telehealth / Australia / chapter 2015–2017
Get a medical certificate online.
A direct route from feeling unwell to seeing an accredited GP by video, with the certificate delivered by email.
GP / videohow it worked
Care, without the waiting room.
- 01Request a doctor
Enter your details on a video-capable computer.
- 02Speak face to face
An Australian-registered GP asks the necessary questions.
- 03Receive the certificate
If appropriate, the document arrives in your inbox.
- 04Forward it on
Send it to the workplace without leaving home.
from the original 2015 deck
The product, before the polish.
The first pitch already had the whole loop: request a doctor, pay for the consultation, speak by video, and receive a signed medical certificate without making the trip to a waiting room.
“Medical certificates are just the beginning.”
a small, useful company
One problem. A much shorter path through it.
The Medic sat between goCatch and Audience Republic: a tightly focused product that made access to a doctor less bureaucratic when leaving home was exactly what you did not want to do.
I built the business, took it to market, and sold it to 1st Group in 2016. Delivery and integration work continued after the deal, keeping me involved through 2017. It was deliberately narrow — a useful reminder that a product can matter without becoming a sprawling platform.
- chapter
- 2015–2017
- outcome
- acquired by 1st Group
- context
- telehealth / video / documents