Urologist finds success with forming a business on paper
A Seattle physician sells software that creates informed-consent forms.
By Tyler Chin, amednews staff. Nov. 15, 2004.
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Name: James E. Gottesman, MD
Specialty: Urology
Location: Seattle
Business: Dialog Medical. The company sells software that physicians and hospitals can use to print out informed consent forms that patients can sign on paper or electronically.
Annual revenue: The medical software company projects that 2004 revenue will be approximately $7 million, including a $6 million contract it signed in March with the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
Why he started the business: Dr. Gottesman founded Dialog Medical 20 years ago. His foray into creating forms began when he produced handouts his nurse could give to patients to tell them where to go for their radiological exam.
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