The notion of the Software Inspectional Services is interesting, we would all probably being programming in ADA now. From what I know of the industry there was software for eye doctor's on sale between 2001 and 2007, the period of Windows XP sales, which ran on Linux or OS X. The person above choose not to buy it. By the way, I wonder just what the software under discussion does. I know of optical practice management systems that are a small fraction of $10,000.
Before you start that business, a few points to consider: (I've spent my careeer mostly doing small market software for the optical industry but not for doctor's practices.)
1. The needs can be quite different form office to office. For example, stand alone, chain or kiosk (practice inside Costco, for example.) Accepts insurance and if so which plans? Insurance companies are very exacting in their demands and there are a lot of plans.
2. You could have an absolutely free (in the sense of free beer) product and many practiioners would not adopt it. Why? They would have to learn a new system and this is too much trouble. It took them a lot of time, the only commodity they have to sell, to learn the existing system and they are not eager to repeat the experience. Plus there is the question of transfering data from their existing system.
3. Going to make your money from support? Consider The OP example was an XP system. So it was purchased no later than 2006, 7 years ago. But $10,000 is way to much. Less than $1,150 a year. Consider that quickbooks charges $300/year for 24/7 support and has economies of scale which dwarf yours.
4. From my experience the estimates another poster gave for developement expense (3 man/years) and support (1 man/year per year) were exteme under estimates.
5. There are open source medical practice management systems already existing. Look into them and how they are doing.
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The notion of the Software Inspectional Services is interesting, we would all probably being programming in ADA now. From what I know of the industry there was software for eye doctor's on sale between 2001 and 2007, the period of Windows XP sales, which ran on Linux or OS X. The person above choose not to buy it. By the way, I wonder just what the software under discussion does. I know of optical practice management systems that are a small fraction of $10,000.
Before you start that business, a few points to consider: (I've spent my careeer mostly doing small market software for the optical industry but not for doctor's practices.) 1. The needs can be quite different form office to office. For example, stand alone, chain or kiosk (practice inside Costco, for example.) Accepts insurance and if so which plans? Insurance companies are very exacting in their demands and there are a lot of plans. 2. You could have an absolutely free (in the sense of free beer) product and many practiioners would not adopt it. Why? They would have to learn a new system and this is too much trouble. It took them a lot of time, the only commodity they have to sell, to learn the existing system and they are not eager to repeat the experience. Plus there is the question of transfering data from their existing system. 3. Going to make your money from support? Consider The OP example was an XP system. So it was purchased no later than 2006, 7 years ago. But $10,000 is way to much. Less than $1,150 a year. Consider that quickbooks charges $300/year for 24/7 support and has economies of scale which dwarf yours. 4. From my experience the estimates another poster gave for developement expense (3 man/years) and support (1 man/year per year) were exteme under estimates. 5. There are open source medical practice management systems already existing. Look into them and how they are doing.