nQuotables:\n2:21 - One of the things that I remember was said to me was, well, you're going from this 12-hour workday working three plus shifts a week as a nurse, how are you gonna manage these 80 hour weeks that that founder's work? And I was like, that's a walk in the park compared to patient management especially in a critical care setting where you really don't have like bodily autonomy.\n09:05 - We're looking at like a 38% net decrease, I'm looking around and like, how are we gonna survive this? It's not good now and it's projected to get a whole lot worse. So to me, this just felt like, well, how would Amazon solve this problem? Would they tolerate this kind of process efficiency and overspending, which is literally driving hospitals and health systems into insolvency, right? And it just felt like it needed some technology and lives could literally be saved.\n15:49 - Nobody gets fired from using a broken process that's been used for years, right? Someone will get fired if you try to bring in a new technology and it messes up the OR schedules, meaning there's so much at stake and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZY_gYzukdlRdDz8o7iZM6iCr5BZI_LzCNWv0cx0TtE8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0MTYyLzE2OTc4/MTEzMTAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}