If you’re a healthcare startup owner, the list of things you really want this holiday most likely includes sleep, a vacation and a magically appearing angel investor.
We hope you get all of those things, too, but in the meantime, here are a few cool gadgets, tools and toys we stumbled across that could make for some last-minute additions to your wish list.
Pocket Purifier, $20
The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
If a flu shot wasn’t enough, this battery-operated compact UV light can help fight illness. It claims to eliminate E. coli, staphylococcus, salmonella and germs on surfaces within just 10 to 15 seconds.
Easy2Pick Wireless luggage finder, $24
Sure that red-eye flight was cheap, but when it’s over and you’re too tired to pick your black suitcase out of the never-ending conveyor belt of black suitcases, this wireless luggage finder will beep, flash and vibrate with the touch of a button.
IdeaPaint, $25 to $200
Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Turn your winning ideas into wall art with IdeaPaint, which makes any paintable surface an erasable white board.
FreeHands soft shell gloves, $30
Here’s one for those of us facing the brutal Cleveland or Twin Cities winters. The FreeHands’ soft shell gloves protect your digits from frostbite while you’re using your devices, with a conductive index finger for using touchscreens and retractable caps on the index finger and thumb that make texting easy.
IDAPT i4 universal charger, $60
So many devices, so little time. This home charger is compatible with more than 4,500 mobile devices including the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and GPS systems, and can charge up to four of them at a time.
Business card scanner, $90 to $300
Any good networker has a jam-packed Rolodex, but wouldn’t it be nice to have all of that information available electronically? A business card scanner can scan, digitize, transfer and organize information from those cards directly to your computer or mobile device. Or, to keep it cheap, ask for the SHAPE Services Business Card Reader iPhone app ($5.99).
Virtual business assistant, $99 and up
If an office assistant isn’t in your budget, a virtual business assistant may be the next best thing. Despite the cheesy name, Rent-A-Smile provides cheap, pay-by-the-hour help with mundane tasks like data entry, call answering, making reports or presentations and website services.
1Minime Custom bobblehead statue, $100
Wasn’t everyone a little jealous of Dwight Schrute when he received a bobblehead doll of himself as a gift? For a small fortune, your loved one can send 1Minime some photos of you and the company will deliver a personalized bobblehead statue. The final product is sure to stand out among all the clutter on your desk and provide a little ego boost.
The Health Chair, $1,295
It’s a definite splurge, but when you spend hours on end at a desk hashing out business plans and investor pitches, you’ve got to be comfortable and well supported. Each piece of the Health Chair is chosen to fit your body and can be easily adjusted.