Podcast with Upside: BackpackEMR Here and Now

Podcast with Upside: BackpackEMR Here and Now

by | Apr 30, 2020 | Innovation, News, Software, Technology

Our CEO & Founder, Lori Most, got interviewed by Upside, a podcast show that examines startup investing outside of Silicon Valley. In this episode, Lori shares her story of founding BackpackEMR to help make global health mission work more sustainable. She also gives an update on the company development since it was started in 2016. 

We discuss:

  • Lori’s coding and tech in and after college (8:01)
  • Volunteering on medical trips in Peru and decision to make an EMR software (12:11)
  • BackpackEMR’s technical and offline hurdles (20:06)
  • Current customers, pricing, and hardware (22:29)
  • Transition from paper/past EMR systems to BackpackEMR (30:00)
  • Combining forces with Timmy Global Health (33:01)
  • Balancing public benefit and for-profit motives (34:11)
  • Sales strategies for different markets: assessing value and price (36:03)
  • Team and future needs (46:38)

Learn more about Upside: https://upside.fm/

Click here to view episode transcript. 

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, BackpackEMR is attempting to better track cases across Kenya, where its first official COVID-19 case was reported on March 13. Please consider donate to help this initiative. 

 

Binary Bridge Received MinneInno’s Annual Award ‘Inno-On-Fire’ for 2019

Binary Bridge Received MinneInno’s Annual Award ‘Inno-On-Fire’ for 2019

by | Jun 22, 2019 | Innovation

Minneapolis, MN – We were honored to be one of MinneInno’s ‘Inno-on-Fire’ Winners in Healthcare this year. This award recognizes Binary Bridge as an innovator setting the local scene on fire! Thank you so much to MinneInno and our nominator!!

This year was filled with advancements with our investment funding in February with lead Southwest Angel Network, and hiring of our key employee, Dave Bernardy, to lead our Product Team. We also have built partnerships with amazing organizations across 9 countries, all using our flagship product, BackpackEMR, to increase the impact of their medical care.

MinneInno held a celebration for the winners in June, and showed a video with short clips of each team. Click here to see our 10-seconds of fame! (We are on at 5:26) To see a list of all of the winners, visit MinneInno.