Physician's calculator
A California physician sells software that lets doctors quickly run medical calculations and access information through handheld devices.
By Tyler Chin, amednews staff. July 14, 2003.
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Doctors who branched out beyond running their practice tell why they did it, how they did it, and what you should know before you do it.
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Name: Grant Fraser, MD
Specialty: Emergency medicine
Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Business: Medical Wizards Corp. Sells handheld-based medical calculator, billing, coding and medical reference software to doctors, nurses, med students, pharmacists and paramedics.
Annual revenue: $350,000
Why he started the business: While working as an emergency doctor in Texas in 1998, Dr. Fraser instructed a nurse to start a nitroglycerin drip, but saw she had set it up to run at a higher rate than he requested.
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