Hey Product Hunters!
Co-founder and CEO here. I'm really excited about opening up the kimono on Akira - we've been working on it for almost a year now!
Akira is based on the radical notion that healthcare should work the way you do - i.e. it should be available to you on-demand, wherever you happen to be, and in the medium you prefer.
Most of the world's population doesn't have access to great healthcare, but they do have phones, which is why text is at the heart of how Akira works. In fact, around 60% of consults on Akira are text-only!
Canada has been surprisingly untouched by digital health in the past, so we're initially focusing our efforts there. Canada spends $220B on healthcare and has a fairly homogenous set of laws across the provinces - we think the opportunity to scale quickly across Canada is tremendous.
We'll be expanding into other markets in the near future, so I'd love feedback on where you think a service like Akira could have the greatest impact!
Our long-term mission is to bring high-quality healthcare to the world. We'll get there by progressively enhancing the abilities of medical professionals with narrow AI. We'll know we've succeeded when a young mother in Mozambique or Laos, or anywhere else in the world, can access world-class medical advice on her phone for pennies.
I really hope you enjoy Akira!
Cheers,
Dustin
@dwalper Major congrats Dustin! Love what you are doing. Big Market, big vision & superstar team. Can't wait to see how you will attack the U.S. Market in the Obamacare era. There's lots of interesting things happening in the health space including in the US (e.g. Oscar Health).
As a proud and local Torontonian, always excited to see a local start up flourish. Congratulations!
@dwalper Hey! This is a neat product, and I'm super enthusiastic of Canadian advances in healthcare and technology. Good things are happening here in the North!
Still, just a quick note: can we please not use "open the kimono" as a phrase? There's better language out there – in this case, "launching" might have worked just as well.
Thanks!
@ryanjamurphy Hey Ryan - thanks for the encouragement! :-) We want Canada to be a world leader in digital health - we certainly have the talent in this country!
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Congrats on the progress, Dustin.
One of my favourite features of this product: fill a prescription remotely with a simple virtual doctor visit, and have it delivered to your door.
@d0b0 Hey Sam! Thanks for the questions and encouragement.
So at launch we'll have two options - either employers can provide Akira as a benefit to employees, or you'll be able to sign up yourself on a monthly subscription. Pricing-wise it will be in the ballpark of a Netflix subscription, cancel anytime.
Insurance is something we're working on - for companies that have Health Spending Accounts, it's am eligible expense which keeps it simple. For more standard coverages, we're working with insurers to get Akira covered in the future. Right now we just negotiate a rate with each company based on expected utilization.
Doctors are compensated by Akira directly. At the moment these services aren't covered by provincial health insurance. We actually pay doctors for time rather than patient volume, so they're not pressured to churn through patients - we want them focused on providing the best possible care.
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