Many years ago my father died of brain cancer. He was diagnosed in November and he died 3 months later. It was on his death bed that we shared with him the first major review Voodoo had in Maximum PC magazine and PC Gamer. He was super proud of us... He didn't get to see us grow into the great company we became as we were merged into HP.
It was then that I swore to myself if ever given the opportunity I would try to do something great for the healthcare industry. My good friend Dr. Deepak Kaura had a vision he developed while he was in med school. It was a teaching software he used to archive interesting cases, he was studying to be a Radiologist. The purpose of this software was really to help him become a better Radiologist while he shared interesting cases with other students and people in the field.
Deepak and I saw a business opportunity to turn BrightSquid into something great, so we approached another friend of ours Jeff Natland, a successful entrepreneur with several exits under his belt. The three of us got together and we developed a plan to fund and develop Brightsquid Medical into something amazing... and over the years the team created another division called Brightsquid Dental for the dental industry.
I blogged about Brightsquid many months ago. Check this out if you're interested in more of the back story.
Well, I'd like to take a moment to congratulate the team at Brightsquid medical as it looks like it got acquired into a major joint venture lead by the leading pharmaceutical commercialization services company in Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, this company will change healthcare forever, I have zero doubt.
We started Brightsquid many years ago to help tear down silos between institutions and borders, and give all medical professionals a way to share interesting cases, annotations, and learn from one another while advancing healthcare.. all of this was implemented without affecting their existing workflow! Ultimately our goal is to see patients become the stewards of their own medical data, and we fully believe this will be achievable in our lifetimes.
If you're interested in learning more about Brightsquid Dental, which remains independent from Brightsquid Medical, check out www.brightsquid.com. I believe Brightsquid Dental has an incredible future in the dental industry.
