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An optimisation engine that sits beside the existing system, reads what it already produces, and closes scheduling. Aimed at healthcare clinic admins, going after the low-value tail everyone else skips.
In short: Scheduling for Healthcare, Run by Optimisation is an optimisation engine aimed at healthcare clinic admins, covering scheduling. It scores 71/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by demand (97) and held back by monetisation (36). Typical pricing is $1.5k–$16k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $44k–$106k.
Healthcare teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. Nobody owns this process, which is exactly why it keeps breaking. Most operators assume this is simply the cost of doing business.
A narrow optimisation engine scoped to scheduling alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is flat saas, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $4.5B |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 21% |
| Annual contract value | $1.5k – $16k |
| Pricing model | Flat SaaS |
| Time to first revenue | 42 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $44k – $106k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Solver capacity that once needed a research budget now runs on commodity hardware. Healthcare is growing at roughly 19% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| A generalist AI tool | No domain grounding, so output needs full human review |
| An internal hire | Works until volume doubles, then breaks again |
| A vertical competitor | Priced and scoped for enterprise accounts, not this segment |
Accuracy is unforgiving here — one wrong output costs more than the subscription.
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