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To Dare Success

It never occurs to me to shy away from a challenge. Maybe I’m foolish or possibly just wired that way. When someone brings a problem to me, all I see is a solution.  I think some people are destined to try for something despite the odds. The following quote strikes a chord with me:

It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least falls while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

—Theodore Roosevelt

When I began developing ChartShare 5 years ago, I knew I faced nearly insurmountable odds. I wasn’t naïve to the fact that the big boys would get involved when they smelled the money. However, I was confident enough in my knowledge and experience with medical charting and their lack thereof that I should push ahead. I believed that the way medical professionals communicated was a highly evolved art. I knew that the large companies would largely ignore that fact. As programs have come out, I wasn’t disappointed. Large companies are driven by boards and committees, not visionary individuals. Development that has been designed and done mostly by software engineers creates feature-rich mazes. I jumped into the mix to interject an alternative that followed the lines of traditional medical model communications. Why should the learning curve for electronic medical records be so hard? The interface should be intuitive and complementary to traditional charting. With my program, I can plop a new physician down at the computer and have them charting and prescribing on their own within 30 minutes and no other training. They can access any part of the program within 1-2 clicks purely on their existing medical charting knowledge. They don’t have to have a lot of computer know how to use the system.

Whether or not I gain wide acceptance for my program is less important than the fact that I achieved many of my goals at the onset. I wanted an alternative choice that was medically familiar, comprehensive, fast and easy to use. After 5 years of pushing through the countless challenges, I can confidently say I have accomplished these goals. I hope to get the word out that there is a better choice available among the many vying for attention. My software website is not up to speed yet, but soon I will have a functional site that showcases its virtues and utility.