Ok so I've got an idea which has grown from a need I've identified at my 9-5 job at a public hospital. I've already started contacting other centres and have got a very positive response.
I'll be creating reports from an patient record database which is used at around 50 centres around Australia and a few hundred around the world. I guess that makes it a fairly small market so it's not likely to make millions but for my first business I figure it's be good to start small in an area that I know.
The reports will be put on an online store where centres could go to buy reports for their system. I would also allow others to upload their reports and either sell them or share them. I'd then take a fee from reports people are paying for.
My problem is that I can't create these reports without using the systems at the hospital I work at. I already create some of these reports as part of my job but I know there are more reports they want that I just don't have time to build.
My plan is to some how ask my boss if I can work on Saturdays to build reports that my centre wants but I retain the right to resell them as I worked unpaid to build them. As we are a public not for profit hospital I'm also hoping they'll agree to let me use some of the current reports I've created to help seed the store. These previous reports will be shared for free and then the others I'll be able to charge for. It's not like the hospital will be losing money as they won't be selling them so there'll be no lost income.
I figure it's a win-win-win:
- Winning for the hospital as they get more reports than they would have with just my 9-5 work with no extra cost.
- Other hospitals will get access to an extensive collection of reports at a reduced cost than if they hired a contractor to create them all themselves (reports can cost upwards of $1000 to create by hiring a contractor)
- Myself and other independent report creators can gain access to a larger audience and sell to other centres instead of just 1
I'm after a bit of advice about how I might pitch this to my boss. Are there any legalities I might need to consider? Is there anything else the hospital might gain out of this situation?
Has anyone created such an arrangement or similar before who might have advice?
I appreciate all the feedback
Cheers
I'll be creating reports from an patient record database which is used at around 50 centres around Australia and a few hundred around the world. I guess that makes it a fairly small market so it's not likely to make millions but for my first business I figure it's be good to start small in an area that I know.
The reports will be put on an online store where centres could go to buy reports for their system. I would also allow others to upload their reports and either sell them or share them. I'd then take a fee from reports people are paying for.
My problem is that I can't create these reports without using the systems at the hospital I work at. I already create some of these reports as part of my job but I know there are more reports they want that I just don't have time to build.
My plan is to some how ask my boss if I can work on Saturdays to build reports that my centre wants but I retain the right to resell them as I worked unpaid to build them. As we are a public not for profit hospital I'm also hoping they'll agree to let me use some of the current reports I've created to help seed the store. These previous reports will be shared for free and then the others I'll be able to charge for. It's not like the hospital will be losing money as they won't be selling them so there'll be no lost income.
I figure it's a win-win-win:
- Winning for the hospital as they get more reports than they would have with just my 9-5 work with no extra cost.
- Other hospitals will get access to an extensive collection of reports at a reduced cost than if they hired a contractor to create them all themselves (reports can cost upwards of $1000 to create by hiring a contractor)
- Myself and other independent report creators can gain access to a larger audience and sell to other centres instead of just 1
I'm after a bit of advice about how I might pitch this to my boss. Are there any legalities I might need to consider? Is there anything else the hospital might gain out of this situation?
Has anyone created such an arrangement or similar before who might have advice?
I appreciate all the feedback
Cheers
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