On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Ryan ↗
In their words
My PhD was in medical biophysics. I was doing research related to drug discovery, and I realized the timelines for success with that is literally decades, yet the opportunity with leveraging technology and building a mobile app can be literally months.
We don't like waiting in waiting rooms, and so we built a virtual waiting room where you can see wait times before you get there, enter the virtual waiting room, go grab coffee next door and be notified when it's almost your turn.
If you want to find the nearest health care professional who speaks your language — we partner with public health for newcomers, for Syrian refugees — you can easily find the nearest Arabic speaking doctor or pharmacist.
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
What is iamsick.ca?
A free website and app from Empower Health that shows which clinics and pharmacies are open nearby, lets patients book appointments, and runs a virtual waiting room so they can wait somewhere other than the waiting room.
What else has Empower Health launched?
myhealth365.ca in 2015, holidayhours.ca in 2016, myflushot.ca in 2019, and c19.ca plus a long-term-care COVID-19 tracker in spring 2020.
How did he find his co-founders?
At meetups. He arrived with the idea and no ability to build it; they came with the coding background (TechTO HealthTO stage 2016-11-16).